@@makyrgamyng9424 when they dont use a name enough, or when there is a long time between the uses of names, other companies can swoop in and take the name.
I love the engineering involved with this. The combining shields and guns are well done. From that standpoint alone I'm half-tempted to pick up this figure (3×)
I love to imagine these guys as the Decepticons' grunts that can be killed and no one, not even the Autobots, would bat an eye. Mostly because their simple design gives the idea that they are mass-produced and not really "alive" so to say, meaning they would talk and act like the Kraang bots in the 3D animated TMNT show on Nick.
Have to start on these. I like the toon design but also debating on the toy looks. The camera pieces the solo releases don't have are selling me on them. The imagination and creativity seen with them as well has added to the fun factor. He's becoming a pre Sixshot almost.
I like how some of the decepticons have hovercraft like alt modes, like soundwave. Makes them feel more like alien robots and like the origins WFC where the vehicles would hover but for more speed use their wheels!
One of the best Reflector mods we've ever gotten over 33+ years!! Sure there's an impressive amount of 3rd party variants out there (came close to buying one in 2017) but I was always convinced that Hasbro would give us an official set!!! And yeah it took a really really long time but the wait worth it!!! He's one of the most underrated but popular SIEGE-line mods out there!!! I have the original G1 set as well (paid with a limb) so there's no real need for me to get that toy accurate set unless it came at a decent price!! Great trio!!!
I got the G1 toy colored pack and yeah the added accesories makes the camera mode look better (but have nowhere to store in hovercraft mode apart from the flash) and i can't stop playing with them in camera mode (i'm not a kid and yet here i am playing with toy camera made out of three exact same bots)
they expect people to buy the same figure 3 times for to have a full figure, what is this? DLC for toys, they should have just given us a 3 pack to begin with, though I do want the toy colour version
These new Transformers are so awesome. I grew up in the 80's as well, and Transformers was my favorite show, until Ninja Turtles. But man, what I would give to be a kid today, growing up with these perfect figures!
Normally, I don’t go out and buy a figure I’d just seen reviewed here, but it’s been known to happen (Siege Optimus) and I did it again with Refraktor. Great classic square body mode; intriguing (but incomplete) sort of armed space tug mode; thanks to Baltmatrix, a neat fan cannon mode; and the mode that drew me in, the Perceptor-inspired 3-D printer mode... (Last mode inspired by a reddit member called MechaGrotto) Don’t know if I’m gonna get two more yet...I love photography, but I already have a transformer with a camera mode around here somewhere... ...and it also helped that the big box store I visited employed someone who went crazy with the clearance labels!
Yesser! I mailed in my points and got it in the mail way back in the 80's. Still have it boxed away in storage with a bunch of my old Transformering memories from the 80's
I'll wait for the Recon Team to be available on Amazon, as much as I wanted Refraktor. Saves me the chance of buying three copies just for the camera. I also like to point out that flipping the center bot's feet up in camera fills the gap of the missing top section of retail Refraktor, which again is present in the recon team.
There’s a ton you can do with these. You can give one guy the other two to have massive arms. You can make them into a fist. And probably quite a bit more
Flying space cellphones X3 to make a box that approximates a camera, I’m buying the toy version 3 pack for the accessories to use on the cartoon version mostly for the top accessory that says refraktor
Should have been sold as a bundle. Makes no sense having to hunt 3 of this figure down if its shortpacked as in only 1 per case in deliveries that stores get.
So much greeble on the robot mode there, especially in the arms. Also if one were so crazy they could get more than just 3 and just keep linking their box form along. No idea what that would result in.
Damn, this looks a ton better than I had expected. There's a ton of good 3rd party Reflectors, but for Hasbro this is brilliant. I'd love the 3-pack with extra's, but I hate those colours.
Presumably because it's an actual word, and therefore it is deemed too generic nowadays to keep the copyright. So instead they changed his name to a made up word which is easer to get the rights to, nobody would already have it.
