Mike Kaess

@mikekaess.bsky.social

YouTuber. Toy Collector. Co-host of the Black Series Cantina podcast. He/Him

It’s really cool to have Primes on the shelf. I’m not getting the Star Optimus because he’s too big for my shelf. I may just put one of my many Optimuses on the shelf as a stand in. I’m also still on the fence about getting the Sentinel Prime that’s coming out soon since he’s not one of the 13.

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I picked up these DX9 Datsun bros on the Magic Square website because they were surprisingly cheap. I never liked these guys because their legs look like the back half of a car. These designs fix that, they also slim down the chest. I have complaints with the transformation, but they look very nice.

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What’s so great about this is that I only got the first member of Computron back in April. And now, 4 months later, we have a complete combiner. Magic Square did an incredible job on this set. Every figure is solid in every mode. And Computron himself looks like he stepped out of the cartoon.

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Bingo Toys Computron is 2/5 complete. Their next release is “Einstein” also known as Scattershot. I do like their use of Scientist code names. What I like about these is the cohesion of the designs. The use a lot of similar designs to make them look like they belong together. At least for these two.

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“Don’t talk to me or my son ever again.” It’s cool to get two Afterburners at the same time, and in two different scales. The bingo toys Newton is masterpiece scaled, and hyper stylized. The legends Magic Square is G1 cartoon accurate, almost to a fault. I’ve never liked his cartoon model alt mode.

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Bingo Toys Newton came in yesterday. I spent last night playing with it. He’s 99% perfect. I love the paint, the details, articulation, and transformation. My one issue is that the side hip skirt are way too lose. It’s only an issue in arm mode. Other than that, absolute perfection.

This might be a hot take, but you don’t need someone to be a natural red head to play Jean Gray. Sadie Sink is fine. But I’m just saying… hair color is easy to change.

I just found out that there are people who think the phrase is "play it by year" instead of "play it by ear" and I just don't know what to do with this information. My ghast is flabbered.

While my toy room is in a state of flux, I’ve improvised a photography area. And I also opened up this guy. I like the coat. I like the mouse droid. The figure is terrible and that’s one of the worst faces in the modern line. He looks like he’s wearing a fake beard. #StarWarsBlackSeries

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Not finished, but I needed more shelf space, so I got new shelves. I wish they were a little bigger, so I could replace every shelf in my room with these, but I’d lose too much display room over all. But I’m happy to finally have a spot to properly display some of my Transformers.

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