Tyler James

@tjomega.bsky.social

Daily #Transformers YouTuber (1800+ streak!), podcaster, D&D streamer, professional toy geek. He/Him Watch: youtube.com/TJOmega Support: patreon.com/TJOmega

In the latest installment of "Why Would A Vintage Toy Shop Sell That", someone e-mailed the shop and asked if they could come demonstrate their fishing drone... #1, fishing is cruelty to animals. #2, we're a toy shop. #3, does anyone really want to fish with an RC helicopter?

With the Megatron Rising leaks, I threw together a quick digibash of Reactivate Optimus in SG colors for the thumbnail of today's video. Here's how the whole thing looks to get an idea of our next Optimus figure. (Hopefully the image will load this time)

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Brief wrestling tangent. Tonight, #WWE is running a pretaped show on YouTube in an attempt to hurt the ratings of #AEWDynamite. Tonight's Dynamite is a tribute to Pac, who performed on AEW PPV on Saturday, and was found dead on Sunday. TKO and everyone who made this call are fucking ghouls.

Our new collection of Hot Wheels had a Cybertruck in it that I didn't want to put with the rest of the selection. I did find an appropriate place to display it though.

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So here's a tip for trading in at a toy shop: don't try to sell me trash and tell me it's good. No, I'm not buying a G1 Skywarp missing everything but the tailfins, or the all yellowed Slingshot, or your Grapple with no parts and only two tires, or the Kickback that lost a fight with a lawnmower.

A mom and son visited the toy shop today asking if I knew what a Metal Cardbot was. The look on her face when I knew exactly what she meant I wish I had on camera.

If Link looked more realistic, the same people would say he looks too serious. If he was more cartoonish, they'd say he's not serious enough. If he was a different style, they'd say it was too far from the original. If it was 100% accurate, they'd say it was lazy. They will always find a reason.