Hi everyone it's Katey, and welcome to another deck review. And today I wanted
to talk about the incredible Monstarot or Little Monsters Tarot by Joanna
Nelson. Now this is such a gorgeous little deck that I've had for a couple
of months now, I bought it secondhand, which I'm very
happy about because the shipping to Australia was not cheap, but I am so, so
very glad that I do have it because I've fallen in love. Everything about this
deck just makes me happy and I've just really enjoyed working with it. So it
comes in this lovely two-part box which just has these really cute little
doodles on it as well as our Monstarot logo here. It's a two-part box,
it's very solid and sturdy, opens up like this, and in mine came this cute little
origami boat which features quite a lot in this deck you can see it on the front
of the box the book and in the deck as well. Then we get the little white book,
which we will talk about later, and of course the cards. The backing is
super cute, it is reversible and again we have these little origami boats that
come up so often in this deck with these little swirls and doodles. which I
just love. The card is slightly larger than a traditional size but they're
still very easy to manage and hold in the hands, the card stock is this lovely
not glossy but shiny slick cardstock and they're bendy without being flimsy. I
really really like this card stock I think it's very easy to shuffle, it
doesn't feel like it's going to fall apart in your hands, it's just- it's
sturdy, it's solid but flexible and easy to shuffle. The cards are borderless
which is just beautiful and these colours are just stunning. So we have this large
borderless card with just at the bottom simple white strip with the title of the
card making them very easy to read, the titles are very unobtrusive, I like it.
This deck is just adorable, in some ways it reminds me a little bit of the Hezicos
Tarot, has a similar feel similar sort of colour, palette that kind of soft
pretty pastels, although these are a little bit more vibrant and you know the
Hezicos is a fae world, a different world, and this deck would be little
monsters, these strange little creatures, it does feel a little otherworldly as
well although being very rooted in the Rider Waite Smith system there's
something very familiar about it as well. It's colourful, forthright, direct, and a
little bit cheeky at times, too, and quite playful I've found. With these
colours and these creatures the deck just feels really alive to me and that's part
of why it's so much fun to work with. Each of the little monsters, each of the
creatures they have their own distinct personalities you know there are all
different colours, different shapes, they have different smiles and little teeth
going on, and they all appear to be doing different things. But the deck still
feels very cohesive, I think Joanna has managed to create a
little world full of all these different monsters that have their own
personalities that are very individual but they come together to form a world
into which you can step and to experience. This deck has a sweet smile
but also has some teeth. I've found it to be very caring and tender when it needs to
be and quite encouraging too but I feel like it'll still give you a little nip
you know if you're kind of engaging in too much bullshit, if you're bullshitting
yourself this deck will kind of give you a little nip and push you in the right
direction. I've also found this deck to kind of really want to achieve win-win
scenarios and like it's not so much about you know just telling you how
difficult things are or what's going wrong, it's quite proactive, it wants to
you know find some solutions to your problems but it wants to do it in a
really positive way, not in a fluffy way, but just in a way that is very
productive and healthy. It wants to find a solution that is beneficial to all
parties and is most useful and most successful most satisfying to everybody,
which I think is a really cool thing, it's a very holistic deck, it has a way
of kind of helping me see the bigger picture and refocusing in on what's
important. Another thing I've noticed about this deck that I really really
like is the fact that in so many of them we have kind of one or two main monsters
but then we also have kind of a couple of other little companion monsters, it's
the best way I can think to describe them. It's very rare that we see a
monster or character all on its own in this deck, almost all of the cards have
multiple little creatures and they're often engaging with each other in really
kind of tender ways. They seem to be supporting each other, there is a
connection between each of the characters it feels like each of the
cards depict a symbiotic relationship of these harmonious relationships, as I said
this win-win approach, it feels like they demonstrating that in these images where
the monsters you know they want everybody to live in harmony they want
everybody to feel fulfilled they want you to reach your best potential but
they also want to reach it themselves. It basically feels like each of these
characters is working together and wants to work with you as well to create a
really beautiful world in which people can feel fulfilled, in which people can
all reach their potential. I know that sounds a little bit corny but that's
what it feels like with me working with this deck.
