I am absolutely FLOORED by the amount of people in these comments who don't even relatively understand the joke he made about millennials. Please read this before losing your mind over nothing lol: The joke is that Millennials are cool, but they ALWAYS act like they experienced things that we (Gen Z) haven't, when we literally HAVE. For example VHS tapes or wall phones. A vast majority of us know what those are, and we used them growing up too. along with nearly everything else millennials experienced. We're a short generation apart, you have to wait a few decades before talking about your childhood experiences like the younger generation doesn't get it lol. I've seen this SO much of that nonsense from millennials in stand up comedy and KZfaq bits, and it's so cringe. And the fact that even some Baby boomers and socially challenged Gen Z's are commenting with steam coming out of their ears without realizing that the joke is defending you...May god help us all because holy crap 😂some of y'all have never heard of sarcasm and by god it shows.

Now you can catch people in 4k with style

I absolutely love the Real Gear line. I had the iPod looking one as a kid and it was just so cool and so much fun.

ill be the guy and say that The R lineup is a mirrorless lineup , its not a DSLR , Dslr stands for Digital Single Lens Reflex that requires a mirror assembly - even Sony's dslt isnt a dslr.

Reflector/Refractor was the only G1 cartoon transformer that was never put on the shelves, until years later.

the whole "disguising as everyday objects" is part of why i love the micro change parts of the G1 line just as much as the diaclone parts. i love how bumblebee originally turned into a toy car.

These are amazing, I love how they actually put robots in disguise actually as robots our daily items, kinda daily items. Honestly these things are alien, I’m gonna be surprised if it doesn’t go above 4 or 8k, amazing videos Papermelon, love the shorts and vids, amazing dude 😊🎉

the original Refraktor lineup was absolutely insane! and some of the third party versions of them are even more insane with how closely they can resemble an actual camera. I believe Masterpiece and then Perfect Effects has two varieties. one with all three different colors and then a second, more inconspicuous design where they're all the same color so the entire camera design looks nearly flawless. if you get a chance and haven't gotten your hands on it yet, I highly recommend those versions of the Refraktor/Reflektor lineup. Also, not to be that guy, but if I recall correctly the Refraktor toy was based around a concept from one of the earlier transformers shows (I think either Armada or even the OG english series). three decepticon triplets who turned into a human-sized camera, much in the same way that Soundwave turned into a boombox, and used for surveillance or covert assassination (the camera portion fired a laser if memory serves correctly).

I never realised that there are people now whom are nostalgic about, from my view, new Transformer toys. I am an ‘80s kid and grew up with the old Transformers. Still love them to this day. Keep up collecting your childhood man!

Man, those Real Gear guys are such a core memory! I never got to own them, but I WANTED them so bad after seeing the movie and seeing those on Walmart shelves!

I'm from Venezuela and for some reason a news outlet in here actually thought the Optimus Canon figure was an actual camera that worked and transformed instead of a toy xDDD

Great video. I have to say the Canon is my favorite. Sooo real looking.

I used to have Zoom Out, he's so cool! I loved all the Real Gear figures, wanted the controller figure. Did have the Binocular one and he was my most favorite.

That intro is clean asf

The Real Gear line is fun. For a while, though, TFC's Photron was my Reflector of choice for ages. He's 3rd party, but he's a really good realistic looking camera bot.

I got both zoom out 25x and canon Optimus prime a while back. They're both amazing. Especially the prime figure, love the simple complexity and look. Also mine is completely tight jointed, NO loose parts. Only QC issue is nub marks on the shoulders and hands. But as a model kit builder I know how hard it is to remove them without paint. Overall, you got a bad copy 😅 Just realized zoom out has his chest flap missing. Sad times 😢

You need to add Armada Laserbeak. Not sure why I picked it up but it is great and adds to the Camera collection.

I just learned about the Real Gear Robots stuff last week, when I bought a Decepticon watch named Meantime at a local convention. I also have the better version of seige Refraktor, with all the extra accessories. I love these decepticons!

Hmm, they should come out with new versions of some of the camera ones that actually can function as a camera, since nowadays it's possible to have small cameras that can take pictures and record video, and they do have real display screens that small, it would be an awesome updated version of them with fun picture taking features.

I really liked this video, thank you for sharing it. I'm not going to lie, i enjoy that collector's edition refraktor a lot because i feel the bots are individualized and remind me of the toy I had when younger. I understand its not for everyone. I also have a scrapface but not enough to build a third camera. 😅

Even if the camera Prime was a partsformers i wouldnt mind tbh. Partsforming isnt something that annoys me personally

As a Transformers fan and a Photographer, all of these are THE BEST I really want that R5 Transformer 😂 (Which can be a Reflector, Optimus Prime or Nemesis Prime :) )

Small thing, but I absolutely love the made up lore kid you gave to the toys. It really brings me back to being a kid and coming up with elaborate stories with all my toys, and it's fun seeing a glimpse into other people's experiences.

