Hey Baltmatrix, really appreciate the update and honesty. I think your heart is in the right place. Your family and jobs come first and if you are not feeling the figure, better not to review it than put out a review for the sake of a review. If you are feeling burn out or anything maybe it's time to take a break? Or maybe change things up and find that fire for videos again? No matter what your fans are here for you, I've been enjoying your reviews since near the beginning of your time on youtube
No idea if Baltmatrix would read this comment, but I don't know how to say this any other way besides as fun as the normal transformer reviews are, its always the oddball stuff- the KOs, the wierd crossover figures, the other brands of transforming robots- that I just find utterly fascinating. Most people aren't going to cover them, and it's always funny to see how bad they can be. But there's also the fact I- and likely a lot of the other viewerbase who have remained subscribed and still get the videos in our feeds- have been watching this channel for decades. Balt's had a long run and honestly with the way the toy industry is right now, I don't blame him for not feeling it. How much of us are the same people we used to be years ago? The entirety of RUclips as a platform has become an algorithmic nightmare, and its no longer a platform where people can create videos for the sake of fun without having the algorithmic overlord whispering in their ear of "create content". I don’t think it's a coincidence that a lot of channels are slowing down production or even shutting down altogether in this "dead period". Also Balt, I hope your family, especially your son, gets better soon.
I always like your less mainstream reviews (machine robo, mugenbine, super sentai, and the weird miscellaneous items). One of the main reasons I subscribe.
Mant his is kind of weird to say but that backdrop is like my childhood. I have very vidid memories of watching your reviews of that one 3rd party hearts of steel shcokwave figure and your old cybertron figure reviews.
For whatever this is worth, Balt, you've most recently convinced me to get _Legacy_ Thundertron, a figure that I ended up _greatly_ enjoying! Absolutely don't force yourself to buy, let alone review, figures that you have no strong feeling toward, but I hope whatever stuff you decide to get, going forward - both for the channel, and yourself - will help you find that sweet spot of excitement again, as you have done for my personal collecting journey. :)
Dude I can't believe you're still making videos! I used to watch you like 10 years ago. Its so great to see you're still going even tho you're not getting as many views
Honestly, I tend to prefer your reviews of random, bizarre, non-Transformers toys you wind up with. And all the sentai-type stuff. And the news round-ups.
I am sorry that your family got covid over the holidays. My family and I got the flu on Christmas 2013 and it was no fun. Scared that your company was laying off people and hope it is not AI replacement. I wonder if you seen the videos of Legacy Tidal Wave and the newly announced HasLab's Omega Prime. Hope you and your family stay well and healthy. Do not rush your videos and take your time
So THAT'S what you look like. I really appreciate your reviews and looking forward to more. Thank you for your reviews in the past almost 20 years. Been watching you since I got my first phone.
I used to collect everything but the cost is too much. The love of the toy hunt is gone. I might buy something here and there but I feel like I'm pretty much done collecting.
Glad to know you're all feeling better, it sucks that you were all sick over Christmas! I know what you mean about not feeling all the new figures. That being said, I do hope you get around to doing that Jurassic set
Hope you and your family get better from being sick best wishes, just out of curiosity are you still getting Ironfactory's Liokaiser? I got my hands on Drillhorn and Killbison is on the way to my hands, and i have to say Drillhorn is bloody amazing. Tho im abit confused with how Jallguar combines.
As someone who is basically your age, I think your feelings are mixture of too much product being released and not enough innovation leading to burnout. Also, for me, while the shift in CHUG to more non-G1 toys is cool, there is a small part of me that would like to see late G1 figures who have never made it into CHUG like(Squeezeplay/Quickmix et al). For you working in the office AND doing videos almost makes it seem like reviews are "unpaid work" than a hobby. I think doing select reviews is a good strategy instead of doing "every CHUG figure" known to man. While I appreciate the plethora of reviews of you've done for 18 years, I don't want you to hate it or view it as drudgery. Your mental well being and spending time your wife/son is much more important. I hope your work responsibilities aren't too overbearing and that you find a new optimal balance. Take care and thanks for all the great content you've put out!
Hey Balt. Glad to see you back. That Dairugger XV is a childhood favourite character. If you're selling, let me know, but shipping to Australia would be a bitch.
I can explain it. Legacy United consist of mainly non-G1 figures from various universes towards the end of the new trilogy, with just a few G1 figures left (mainly minibots), and Wave 1s of late has been lackluster (remember Legacy Wave 1 with Arcee)...will it get better? I don't know, but hey, your hair looks JUST fine.