It feels really optimistic, uplifting, encouraging - it doesn't feel fluffy, if
anything it's the opposite, it's just very idealistic and it's not gonna
settle for second-best. Even though I was so drawn into this imagery when I first
saw it online when the deck was released I was a little concerned that it would
be a bit too much of a novelty, that it would be a bit too cheesy or kitschy,
basically that it wouldn't be a very solid reader, that it wouldn't really
kind of provide useful productive readings, that it might be a little bit
too fluffy or surface-level, but my experience has been almost exactly the
opposite, it's been a really really useful deck and it's become one that I
go to a lot. It's a very versatile deck for me and I find it brings a kind of
light to the situation without you know creating a fluffy narrative to it.
Interestingly this deck also makes me think of culture and how you know they
say that culture is to us like water is to a fish, it's all around us and yet
it's entirely invisible, it impacts so much of how we experience our world and
especially how we frame and understand it, and I feel like this deck is almost
an alien race, a benevolent alien race, who you know comes to earth and can
solve so many of our problems because you know they witnessed our our history
and our experiences but they're also you know removed and detached from you know
the heat of our experience and the weight of our history and so they can
you know provide solutions, whether that's you know to international
conflict or climate change in global warming, whatever it is you know having
that detachment allows them to just kind of see how something can be resolved in
a way that perhaps we aren't able to see, or we're not willing to.
And even though I'm talking big-scale here I think that's also applicable to
our own you know personal lives, on a personal level. These little monsters in
this Monstarot have a way about them that is kind and considerate and validating
but also detached. When they're helping me personally they're not weighed down
by my baggage, even though they're able to witness me and validate me, they're
not consumed by the experience of my past traumas, even if they can appreciate
my past in my history, they're not consumed by them or blinded by them.
They're not weighed down by my history and they also don't allow themselves to
be burdened by my baggage. And in that way I think they're almost the greatest
ally you could have, someone who can appreciate where you're coming from
without buying into your own shit and calling your own your own shit,
supporting you in a really productive way and pushing you to be the best you
can be without invalidating your pushing you too far. There's just kind of a
really neutral, balanced approach that this deck brings to readings, I think. It
just kind of presents things as they are, it shines a light on things so that we
can see them in their entirety and to then approach them in a way that you
know is uplifting, in a way that is productive and proactive, it has a very
bouncy sort of an energy to it that encourages the same from us. Given that
it's so very similar to the Rider Waite Smith as well it's very very easy to
read, if you know the Rider Waite Smith this deck is you know will be an easy
jump for you even if you're a beginner I think you can definitely learn with this
deck as well. It's perhaps not a symbol heavy as the Rider Waite Smith but
plenty of the symbols are still included, just in clever little ways. We do have
the artist signature in every card although it's kind of included in the
imagery and it doesn't bother me at all, I know that might be a bit of a bother
to some people but it's very unobtrusive, it just kind of looks like a little
extra detail in the card rather than you know an obtrusive signature. In some of
the cards even just like the plant life is alive all the rocks and we have a few
cards where mushrooms are anthropomorphised or trees even if they
don't have faces you know their branches look like hands they're doing things
with their hands, their branches. Sp even if there isn't directly another
monster in the card more often than not the plant life around it forms another
character. The images are quite simple in many ways I mean they're not completely
sparse but the backgrounds for example aren't overly detailed, which is
something I really really appreciate I don't have the greatest eyes and
sometimes cards that get too busy - the Shadowscapes is a very obvious example,
an extreme example - but sometimes I just struggle to make out different
details, whereas with these cards the monsters
are you know front and center we can really see what's going on with them and
what they're doing you know their facial expressions and body language all of that
sort of stuff without kind of those little background things getting in the
way and you know confusing the situation. In that way the deck becomes very clear
and easy to read as well. The little white book is perhaps one of my favourite
little white books I've ever read, it would be up there with the Fountain
Tarot for me and that is because I really like what is included. The writing
is quite small so that may be a little bit challenging for some people but that
is because there's so much included in here, it is still a little white book but
I think if this was published by Llewellyn they would pack in a bunch of
white space and note pages and make it a full-size guide book. Each card gets half
a page of information and we have very clearly at the top in bold the name of
the card and then we get three key words for every card making it you know easy
if you just want to have a quick look, a bit of a jog of the memory, and then we
have the artist's interpretation, so the artist explains what the art actually
includes which is part of why I like this so much, it actually describes
what's going on in the card which gives you some insight into why this
particular artwork was chosen. Then we have the card meaning which kind of just
expands on what this card actually means if it comes up in a reading, the
divinatory meaning, it's very direct language that is used as well which
makes it very very easy to read and to apply to your reading and to your life.