@baltmatrix For a second I thought "magic words" will be "bah weep granah weep nini bong" :). I think that box set might be misfire, people who already bought three Refractors might get very upset. On the other hand, box set might cost $69 (like that one with Decepticon Impactor, Holo Mirage and Powerdasher Aragon - btw, it's hilarious how the last one is packed in the box), so getting three of this one still will be cheaper option (and it seems box set will include a lot of partsforming which is unacceptable fore some TF fans). By the way -> "he's only hollow in the forearms, the shins and part of his back" - is it ok that my sarcasm detector is beeping? PS, the word "refractor" actually exists, it's general term for substances which, well, refract the light or synonym for the "telescope".
i don't mind paying 20 bucks to get a duocon that has a combined, vehicle, and separate robot modes. however, i'm not spending 60 bucks on the same toy, just to get a decent camera mode.
That’s how the character was in the 80s. He was originally three different robots in different colors that combined to form a camera. In the cartoon, they were three identical robots which combined to form a camera which is what Siege was going for.
There's a camera fan mode which you can transform him into a square like Soundwave. Fold the skis to fill in the center of the camera where the shutter is. Then put his gun and it makes a good flash. It is a good alternative. If one wants just one.
Overall I LOVE the toy. I do want some upgrade gap fillers or something. But how do you lose the rights to the name Reflector? LOL. Who the heck else is gonna even use it. Just go with Camera Man or Photo Man or some own it sort of name. LOL
jzachery they never copyrighted it in the first place. Reflector was never given a wide release because they thought that kids wouldn’t find a toy that turned into a non-functioning camera fun. It was only released as a promotional item for the movie.
the Transformers Generation 1 those figures are old I know these three cameras these Transformers from from old toys you know what there's some Optimus Prime and it's summer or figures Sideswipe he's a Transformer
Hasbro lost the license/ trademark to reflector, so to get around that, this figure is named refraktor.
Yeah that is true
What's the Deal with hasbro losing trademarks?
@@makyrgamyng9424 when they dont use a name enough, or when there is a long time between the uses of names, other companies can swoop in and take the name.
@@sebgaming4667 Wierd
re·frac·tor
/rəˈfraktər/
noun: refractor; plural noun: refractors
a lens or other object which causes refraction.
I think he meant the version spelt with a k isn't a word
@@TyphonMar Easier to trademark a typo. Demolishor, scattorshot, blurr, etc
@@myoldhandlewasmadewheniwas9 I always thought Demolisher was spelled the usual way. It's really intentionally typoed?
@@PiousWildcarde It is
Reflector members: ViewFinder, Spectro and SpyGlass
I love the engineering involved with this. The combining shields and guns are well done. From that standpoint alone I'm half-tempted to pick up this figure (3×)
I am calling this guy Reflector.
Me too.
I love to imagine these guys as the Decepticons' grunts that can be killed and no one, not even the Autobots, would bat an eye. Mostly because their simple design gives the idea that they are mass-produced and not really "alive" so to say, meaning they would talk and act like the Kraang bots in the 3D animated TMNT show on Nick.
The Zaku/Leo of the Transformers.
Have to start on these. I like the toon design but also debating on the toy looks. The camera pieces the solo releases don't have are selling me on them. The imagination and creativity seen with them as well has added to the fun factor. He's becoming a pre Sixshot almost.
I like how some of the decepticons have hovercraft like alt modes, like soundwave. Makes them feel more like alien robots and like the origins WFC where the vehicles would hover but for more speed use their wheels!
Yep. shockwave for example. His gun mode in original G1 toy is already look like a spaceship.....with a pistol grip
Kinda remind me of Sixshot (Titan Return) has submarine mode...which is just an upside down gun mode. Dunno why Hasbro has to do that
Duy Phan because toy guns aren’t allowed on airplanes.
Let's all take a moment to "REFLECT" on how great a reviewer of Transformers toys Baltmatrix is. :D
Nice👍
@@RubenAssassinRose Thank you. :D
GTFO
If u buy 3 of the same figures u can make a secret camera mode
Love the new creativity to your vid. I love this figure myself. Keep up the good work!
I've been waiting for such a long time on a Generations Deluxe Class Reflector, and this guy lived up to all my expectations. Well worth the hype.
Just Bought Three And Converted Them Into Camera Mode And I Love It. Looks Super Duper Cool.
I was expecting Balt to shout "Thundercats ho!"
Oh, so Reflector gets to turn into a gun, but not Megatron?