Thank you for the update. Real life takes first priority ALWAYS! if that means less reviews, so be it. i feel you on the new wave of figures. they are cool and i want most of them but feeling kind of meh about them. i think it is because they are lesser know characters. a lot of which i am not familiar. like Chase. never watched Rescue Bots, and Tazmanian kid. never watched the series he is from either. Animated Bee not so much. watched most of Animated. i am also stoked for Tidalwave and the Haslab is really cool but i never watched RiD. and honestly for me it either one or the other. dont have the cash for both. Keep on collecting and i'll see you in your next video =)
Appreciate the update, buddy. Whether you're making a review video once a week or once a year, I'll be watching them. You do what's best for you and what works for you 🙂
Ill be here watching your videos when you make them, even if you only make them 4 times a years... they'll be worth the wait. Your reviews bring me joy every time I watch them. Subscribe for life.
Balt... I know there's a small chance you'll ever see this, and I know you said you aren't leaving, but I'll say it anyway. Because in case I never get a chance, and for some reason you move on from YT and don't check comments anymore, I'd regret NOT having said it. I just wanna thank you, for the love you instilled in me of TF figures and collecting. I won't get too detailed/disturbingly para-social, but growing up wasn't so fun for me. Your videos were some of the only good things about that whole period of my life, since I've been a lifelong TF fan. Previously having only considered (seriously) collecting figures from afar, your videos have now excited me to the point of actually tracking them down for the first time ever. If the day should ever come you decide, for what will be valid reasons, to leave this website? Then on that day, It'll be a poorer platform for it. And a massive niche of the RUclips community will forever be left with big shoes to fill. Your honestly, passion for what you're talking about, and detailed knowledge of these figures is what re-ignited the inner 12 year old who loved collecting these figures as an adult, so whatever the future looks like for you? You'll have left behind a notable -- and great -- legacy. Thank you for that. And, additionally, thank you for making growing up a little less crappy.
Thanks for the update video. Hope you'll get by being the one man army for the IT department in your company (I feel sorry for those that have been laid off, hope they easily find another job soon) I'm glad that your whole family is doing well and it was not that serious. There's no such thing as being too old being a RUclipsr as there are some older RUclipsrs doing their things, it's just that like you said, if there's anything that will spark your interest from the future waves of new toys to review. Hope Hasbro takes this to their heart and starts making their toyline with more fun factors and takes it seriously with their quality. Most importantly, please take care and stay safe, Baltmatrix.
The newest figures all feel like redos of other recent characters like windblade, Bumblebee Optimus and the more original ones are being dragged down by the others whether they deserve the rating or not
Idk man, mainline retail stuff just hasn’t been doing it for me lately. Every now and again I’ll want to grab one but then I think? Why not just buy a 3rd party legends scale figure that makes me way happier? And then I don’t buy the mainline thing. And when I do pick them up I enjoy it for 3 seconds then return it 😕 idk they just aren’t for me for the moment I think.
That's all totally fair and understandable man, life is about more than making videos so if other stuff is taking up your time you should feel free to take a step back, I hope stuff gets better for ya but I know it'll take time.
i think you're getting up their with age balt and itll soon be time to retire. at this point everyone i watch either retired or got cancelled so you might as well retire at some point and spend that extra time with your family and your son. also with inflation ive kind of pulled back on collecting because realistically how long are we really gonna be collecting for. it just becomes too much, too overwhelming, and too expensive. hope things work out for you
Hey Baltmatrix, really appreciate the update and honesty. I think your heart is in the right place. Your family and jobs come first and if you are not feeling the figure, better not to review it than put out a review for the sake of a review. If you are feeling burn out or anything maybe it's time to take a break? Or maybe change things up and find that fire for videos again? No matter what your fans are here for you, I've been enjoying your reviews since near the beginning of your time on youtube
No idea if Baltmatrix would read this comment, but I don't know how to say this any other way besides as fun as the normal transformer reviews are, its always the oddball stuff- the KOs, the wierd crossover figures, the other brands of transforming robots- that I just find utterly fascinating. Most people aren't going to cover them, and it's always funny to see how bad they can be.
But there's also the fact I- and likely a lot of the other viewerbase who have remained subscribed and still get the videos in our feeds- have been watching this channel for decades. Balt's had a long run and honestly with the way the toy industry is right now, I don't blame him for not feeling it. How much of us are the same people we used to be years ago? The entirety of RUclips as a platform has become an algorithmic nightmare, and its no longer a platform where people can create videos for the sake of fun without having the algorithmic overlord whispering in their ear of "create content". I don’t think it's a coincidence that a lot of channels are slowing down production or even shutting down altogether in this "dead period".
Also Balt, I hope your family, especially your son, gets better soon.