We do have one extra card or bonus card in this deck and it is the Illuminator,
which is such a pretty card, I love this colour, the colours that are used and how
you know it really lights up you can see the light in this darkness. The
Illuminator is a special wild card the guidebook says and will be exclusive to
the first edition, so any reprints of the deck won't
include this bonus card. And for the Illuminator the keywords that were given:
illumination, energy, shining the light of truth, and the artist's interpretation,
'The Illuminator stands tall on a mountain beneath the dark sky. He extends
out his hands to the sides and like magic, bursts of light appear and dance
into the form of an arch over him, shedding a bright glow and illuminating
his surroundings. Even in the darkest times, there exists within you, and inner
strength that can bring you hope when you need it. You are a magical being, able
to withstand intense trials and travel arduous journeys, in order to succeed. You
are more than enough. The energy within you will power you when all around you
falls away.' So a cute little bonus card that you can either choose to include in
your readings, either with that specific message that is provided in the little
white book, you might even choose to use it as the significator, or of course you
can leave it out of your readings entirely. So this is just, ultimately, a
very charming, darling little deck that I have had so much fun working with, I
think it's adorable, it's sweet, it's so pretty,
it's beautiful, but it's also just been a really good deck to read with, to work
with. I've done plenty of readings myself with this deck that have all been very
clear, easy to interpret, which can be sometimes a challenge when I'm reading
for myself, not always but every now and then you're tempted to kind of read what
you want rather than you know what the cards are really providing, with this
deck I find it very easy to just be somewhat detached and just get the
message that these little monsters are trying to give to me. When reading for
clients, I found this deck great as well again because it's quite forthright and
clear but there is this level of detachment, not so much because the
little monsters don't care, but more just because they're aware of this bigger
picture and so even though they honor the emotional experience that you're
having right now they're also able to you know detach from the hot emotions
that are too specific to this current moment and to kind of just draw you back
out to regain perspective a little. That's been how I've experienced this
deck anyway and it's been an absolute delight. So I do, I love this little deck
and I'm so very glad I decided to take the plunge and pick it up when it came
up for resale here in Australia on the Facebook group. I think this is a
fabulous Rider Waite alternative, just has such a fun presence and a great
personality, and it's just ultimately a very useable deck. So if you have this
deck I would love to hear what you think in the comments below, or of course if
you have any further questions that I haven't answered in this review please
feel free to ask and I would do my best to get back to you, and until next time
so much love, bye!
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Moto X4 (Android One Edition) Review - Duration: 11:17.