Any interest in showing Refraktor with the Targetmaster version that came with Classics Skrapnel? (Also, lost video for a few seconds)
I show that off in my review if you are interested. :)
One of the best Reflector mods we've ever gotten over 33+ years!! Sure there's an impressive amount of 3rd party variants out there (came close to buying one in 2017) but I was always convinced that Hasbro would give us an official set!!! And yeah it took a really really long time but the wait worth it!!! He's one of the most underrated but popular SIEGE-line mods out there!!! I have the original G1 set as well (paid with a limb) so there's no real need for me to get that toy accurate set unless it came at a decent price!! Great trio!!!
The entire set becomes the proper camera mode
I got the G1 toy colored pack and yeah the added accesories makes the camera mode look better (but have nowhere to store in hovercraft mode apart from the flash) and i can't stop playing with them in camera mode (i'm not a kid and yet here i am playing with toy camera made out of three exact same bots)
they expect people to buy the same figure 3 times for to have a full figure, what is this? DLC for toys, they should have just given us a 3 pack to begin with, though I do want the toy colour version
These new Transformers are so awesome. I grew up in the 80's as well, and Transformers was my favorite show, until Ninja Turtles. But man, what I would give to be a kid today, growing up with these perfect figures!
Normally, I don’t go out and buy a figure I’d just seen reviewed here, but it’s been known to happen (Siege Optimus) and I did it again with Refraktor. Great classic square body mode; intriguing (but incomplete) sort of armed space tug mode; thanks to Baltmatrix, a neat fan cannon mode; and the mode that drew me in, the Perceptor-inspired 3-D printer mode...
(Last mode inspired by a reddit member called MechaGrotto)
Don’t know if I’m gonna get two more yet...I love photography, but I already have a transformer with a camera mode around here somewhere...
...and it also helped that the big box store I visited employed someone who went crazy with the clearance labels!
9:25 Look! It’s titans return Soundwave!
Yesser! I mailed in my points and got it in the mail way back in the 80's. Still have it boxed away in storage with a bunch of my old Transformering memories from the 80's
I'll wait for the Recon Team to be available on Amazon, as much as I wanted Refraktor. Saves me the chance of buying three copies just for the camera. I also like to point out that flipping the center bot's feet up in camera fills the gap of the missing top section of retail Refraktor, which again is present in the recon team.
I love this video. You played with your toys and it got me to laugh. Keep at it
Preordered the camera set as soon as it got on BBTS, more likely than seeing this one here in Italy.
I hope to get these guys!! Having a transforming camera would be interesting to have!!
There’s a ton you can do with these. You can give one guy the other two to have massive arms. You can make them into a fist. And probably quite a bit more
You can have the three Refraktors into a Giant Hand mode. I don't know how, I saw it somewhere on Instagram.
04:17 Made my day, sir!
no pic's before you show the middle guy in the video and that is when your talking
i think the Cybertronian vehicle modes for the Decepticons are based on space age Star Wars styled military vehicles.
This guy is quite nice i must say
Oh Sweet figure, I don't have Refraktor yet where im from, I can't what to open mine and do a review too. I'm Still a super noob.
Same here
Flying space cellphones X3 to make a box that approximates a camera, I’m buying the toy version 3 pack for the accessories to use on the cartoon version mostly for the top accessory that says refraktor
Should have been sold as a bundle. Makes no sense having to hunt 3 of this figure down if its shortpacked as in only 1 per case in deliveries that stores get.
I had gotten two. I was gonna get a 3rd until I heard about the 3 pack repaint. Definitely a cool figure.
Can you get them at big bad toy stores
I wonder when my big bad toy store order will ship
Are getting the hascon gift set refraktor? If so please review.
So much greeble on the robot mode there, especially in the arms. Also if one were so crazy they could get more than just 3 and just keep linking their box form along. No idea what that would result in.
Damn, this looks a ton better than I had expected. There's a ton of good 3rd party Reflectors, but for Hasbro this is brilliant. I'd love the 3-pack with extra's, but I hate those colours.
Thanks for the exceptional review, Siege keeps nailing it!
Should've been a legends class...
Botcon Reflector exists and he’s a legends class figure even though it’s a shockwave retool it’s still one cool figure from the reviews I’ve seen
good one, do you have dino bots
The new style you've got is rather nice!!
The other two have slight variations
Super cool the g1 omoge to the original
How could they lose the rights to a name like reflector
Presumably because it's an actual word, and therefore it is deemed too generic nowadays to keep the copyright. So instead they changed his name to a made up word which is easer to get the rights to, nobody would already have it.
Nice Transformers Animated reference.