Know what is weird walmart is not stocking the rest of the core class dinobots
@@palkiasenpai2274 I literally can't find Core Class Snarl anywhere. My volcanicus only has one leg lmao
I always like your less mainstream reviews (machine robo, mugenbine, super sentai, and the weird miscellaneous items). One of the main reasons I subscribe.
Mant his is kind of weird to say but that backdrop is like my childhood. I have very vidid memories of watching your reviews of that one 3rd party hearts of steel shcokwave figure and your old cybertron figure reviews.
The sheer number of people who have stated that exact sentiment this bonkers to me.
For whatever this is worth, Balt, you've most recently convinced me to get _Legacy_ Thundertron, a figure that I ended up _greatly_ enjoying! Absolutely don't force yourself to buy, let alone review, figures that you have no strong feeling toward, but I hope whatever stuff you decide to get, going forward - both for the channel, and yourself - will help you find that sweet spot of excitement again, as you have done for my personal collecting journey. :)
"Doesn't spark joy." Maybe the toyline needs a better central theme
Hasbro: We are proud to announce our new line 'Transformers: JOY SPARK!"
@@baltmatrix"here are 5 new Optimus, 45 new bumblebees, 1 obscure character, etc"
Been watching your videos for 10+ years right now, i think. Take your time. Thank you. And hope all the work and family matters will work out.
Dude I can't believe you're still making videos! I used to watch you like 10 years ago. Its so great to see you're still going even tho you're not getting as many views
Yoooo I feel the same way
Honestly, I tend to prefer your reviews of random, bizarre, non-Transformers toys you wind up with. And all the sentai-type stuff.
And the news round-ups.
I have had the Covid cough since 5 days before Christmas.... ugh
I am sorry that your family got covid over the holidays. My family and I got the flu on Christmas 2013 and it was no fun. Scared that your company was laying off people and hope it is not AI replacement. I wonder if you seen the videos of Legacy Tidal Wave and the newly announced HasLab's Omega Prime. Hope you and your family stay well and healthy. Do not rush your videos and take your time
So THAT'S what you look like. I really appreciate your reviews and looking forward to more. Thank you for your reviews in the past almost 20 years. Been watching you since I got my first phone.
Sometimes a break from time to time is good - we love it though
I bought the Windblade after your review and am very pleased with her :)
Digging the scruffy beard
Loved the vid. Take your time!
I used to collect everything but the cost is too much. The love of the toy hunt is gone. I might buy something here and there but I feel like I'm pretty much done collecting.
If you’re going to sell Deathsaurus, I’m interested.
Focus more on 3rd party figures and glad to see old backdrop
Yeah, know the effect on the covid long term, had it only a single time (knowingly) and had bad coughs for nearly 3 months straight.
Glad to know you're all feeling better, it sucks that you were all sick over Christmas! I know what you mean about not feeling all the new figures.
That being said, I do hope you get around to doing that Jurassic set
WAIT BALTMATRIX IS 43??? I THOUGHT YOU WERE YOUNGER?!! LIKE MUCH YOUNGER!
I started YT in 2006. Even if I was a teenager then I be in my 30's now.
Hope you and your family get better from being sick best wishes, just out of curiosity are you still getting Ironfactory's Liokaiser? I got my hands on Drillhorn and Killbison is on the way to my hands, and i have to say Drillhorn is bloody amazing. Tho im abit confused with how Jallguar combines.
It's fine balt. We'd rather u get healthy and not burn out. Please only do so when you get the feeling back.
You need to get the new Omaga Prime
Theres a new hasblab figure which is omega prime so once it released are you going to review it
Today I finally got boardercrash rock bike
As someone who is basically your age, I think your feelings are mixture of too much product being released and not enough innovation leading to burnout. Also, for me, while the shift in CHUG to more non-G1 toys is cool, there is a small part of me that would like to see late G1 figures who have never made it into CHUG like(Squeezeplay/Quickmix et al). For you working in the office AND doing videos almost makes it seem like reviews are "unpaid work" than a hobby. I think doing select reviews is a good strategy instead of doing "every CHUG figure" known to man. While I appreciate the plethora of reviews of you've done for 18 years, I don't want you to hate it or view it as drudgery. Your mental well being and spending time your wife/son is much more important. I hope your work responsibilities aren't too overbearing and that you find a new optimal balance. Take care and thanks for all the great content you've put out!
Hey Balt. Glad to see you back. That Dairugger XV is a childhood favourite character. If you're selling, let me know, but shipping to Australia would be a bitch.
You’re an IT guy? Just tell everyone to turn it off and back on. That usually works to fix most problems. 🙂
And when that fails....I get the hammer.