What's going on everyone Mitesh here and today
I have for you guys my full review of the Android one edition of the Moto X4. Now in this review
I'm going to be mainly covering the
performance of the phone the
Cameras and then the things that I found, after using it for a couple weeks, the things that I really liked and disliked about this
phone. If you guys are looking for more the specs and all that stuff I did in another video about it so you guys can
Check it out. I'll have a linked up here in the card, so yeah without further ado. Let's go ahead and get started
All right, so let's start off by talking about the performance of this phone
And if you're like me and you've never used a budget phone before I think you would be pleasantly surprised at how good
This phone is in terms of performance
So I think it's a combination of the Snapdragon 630 in this and the stock Android that just lets this thing
fly through everything you do on a day-to-day basis
So whether that's reading social media posting social media browsing the web watching YouTube videos watching Netflix all of that is just
Seamless on this I've never had this thing slow down when I'm trying to do any of that stuff in fact even doing things like
multitasking so having split screen on this phone works
perfectly so I had YouTube videos and
Was browsing the internet and everything just worked perfectly when I touch either one of the apps there was no slowdown
Whatsoever so yeah in terms of performance. I have been really impressed by this thing in fact
The only time I even noticed that it was a little bit slower than my pixel two was when I had them next to each
Other and I was trying to open up apps at the same time
I could tell that the Moto just did not open them as fast and that's
Gonna be due to the Snapdragon 630 versus the Snapdragon 835. But yeah, I think if you're getting this in for performance. It's fantastic
Now of course the fact that it's running Android 8.0. Means you don't have to worry about being behind
You don't have to worry about security patches and all that because it's up to date
Being an Android one phone is I think a huge plus in just having the latest features on your phone
So even coming from the pixel - I could definitely see myself switching over this phone full time and have no issues whatsoever
except for the camera and more on that in a little bit
But before that I want to talk about the battery life on this so
Because of the Snapdragon 630 and the three gigabytes of RAM. This as a great battery life
It's much better than my pixel 2 anyways the battery life on this can last easily over a day
It also supports quick charge 3.0
so it charges much faster than my pixel 2 does so
Yeah in terms of that
I actually much prefer using this phone because I know it won't die out on me and finally before moving on to cameras I want
To talk a little bit about the display so the display on this is of course LCD now
It's almost always a better to have an OLED display, but honestly
I would rather take a good LCD display over a bad OLED, and this is a great LCD display, so it's a 1080p screen
It's 5.2 inches and the colors on it aren't the most accurate, but there are a couple different modes
You can pick if you like the phone to be a little bit warmer color you can do that or cooler
And then you can also boost the colors if you prefer that look so it's nice to be able to at least have those options
The only place you're ever gonna notice that it's not an LCD display is at night when you have the Moto display turn on
The nice thing about it on the pixel, too
Is that when you have the always-on display?
It's just those pixels lit up, but on this thing the entire screen lights up so even though. It is a very dark color
It's still you can see that the entire display is lit up. So that's the only place
I really noticed and it's an LCD vs.
An an OLED display and actually there's one other place that I noticed it's an LCD display
And it's the fact that when I have my polarized sunglasses on when I put this thing in landscape
I can't treat the screen at all now
This is something that I didn't particularly know about I had to do a little bit of research
But it turns out that although CDs put out polarized light
And then if you have polarized sunglasses at certain angles the polarized light will meet it, and then yeah
You won't be able to see anything on it, but it's the case with all LCD displays
So if you have polarized sunglasses yeah, and certain angles this display may not work out for you
But but really I don't feel like it's something that comes up that much and then this is the case with all LCD display
So I'm not really gonna knock it down for that alright
So finally let's talk about the cameras on this thing so there are three cameras on this total
so there's two in the back and the front-facing camera so
I'll be honest all of the cameras on this phone are just okay
They're actually pretty good, but when you're comparing some like the pixel two
It's a little hard to find these to be that great now
I will be honest they take great pictures when you have good lighting, but when you have a bad lighting
They all tend to struggle a little bit
So let's wrap up by talking about the main camera so the main camera is a 12 megapixel sensor
It's got a regular focal length and that one does
really well especially the HDR when a chair turns on this thing actually takes some pretty pleasant pictures even with the wide-angle lens but the
HDR on you get some really really nice pictures even indoors if you have good lighting you can get some fantastic
pictures out of this
But when you get to low light situations it starts to break down quite a bit and another thing
I want to know is the camera system on this is not the fastest the shutter lag it can be
Quite high especially if you're taking a bunch of HDR pictures in a row the Snapdragon 62 just can't quite keep up with it
so on my pixel 2
it's just like you can just keep touching a button as many times as you want and just
constantly taking pictures whereas on
This phone it takes a second to take it if you take three pictures in a row with that our HDR