Hey applemelon I bought the Ss leaderclass Optimus primal hope your suggestion is a good!

To be fair, the original Takara toy that would become Soundwave was a working micro-cassette player. like, not completely out of the question to have a working camera in it.

This reminds me of my childhood. When a friend comes over to your house, then you get all of your "super sick toys" out and basically do a show and tell session to impress your friend....... Well, color me impressed 👏 😅.

I'm kinda glad I stumbled onto this channel, this was a really fun watch

Literally have a Photon T34 on the shelf at home. Amazing collection man

I have the G1 you color of the Siege Reflectors, and it's an awesome set to me. I've only got one of the normal Siege Reflector, but I plan to change that later.

Brilliant production and writing

Love your channel

Transformers Legacy Photon when?? Also, I love your lore for Photon!! I was actually planning on remaking some of the real-gear characters since nothing has been done with them for so long now, and making them kinda my own... I was thinking about how I'd do Photon and I saw your video, and I think I'm gonna take inspiration from your ideas, if you don't mind!

refractor aka reflector is a decepticon trio from the original g1 tv series and the reason why they had the audacity to say collect three of the same figure is because in the show their were 3 bots that formed a camera which was a cool thought but kinda a cash grab imo but anyways nerd point over xD that canon optimus prime is super cool

I want a transformer that is functional. I'll bet it's possible with how small our tech is getting. The radio transformer, build a simple am/fm radio, a tiny speaker and an audio out so you could hook it up to better speakers, then for a camera just a tiny phone sized camera, a button for pics and an mico SD card slot- could probably even work in a tiny preview screen. And they could really upcharge for building in those features. And if they need to, they could make them a bit larger than normal to fit the tech in. I might just know what a future hobby project is going to be! Mod a transformer and make it functional- or maybe just design my own knockoff that works! Nifty collection, I didn't know these guys existed :D

Such a nice video and review!

I loved all of the real gear robots I had both the camera and camcorder and the gaming system one.

Dude I had the same backstory for Photon T34- he was a Decepticon turned Autobot that helped spy on teh Decepticons. Also, mine was grey instead of black

I have the Photon T34 one, and when I was younger I would bring him around where ever I went for a while until I got bored of doing that, I guess.

the timing w all those memes has me dyin 🤣🤣

Refractor was originally from g1 You line. Your 2019 Cybertron version is quite cool

At least refractor was made up of three cons in G1 as well so it makes sense

The reason people expected the Prime Camera to 'work' was because it looked like it was going to be in the same line as the functional gear items like the Mp3 Soundwave/blaster, the mouse Grimlock/Tripticon and USB stick Ravage. More so with that price. P.s. The MP3 Soundblaster is still one of my favorite figures I own even if the mp3 part no longer works.

I remember having a transformer that was a cassette tape I was wondering where could I find one and what the wave was called

THE LEGS CLICK IN PLACE?!?!

So are we just gonna forget about the original Reflector toy or...

OK I MEET UR CHANNEL LIKE 3 MINUTES AGO AND IM ALREADY A FAN

I had the zoom out 25x one as a kid and loved it

I HAD THOSE 2007 ONES, I had the grey/silver version of the photon T34!

kinda reminds me of something that star wars figures had 20 ish years ago.. where you would buy 1 figure and get a random piece of a droid with it, so you had to buy multiple figures to get all the parts to build a droid that dint get sold seperate

You need to add the g1 reflector to this line up. I loved them as a kid.

i always loved those transformer concepts of instead of vehicles its everyday items like phones, cameras, camcorders or the occasional gun ala megatron

Your the best transformer KZfaqr ever

I honestly don't understand why MPG Raiden and Legacy Core Volcanicus are treated so leniantly. Volcanicus is a core class combiner which is pretty ambitious but a. nobody asked for this and b. being core class doesn't mean it has an excuse to suck. Yay! Hasbro made a team of six triple changers that compromised all 3 modes isntead of 1! And MPG... at that price man this stuff just isn't acceptable. These things cost an arm and a leg and have breaking joints and a combine mode that just... Takara needs to take some notes from 3p in this department. Ik the MPG simps always say Moon Studio Raiden is very flawed but like it's WAYY better than what Takara gave us and the combine mode doesn't look like it's from a 2006 Chug release.