I can explain it. Legacy United consist of mainly non-G1 figures from various universes towards the end of the new trilogy, with just a few G1 figures left (mainly minibots), and Wave 1s of late has been lackluster (remember Legacy Wave 1 with Arcee)...will it get better? I don't know, but hey, your hair looks JUST fine.
The hair and beard.....they be itchy.
Thank you for the update. Real life takes first priority ALWAYS! if that means less reviews, so be it. i feel you on the new wave of figures. they are cool and i want most of them but feeling kind of meh about them. i think it is because they are lesser know characters. a lot of which i am not familiar. like Chase. never watched Rescue Bots, and Tazmanian kid. never watched the series he is from either. Animated Bee not so much. watched most of Animated. i am also stoked for Tidalwave and the Haslab is really cool but i never watched RiD. and honestly for me it either one or the other. dont have the cash for both. Keep on collecting and i'll see you in your next video =)
Even though the figures have been leaked I'll always watch your reviews cause your opinions match mine
Appreciate the update, buddy. Whether you're making a review video once a week or once a year, I'll be watching them. You do what's best for you and what works for you 🙂
Ill be here watching your videos when you make them, even if you only make them 4 times a years... they'll be worth the wait. Your reviews bring me joy every time I watch them. Subscribe for life.
Balt... I know there's a small chance you'll ever see this, and I know you said you aren't leaving, but I'll say it anyway. Because in case I never get a chance, and for some reason you move on from YT and don't check comments anymore, I'd regret NOT having said it. I just wanna thank you, for the love you instilled in me of TF figures and collecting. I won't get too detailed/disturbingly para-social, but growing up wasn't so fun for me. Your videos were some of the only good things about that whole period of my life, since I've been a lifelong TF fan. Previously having only considered (seriously) collecting figures from afar, your videos have now excited me to the point of actually tracking them down for the first time ever.
If the day should ever come you decide, for what will be valid reasons, to leave this website? Then on that day, It'll be a poorer platform for it. And a massive niche of the RUclips community will forever be left with big shoes to fill. Your honestly, passion for what you're talking about, and detailed knowledge of these figures is what re-ignited the inner 12 year old who loved collecting these figures as an adult, so whatever the future looks like for you? You'll have left behind a notable -- and great -- legacy. Thank you for that.
And, additionally, thank you for making growing up a little less crappy.
You're welcome! And I'm glad my vids were a little bit of sunshine for you.
Glad to see you back BM! Also happy that you survived the layoffs and family plague! Happy New Year!
Thanks for the update video. Hope you'll get by being the one man army for the IT department in your company (I feel sorry for those that have been laid off, hope they easily find another job soon)
I'm glad that your whole family is doing well and it was not that serious.
There's no such thing as being too old being a RUclipsr as there are some older RUclipsrs doing their things, it's just that like you said, if there's anything that will spark your interest from the future waves of new toys to review. Hope Hasbro takes this to their heart and starts making their toyline with more fun factors and takes it seriously with their quality.
Most importantly, please take care and stay safe, Baltmatrix.
Sorry you all got ill but glad to see everyone's recovering. Looking forward to seeing that background come back! Super nostalgic
Don't worry. We'll be here when you come back we aint going anywhere ether.
need to figure out how to shoot that video? you have a sniper rifle use that
The newest figures all feel like redos of other recent characters like windblade, Bumblebee Optimus and the more original ones are being dragged down by the others whether they deserve the rating or not
Keep doing weird Ali Express stuff when you have time. I think we're all here for that.
I agree with you that this current Transformers wave is kind of "meh".
Oh we're the same age. Yeah just review on what you like. It seems the thrill just faded now.
So sorry to hear about the sickness around your home! Wishing your work situation improves sometime soon man, I know how hard that can be for sure
Idk man, mainline retail stuff just hasn’t been doing it for me lately. Every now and again I’ll want to grab one but then I think? Why not just buy a 3rd party legends scale figure that makes me way happier? And then I don’t buy the mainline thing. And when I do pick them up I enjoy it for 3 seconds then return it 😕 idk they just aren’t for me for the moment I think.
I liked your video and now you are at 111. 🎉
That's all totally fair and understandable man, life is about more than making videos so if other stuff is taking up your time you should feel free to take a step back, I hope stuff gets better for ya but I know it'll take time.
i think you're getting up their with age balt and itll soon be time to retire. at this point everyone i watch either retired or got cancelled so you might as well retire at some point and spend that extra time with your family and your son. also with inflation ive kind of pulled back on collecting because realistically how long are we really gonna be collecting for. it just becomes too much, too overwhelming, and too expensive. hope things work out for you