It takes a while before it lets you take another picture so that's something to definitely note now
Let's talk a little bit about the wide-angle sensor, and I'll be honest
I really prefer the wide-angle sensor to having a telephoto sensor
But I'm really usually trying to get more things in the shop versus less
And this thing really helps in doing that indoors, though
You are gonna see a lot of lens distortion
So you're gonna see on the edges of the picture that it's just very curved on both sides
Outdoors usually don't have this issue because it's everything so far apart
It's usually fine now in terms of optical image stabilization this thing has none, so
Video wise you're gonna be seeing some pretty shaky videos
It's actually not that bad here so a couple clips so you guys can see from the regular and the wide-angle lens so yeah in
Terms of video I still things it takes a really good video
It does 4k after 30 frames per second, so that's always good in terms of budget phones
I think this camera is really good it
Also has a lot of different modes built into it if you guys are interested in that so it has a portrait mode
And I'll be honest
I have not been able to get the portrait mode to work at all, so I'm not gonna talked about that one very much
But it's got a couple other cool modes that you can try out so it's got this nice cutout mode
So you can take a picture of someone and it will basically cut them out of the scene it works relatively
well
It's also got a spot color one so you can drain the picture of all colors except for one so
That's a nice little feature to have built in I know a lot of people like that filter
And then of course you can do things like slow motion and also have face filters
I don't see many people using this more than like one time, but it was fun to try it out at least now
let's move on to the front-facing camera so the front facing camera is a
16 megapixel sensor, and it's just okay most of the pictures
I got out of it are really
Soft even when I took the beauty mode on which is on by default the pictures just came out really soft
And I'm just not sure why
Especially when you have a 16 megapixel sensor, I think you'd come out detailed and sharp
But no, it's all the pictures were just pretty soft out of it now the front-facing that does have a front-facing flash
and I
Recommend that nobody use that because it will look terrible
Compared to the pixel 2 though when I took it like with nearly no light you're at least gonna get a selfie out of this
Versus with the pixel 2 you're gonna get something that doesn't look that great alright
So this is a look at your front-facing camera and action on the mother 4. It's pretty good
You can in fact turn on a flashlight
Am I exactly sure how oh there you go see?
It's I don't think I can
really hard to tell but you can even have the flashlight on in the front so if you guys do a lot of selfies or
You do a lot of vlogging with the front-facing camera. It works pretty. Well, so yeah, that's it for the cameras
I think for a budget phone these cameras are actually pretty good budget phones
this is the one part where they really struggle is with the camera so if you guys are looking for a great camera if you're
Trying to create content with this yeah
Then you're gonna want to spend the money to get something like a pixel 2 or an iPhone 10 or a Galaxy S 9
Something that has a great camera and at this point all those flagship mobile phones. That's what they're selling you is the great camera
Alright, so let's finish off this review by doing my favorite part of it
Which is all that miscellaneous stuff that I liked and disliked about this device that
Really doesn't fit into a category and I have a list here, so I'm just gonna read a little bit of these off so
Number one is the fact that this thing has a headphone jack you guys it has a headphone jack
It's something that I've missed on my pixel, too
I don't miss it so much that I really complain about on a day-to-day basis
But like once you go to a device that has a headphone jack. You just realize how?
Convenient it is so yeah. I know it's a lost battle, but I like the fact that this has a headphone jack
Next up is the fact that this thing is ip68 water and dust resistant
That's something
That usually see on higher-end phones, and it's good to see that budget phones are starting to get it think of something that should be
Available on most phones and hopefully in the next couple years
It won't because I mean
These things are already fragile as it is the fact that a little bit of rain can mess one of these up is
Just kind of stupid
Next up is the fact that this thing has a single front facing speaker so uh
This this is a this is not so much alike and dislike
It's kind of in between so I would love it if this thing had dual front facing
speakers like my pixel two does but it doesn't but I'm glad that it doesn't that they opted to have a
Single front facing speaker versus having a bottom firing speakers
I really dislike bottom firing speakers because they're so easy to cover up and this one has a really good front facing speaker
Next up is the fingerprint sensor
So I think it complained a little bit about the fingerprint sensor in my first video is the fact that?
It's not a home button
It's just a fingerprint sensor
And then you can also use it to turn off the screen like that
Now the biggest problem that I have with this is that?
Sometimes when I'm getting it out of my pocket my palm will brush against it
And it is trying to register that so my biggest complaint is
I just wish that this thing was a little bit more recessed so that when I'm taking out on my pocket
It doesn't see those as attempted
Unlocks and then sometimes I've had it actually locked me out of the phone before because I just didn't my hand just brush it
Too many times and encountered all those as attempts to unlock
And then finally something that I'm really annoyed by about and it's the fact that this is a glass phone
And there's no wireless charging. I mean seriously
What's the point of a glass phone with no wireless charging like there's absolutely no point?
