HOLY CRAP, MIKE MOZART. Now THERE'S a friggin' Youtube flashback.

God, his videos were so incredibly horrid. Three-minute toy reviews where only one minute was spent on spotlighting a dumb toy that unintentionally had a dick shape somewhere (like that Dora tamagotchi thing, and that transforming Punisher toy), and two minutes spent pimping out his channel to no end and cutting to shots of his dog because you should totally sub to make this dog happy! Wacky multicolour thumbnails, clickbaity video titles, and constant begging for five-stars (remember when that was a thing?), comments and subs. The guy had Youtube clickbait psuedo-SEO down pat back when Let's Plays and Professional Vlogging were still in their infancy. That one soundclip of children yaying still haunts my dreams.

I mean, RRREEAAALLLLYY. What was he THIIINKING?? HeyifyoucouldpleaseratemefivestartsthatwouldbegreatIreallylovethosefivestarsfivestartsdon'tforgettoleavefivestars
itIwouldreallyloveitifyoucouldgivemethosefivestarspleaseratefivestarsformydogfivestarsfivestars.

 

FINALLY! Someone says it!

 

I say we throw Vangelus up against a wall and see how HE likes it

 

I like the throwing of toys in his reviews. Its a good test of durability and if a product can withstand that harsh treatment then its a buy for me because I know its not gonna break if it falls off my shelf. These things are expensive and its not like I can go down the street and pick up another one if anything happens. Once a figure is sold out it usually ends up on E-bay for some crazy price, so yes keep doing the throw test and perhaps up the ante and see how the toys survive a 5ft drop from a shelf. He is doing us a favor by throwing his toys so we won't have to wonder what will happen if our version goes through the same thing. He is doing the work for us  

 

I happen to like Vangelus, he's legitimately funny unlike a lot of other internet people *cough Mike Mozart cough*. And I enjoy the wall throwing, as I actually like to give my expensive toys extensive use, and I don't want some flimsy thing to shatter cuz I didn't know *cough shadow chronicles alpha fighters cough*. I don't really see why some people don't like him, it's not like he actively over promotes himself or anything.

 

He's got a bad attitude!

 

Vange(one)us was my first real foray into TF video reviews. (Rotf scout series to be exact) then he put the spotlight on Thew's reviews. I watch a bunch of different folk for different reasons. TJOmega, Peaugh, Ashens, occasionaly optibotimus, but for a quality, funny, well produced videos with a self aware sense of humor, Vange(one)us is my first choice.




Can i get my shill check now?

 

That's exactly what you're going to do if I hear you've crossed the line one more time. Now get out f my office!

 

The idea of Rainmakers as Combiner Wars limbs actually sounds kind of cool. I feel like it would be a better way to give us some more Seekers that aren't just the Deluxe Classics Seeker mold.

 

Man, I was so excited to hear you guys mention the hopefully upcoming new Machine Robo toys. I look forward to hearing your reviews of them.

The lack of news and pre-orders has been very disheartening and I just hope we hear/see something in the next month or two between Tokyo Toy Show and SDCC.

 

i could listen to Vangelus talk all day. this is by far the best TF podcast out there. these guys are having fun, its not negative. podcast always sounds professional, nobody talking over each other, and great sound quality. keep up the good work. also when is the rid/primetime podcast coming out, and I would love you hear you guys to a idw comic podcast every month.

 

Okay, I'm totally going to be wet blanket buzzkill up in here, but I found the amount of (admittedly mild) profanity in this episode offputting. I've never been a fan of casual profanity in toy discussion, because it just seems so "oh, look at how grown up we are, because we drop f-bombs while we talk about toy robots". One of the things I like about the WTF podcast (kinda funny, given the name) is that it's generally free of that kind of thing. It seemed like Vangelus really went excessively to the basic cable approved profanity well in this episode. I'm hoping that won't be a trend.

I apologize if I'm coming off like the Church Lady here; it's not like I'm your boss or whatever. It's just an aspect of the podcast I enjoy, and I'd be disappointed if you decided to move closer to the R.