Damn… I thought my dad jokes were bad 😆 haha great video dude 👏

I don't have e that refraktor, I started collecting towards end of earthrise and couldn't find any. I then found the netflix version and then found the one you don't like which is the best version, even the packaging is awsome. It is not actually trying too hard as he is infact based on his original toy design. Hope that helped and if you love ya camera that much then getting that version in hand will change your opinion

Wow, the real gear shiw case unlocked some memories, jeez

refract-or was one of the first transformers from the first tv series in the early 80's. the even made a toy with the camera as 3 pieces in the same package i got it when i was a kid

Very good title for the video lol

let's be honest with how small tech has gotten these days, you could probably make a working transformers camera, would be expensive, but it's possible

Man that clip "yeah and I listen to music on an fbi" tore me up, if possible could you comment the link to it plz

The original G1 refractor actually did transform into 3 seperate robots so the 2019 version is groovy for that reason alone.

I'm impressed you don't have Generation 1 refractor one of the first Transformers I got as a kid I think they made a variant or two in later years that were the same Transformer just different coloring

God Im old. Watching this the entire time thinking "look how they massacred my boy." Reflector the Combiner that this gray and purple lump is based on had a lot more charm. Admittedly they were much simpler, but at least they all got their own armor color and head sculpts. (AND THEIR OWN FUCKIN NAMES)

Hey! I have both of those 2007 camera bots!

I love that optimus comes with his own tiny little camera

Bro you should do a whole video on the real gear robots and other transformers that look like real stuff

i think this is my favourite video ever

As someone who genuinely wants to go into photography more that Optimus Prime is freaking awesome since he turns into a really cool famera

man that optimus canon is almost the same model as my camera. Thats so sick! Kinda lame that the off market price is so high 😭

Have you checked out the yolopark figures? Their really articulated, and accurate

The cannon one is insane looks just like mine

This is so cool (Also the R5 isn’t a DSLR 🤓)

I got the delorean and ghosbuster car transformers and I LOVE them, might pick up the jurassic park jeep one with the Dennis Nedry design as a robot. Skipped the other jurassic park, top gun and gi joe ones. Would love a A-team, knightrider, turtle car lol loving the collab ones though, even if i dont buy them. Great ideas.

I fucking loved my old Zoom Out and Photon figures. I had a tonne of those every day object figures. Think it was just the handheld console I didn’t have out of that line

Can you make a video like this but with other household items?

I guess a zoom lens for the R5 is a bit more immediately recognisable, but it should have been an (Optimus) Prime lens ;-)

I was literally wondering if the lens twisted off and then when it did I was very happy.

0:20 I bought 3 Refractor toys. ...I also have the Siege Soundwave 2:35 I also have both of these guys. 5:52 Nope! I don't have this one.

This server is very cool

Surprised you didnt mention Armada Laserbeak which also turns into a camera.

I actually almost bought Photon T34 with my allowance as a kid, I kind of regret it, but then again he would have been in goodwill by now

No love for the bright orange Laserbeak handheld camcorder? Or the original mail in Reflector trio?

holy shit this was a nostalgia trip

I actually had the 2007 zoom out x25 and i thought he was the coolest damn transformer to exist.

Refraktor was always a trio to be a camera.

By the way watching the first part(camera bot 1) made me remember that I have the more g1 toy accurate version of siege refractor

can you make a video on you favorite toyline

We need more extremely realistic Reflector toys.

I'm fairly confident that given how small digital cameras can be, it would actually be possible to make camera Optimus be a working camera. Not a good one, and it would increase his already high price, and possibly further compromise his transformation, but it seems doable. Music label Soundwave is a working MP3 player and he came out YEARS before camera Optimus, so what's this guys excuse?

Refraktor is atually 'way' cool. I'm confident someone's already mentioned this, but the 'earth mode' version is a head nod to the original 1983 'Reflector' 'Microchange' Transformer from G1 (first appearance, Season 1). Cool! Great vids, man - new Subscriber. Cheers! \m/, (*o*) ,\m/

Honestly, wish there was a functioning version of the real gear transformers or the canon camera. (not necessarily for all the functions but just as an electronic point-and-click camera)

Cool.

Being 41 and watching this 🫥🫥🫥🫥

Good video

We had Soundwave as a functioning MP3 player, Prime as a functioning iPad dock, Rumble and Frenzy as functioning earphones, Ravage as a functioning USB drive and Trypticon as a functioning mouse... but yet we can't do any of this with a camera.

these are awsome

The Canon Transformer needs Potassium. 🤓

I had the autobot camera spyshot and nightbeat

Dude man lives!!!!!😂

Hilarious video