I don't think anybody can convince me that there is a point to having a glass phone with no wireless charging, but yeah
Those are some of the things that I found in my time using this phone that I really liked and this like alright
So sorry guys. Go that's my full review of the Moto X floor
It's been a really good experience for me, and hopefully this video helps you guys out and make your decision
And if it does go ahead and hit that like button and subscribe if you guys want to see more videos like this and then
Finally I want to know in the comments down below if you guys could let me know
What do you guys think about budget phones cuz I definitely consider buying a budget phone because just it wouldn't get updates
But pull the phone like this you're gonna get updates, and I think for most people a phone like this is good enough
So what do you guys think about that let me know in the comments, and I'll catch you guys in the next one. Bye
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Editorial Boards on Peer Review Journals - Duration: 3:54.
Hi there.
I am John Bond from Riverwinds Consulting and this is Publishing Defined.
Today I am going to talk about being an editorial board member on a peer review journal.
The editorial board of a journal provides direction, gives insight into new developments
in the field, is an advocate for the journal to the community, and, probably most notably,
provides peer review for submitted manuscripts.
Editorial boards can vary from perhaps a dozen professionals to more than a hundred.
They usually cover all areas of interest within the specialty of the publication.
Increasingly they come from the global community, unless the publication is geographically limited.
The board is headed up by an editor, or editor in chief, or one of many other titles.
Sometimes there might be senior editors or associate editors that help direct the publication
and perform the many duties necessary to run the journal.
The editor and editorial board serve at the behest of the publisher or association that
runs or owns the journal.
In most instances, the board serves in an advisory capacity and is not a voting board.
As I mentioned, the primary duty of editorial board members is to peer review manuscripts.
Thankfully this is done via sophisticated online manuscript tracking software.
The reviewer can leave detailed comments about the paper and then suggest if the manuscript
be accepted, rejected, or sent back for revision.
Most reviewers are not asked to edit or rewrite manuscripts, but more to focus on content.
A reviewer might be asked to review a few manuscripts a year, or sometimes many more
than that.
Timeliness of review is important to all publications.
Being on an editorial board is an unpaid position.
The position of editor and perhaps some other senior positions usually come with an honorarium.
Most members are asked to join the board as their career reaches prominence.
Some are recommended by others on the board.
The requirements usually for board membership are: having significant advancement in the
field, a track record in writing and perhaps editing, previous reviewing experience perhaps
on other journals or committees, and, if an association publication, being a member of
the association.
Some journals entertain self-nomination to a board.
Sometimes board members will serve a specific term of a few years.
Other times, it is at the discretion of the editor.
Change on an editorial board is a good thing.
It allows new ideas and new perspectives to keep the journal fresh.
Editorial board members are the backbone of the scholarly journal system.
They ensure the quality of the content and the integrity of the peer review system.
There has been much discussion about this uncompensated work.
Stay tuned to see if the industry moves towards a new model for compensation, versus simply
career recognition.
Well that's it.
I am a publishing consultant and work with associations, publishers, and individuals
on a host of content related challenges.
Reach out to me at RiverwindsConsulting.com.
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Japan Sumo Association may review ban on women - Duration: 0:59.
The Japan Sumo Association says it's open to hearing opinions regarding a controversial
ban on women in the ring.
The association is facing some pretty strong backlash for kicking female first responders
out of the ring while they were trying to revive an official who had collapsed.
Sumo is closely linked to ancient Shinto rites; women aren't allowed in the ring, or dohyo,
because they're traditionally considered "ritually unclean."
After the women were ordered to leave, salt was thrown in the ring as an act of purification.
Just days later, a female mayor was banned from giving a speech in the ring.
Instead she had to speak beside it and said: "Female mayors are also humans.
I am frustrated that I cannot give this speech on the dohyo just because I am a woman."
The Sumo Association's board agreed Saturday to let women enter the ring in emergency situations
but has not overturned the ban outside of those circumstances.
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The Adventure Pals Review | The Fun Never Ends, ADVENTURE PALS! | PC/Steam | Massive Monster - Duration: 10:01.
