If you ever need to know how to transform your Transformers, or would just like to see them transforming, then check out my YouTube page. I animate it all with Stop Motion photography, so it looks really nice and you don't have my hands in the way! My newest video is the new Titans Return Powermaster Optimus Prime. Hope you enjoy it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQiOmGFwiLk

BTW: My YouTube name is The Man From Toone! I guess WWE already laid claims to Titantron  

 

Wow these are really cool and fluent. These feel like something I can go back to over and over if need be instead of going through a reviewers video to find the part where they transform them. I think I may just subscribe to see more!

 

Thanks! I appreciate the vote of confidence. I should have Titans Return Blaster finished and uploaded Saturday. Then I'll start on Galvatron and Sentinel Prime after that!

 

I've got Titans Return Blaster up now. Check it out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikyqr1j2vgk
I'm shooting Galvatron now, should have him up in a couple of days.

 

Titans Return Galvatron is now up for your viewing pleasure!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7Pt5w4LaBg

 

I thought this was going to be crap but it's really very good. I think online instructions are a great idea. I've had to look up some Emgo and Optibotimus reviews when I forgot how to transform a few things.

My only advice is some things could use slight speeding up and I'd work "How to transform" into the thumbnail. I might also retitle to something like "How to transform Blaster, Transformers Titan Returns Line." Right now the autobot name gets cut off. That's something I think most reviewers should start doing, but that's just me. You might also want to add the word "instructions" at the end of your titles, in the description, and in the tags.

Maybe you could talk with TFW about running a news story every month about that months online instructions being up? You could also try to add your videos to as many wikis as possible.

 

Thank you, I appreciate your critiques and ideas. I know exactly what you're talking about with the speed, I've been wrestling with that. The ratchet joints, and certain other joints for that matter, can be a real pain. I've been trying to figure out how best to animate them, to have them slow down like it's ratcheting or speed them up to look like a nicer animation. I'll have to play around with it some more.

I didn't even notice the name getting cut off. Doh! I was afraid it might be too wordy anyway.

I've also been thinking about talking over it, describing the transformation while everything's moving. What do you think? I do not, however, want to get into the review business. I might mention some quality control issues with the figure, but I won't comment on if it's the correct shade of purple or anything like that.

Again, thanks for your insights!

 

I just posted a video for Titans Return Sentinel Prime. Let me know what you think!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8u9otO7y14

 

Hey guys, thanks to everyone that's looked at my videos. I hope you all liked them and please your friends know about them as well. While I'm waiting on BBTS to send me the Deluxe Class Titans Return figures, i've decided to go back and work on the Combiner Wars Aerialbots. Here's a link to my first one, Firefly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LZfM7auawI

 

Nice! Have you thought about going back to older figures like in the Thrilling 30 line or earlier?

 

Definitely! I'm trying to do anything new to retail first, so right now it's Titans Return (my deluxe figures should be here this week). After that, it's just whatever looks like fun to me. Is there anyone in particular you'd like to see me animate? If I've got it, I'll give it a shot.

 

I just posted Combiner Wars Skydive today. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6POzK1umzWo

 

Superion is now up for your viewing pleasure! Check it out, let me know what you think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87vQFfcoHno

 

Excellent idea and execution! Fantastic attitude to critique too, not that I've really got any! I guess to speed things up you could leave out a few ratchets. I'm very tired so haven't watched much (did sub though!), but noticed that there's really no point in doing the arms separately if they're the same, for example.

 

Thanks for watching and subscribing. I love being critiqued! I didn't start doing stop motion until I thought about doing this channel, which was around February or March. So I'm still learning and if someone sees something I could do better, please let me know!

As far as the ratcheting goes, I'm trying to visually differentiate between the ratchet joints and when I can smoothly animate the movement. I have sped them up in recent videos (suggested in a critique), but I'm afraid if I go much faster, it will just look like jerky animation and not a ratchet joint. I really just want to show people what they are getting with the figure and how everything is supposed to move during the transformation.

I'm tossing around the idea of narrating over the videos instead of the sound effects and music. Do you think that would be better or leave it the way it is?

 

I'm listening to my weekly radio-fix and then I'll check out some more of your stuff. My mind is struggling with the idea that you've been doing it for so short a time. I've seen shorter and far worse animations which took longer to make by people who'd already learned how!
I'll get back to you, I do remember thinking that the music wasn't the best fit...

 

Thank you. You should see the first ones I tried to do with my IPhone and the free version of IStopMotion. They look terrible. It wasn't until I gave up on the phone and grabbed my old Canon T3I and bought Dragonframe that everything started clicking. I still have a list of things that I want to improve uppon, its just finding the time to do them.

The music is the free stuff Youtube gives you (free's my kind of budget right now). I'm not the biggest fan of it either, that's one of the reasons I've thought about voicing over the videos. Although I don't know if my voice would actually be an improvement .

 

My Titans Return deluxe figures finally came in. Blurr is the first one up. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqkiyaDdtrU

 

Well, got a bit strung out on the 'radio' there, but I can handle it!!!!
The music seems a lot more fitting of late, I'm having fun.

 

Scourge is ready for your viewing pleasure!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkTw0TBbKU0