"Yo Joe!" C'mon Balt! Really?
Tell me your getting that haslab unicorn
@baltmatrix
For a second I thought "magic words" will be "bah weep granah weep nini bong" :).
I think that box set might be misfire, people who already bought three Refractors might get very upset. On the other hand, box set might cost $69 (like that one with Decepticon Impactor, Holo Mirage and Powerdasher Aragon - btw, it's hilarious how the last one is packed in the box), so getting three of this one still will be cheaper option (and it seems box set will include a lot of partsforming which is unacceptable fore some TF fans).
By the way -> "he's only hollow in the forearms, the shins and part of his back" - is it ok that my sarcasm detector is beeping?
PS, the word "refractor" actually exists, it's general term for substances which, well, refract the light or synonym for the "telescope".
I see that you have a gunpla right there in the background and its build divers
So baltmatrix are you gonna get unicron ?!?!?!?!?!?
If I got this I would have an army of battle stations
I think his alt mode is a cybertronian car
i don't mind paying 20 bucks to get a duocon that has a combined, vehicle, and separate robot modes. however, i'm not spending 60 bucks on the same toy, just to get a decent camera mode.
That’s how the character was in the 80s. He was originally three different robots in different colors that combined to form a camera. In the cartoon, they were three identical robots which combined to form a camera which is what Siege was going for.
There's a camera fan mode which you can transform him into a square like Soundwave. Fold the skis to fill in the center of the camera where the shutter is. Then put his gun and it makes a good flash. It is a good alternative. If one wants just one.
Me 2 from the the 80s I remember that figure I got the Chinese ko
Balt has been playing altered beast
Talk about identical Siamese triplets. XD
Refraktor is actually a good rename...
almost looks like you can make a bigger robot
Bobsled form
You know how Balt keeps getting such bad Qc issues!? Wouldn’t it be funny if all three of them had terrible joints!? That would be so unlucky!
The Netflix toys call it scrapface
Either ways, love this toy. I wish i could buy it
Reflector transforms into a Camera 📷.
Heck yeah Buddy!
You need to pluck that unibrow my guy
Upload schedule confusion😕
The name refraktor was given because Hasbro lost the trademark to the reflector name
Im loving these but still waiting on mine, I decided to go with the triple pack worth the extra money I felt :)
@kalob hunt sdcc exclusive i think, im just going to pick up one xd
@kalob hunt You can preorder the set from Hasbro Pulse.
I'm from Australia and got mine through toybot imports but yes I think it's an exclusive
Yes but can you get five and make a ...
Combiner.!?
When half put the thing on his head it looked like alpha five from power rangers
Balt I meant
Ethan tho I’m only 14 I watched the original hasbro tv series
i like your new format. thank you for being a nerd
Is it bad that I think you look like Bob's boss in The Incredibles? You're a great reviewer, Balt, and I hope that you do eventually get remonetized!
They named him refractor instead of reflector because of copyright reasons
I am 13 and have seen it.
GO JOE! just why?
U take a camra and transformers to reflector and uses shadow clone
Overall I LOVE the toy. I do want some upgrade gap fillers or something. But how do you lose the rights to the name Reflector? LOL. Who the heck else is gonna even use it. Just go with Camera Man or Photo Man or some own it sort of name. LOL
jzachery they never copyrighted it in the first place. Reflector was never given a wide release because they thought that kids wouldn’t find a toy that turned into a non-functioning camera fun. It was only released as a promotional item for the movie.
I got that refraktor
Good
how about if you snapped your finger so easily yo.
yeah, i hate that you have to buy three figures, it friggin suuuuuuucks as this is a nice figure, but needing to buy them all separately, no thanks.
Cool
Bobsleigh Form
Would you mind doing some research on character names before you start reviews. I find the quality dips when you’re struggling to remember names.
Well. Trademark issue is getting Hilarious
👍👍👍👍👍 love this vid It made my day so much happier, plus I'm getting this figure today
Swivel here
Baltmatrix: why arent there three of you
Refraktor 3 pack: i am about to ruin this mans career (echos for the other two)
Me: lel
???
the Transformers Generation 1 those figures are old I know these three cameras these Transformers from from old toys you know what there's some Optimus Prime and it's summer or figures Sideswipe he's a Transformer
What
The fuck...
Here’s a comment for revenue
I could have been the first comment but I forgot to comment
ders a samarin