Have you ever played a game that
Captivated and hooked you within the first five minutes of hitting the start game button whether it was the artistic choices
the writing or humor or even a clever tutorial for me this was the adventure pals the adventure pals is a
cartoony action-packed hack and slash
platformer game with some RPG elements
sprinkled in there that can either be played solo or with a friend and local co-op mode the game was developed by massive monster and
Published by armored game studio, so let's begin our story with focusing on the story
I think what I admire most about this game is how?
Absolutely absurd and silly the premises sometimes we all need to unwind and play a game like this or at the very least
Experience it similar to unwinding by binge watching cartoons on a lazy weekend morning
It was obvious to me from the get-go that massive monster had to have been heavily inspired by cartoons like
adventure time or even gravity falls also
I could tell that developers liked the behemoth were the creators of Castle Crashers
battleblock theater and most recently pit people were a massive influence to them as well everything from their visuals down to their quick-witted humor when
I mentioned this in a tweet massive monster replied the behemoth are a massive inspiration to us
We also started out making games on Newgrounds, so it's awesome to be compared to them
They are just super awesome the mood and tone is set for us within the first two minutes of gameplay when your Poppa
leads you to a surprise birthday gift you travel through a
Well-designed little tutorial with a couple funny jokes in between until you finally arrive at your present a cake
He tells you that the gift is actually baked inside the cake and instead of blowing out the candles
He wants you to blow up
The cake with a bomb that he previously gave you after taking a few guesses as to what's inside the cake everything from a naughty
Dancer to a bean bag filled with kittens you blow up the cake and inside you discover your first pal a pet your app that
You named sparkles however soon after your birthday is ruined when an uninvited guest by the name of mr.
B shows up and dad NAB's your Poppa and like all great villains in the past mr.
B unveils all the details of his
Plans right then and there he is stealing all the old people across the world to turn them into hotdogs
Why because of raisins now the adventure truly begins you a young boy named Wilton and your pals?
Sparkles the giraffe and your best friend who is a pet. Rock appropriately named mr.
Rock set out on an insane and wacky adventure filled with hack and slash action
platforming bizarre and weird enemies and big bad bosses all in the name of friendship
Hot dogs and saving the world to me the two crucial
Fundamentals in any good platformer are tight and good controls and good level design
Fortunately for the adventure pals this game has both now
I heard some people say that the character felt a bit too floaty at times although floaty controls aren't inherently bad in all platformer games
Say for instance or in the blind forest
I can't say that I completely agree that the character feels floaty in the Avenger pals
I even tested out the control response time in a few instances
And found them to be fairly tight and while we're on the subject of controls
I admire that massive monster didn't over complicate things
And they just kept it simple along with tapping to jump you can also hold it down to get a bit higher off ground
Not a problem due to my super duper high Tech's spinny giraffe tongue thingy
so yeah tap to jump then press and hold it again to have sparkles your draft perform a
Helicopter move with her tongue. This seriously has to be one of my most favorite things about this game
There's also only one button for combat
But you can perform combos for maximum butt-kicking efficiency and lastly you have a button to access the items in your backpacks
Inventory and another to use set item
I found that the level design was really excellent first off the bright and colorful hand-drawn visuals make for awesome. Eye
Candy, but is not too distracting in every level
There are five separate stages if you're not too concerned with
Collecting everything you could finish each stage in about five to ten minutes
Or so the levels progressively get harder and harder as the game continues
And I found that they also became increasingly more confusing to navigate towards the end I can only assume that this is done on purpose
to drive completionists like myself insane obviously not
It's just good level design
Aside from branching paths found in each level in stage there are also plenty of and he's bearing a difficulty in
Brilliant obstacles to trip you up along the way
I can only hope that the devs come up with some sort of level editor like the one found in the behemoths battleblock theater
So fans like us can have non-stop adventure pals fun
Every level has a total of five cupcakes to collect one in each stage and one sticker pack hidden somewhere once you have a total
Of five cupcakes collected you can bring them to the cupcake King and he'll poop out an egg with a random cosmetic for either you
Or mr.. Rockin side also might. I have that the cosmetics you get from mr.
Rock are just so insanely adorable that I couldn't help
But just say Oh
Out loud almost
Every single time the stickers you find or for you're talking sentient sticker book aside from finding one in each level you could also purchase
Them from vendors that are scattered across the world by obtaining them from certain quests or winning them in the arena
And I played the Steam version of this game, so I don't know if this is just exclusive to Steam only
But there are lots of fun stickers for other amazing indie games like hollow Knight
And holy potatoes a weapon shop when defeating enemies you get both gold and XP by collecting enough XP
You'll eventually level up and have the choice between
Three random abilities and gold is used for a few different things found in every level art chests some chests are free and provide even
More gold in other chests you have to actually pay gold to open it
There's also other chests to be found like the kind that grants you certain combat attributes for example critical hit electricity fire damage
and there's even one that fires out Turtles from your sword side francese gold is used to purchase goodies from vendors like a
variety of different bombs
Potions and more although you can't buy new weapons your sword will change appearance each time you level up
We already discussed the story and some of the excellent level design
But how is the actual gameplay and overall mechanics to sum up the overall gameplay?
You need to continuously find rubies, which are found at the end of each level to pay a ransom to mr.
B aside from this there are various different quests and goals to accomplish throughout your adventure
And even fighting in the arenas at one point
I had to collect a bunch of berries for a laid back Fox and another time
I had to collect blueprints for a talking toast. I who was enslaved by a tyrant
Tyrannosaurus Rex and now they've created a secret underground group called the dough uprising I swear
I am
Making this stuff off that being said I found the gameplay to be very rewarding whether it was getting the next adorable
Cosmetic or obtaining the next quest I found that I was always curious to see what was next you will navigate the world by riding
On your pet traps back in traversing five distinct Maps in each map you can find levels as well as shops
Villages and secrets hidden about like I said there are five distinct worlds in total and each one brings new enemies
mechanics characters quest bosses and more and one thing I'd like to really highlight here in this review is the
Outstanding character design you can really tell how much love was poured into this game by the devs from just the characters alone each
individual character in NPC has their own look and attitude
You don't really spend that much time with the NPC's so the fact I became so enamored with them in such a short time
Really speaks to the overall design on your adventure
you'll meet a group of laid back boxes that are in a band a male man who eats his mail an
adorable insecure whale toast people a lazy tyrant t-rex king a
Fancy burrito in so many more adorable lovable and admire Balearic ters as the story progresses
You are introduced to more and more game mechanics the pacing of these mechanics are slow and steady
And I found that I wasn't too
Overwhelmed by them the game gives you enough time to master the last mechanics or obstacle before throwing a new one your way these
Mechanics vary from using your giraffe as a grappling hook shooting yourself out of a toaster
Sliding down a wire on your bum guiding a lost flying cat to its cat pad to activate mechanisms like locked doors using your giraffes
Helicopter tongue to propel you underwater and so many more fun and interesting mechanics
This is the type of game that you could play in short bursts or get lost in four hours
The gameplay starts off simple and quite easy to be honest
But as the game progresses the difficulty level becomes increasingly more challenging
It's not too Hardware casual gamers would put the game down in frustration
But also not too easy where hardcore gamers would grow bored and also I wanted to note that not once did I experience any bugs?
or technical problems while playing the adventure pals
This is a polished platformer with rewarding calm and tight controls overall I had a ton of fun playing this action-packed
Cartoony platformer I loved everything from the upbeat music and awesome sound design the excellent level design the story was
hilarious in silly and wacky
Adorable and lovable characters in fast action-packed gameplay if you are a fan of platformer games at all or even
behemoth style games or just a lover of cartoons in general I'd say give adventure pals a shot at the very least it might just
Make you laugh, or smile. I know it did that and then some for me
I give adventure pals 4 out of 5 stars
I am really looking forward to seeing what massive monster does next and I hope with all this positive feedback
They've been receiving about this game encourage them to do that sooner rather than later
Be sure to head over to the nerd stash com to read the full review
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2018 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR REVIEW - Duration: 6:51.
For 2018, the Lincoln Navigator is redone top to bottom.
The 2016 New York auto show concept, also called Navigator, set the stage -- who can
forget those crazy gullwing doors and staircase to the passenger compartment?
The production version came a year later in spring 2017, also at the New York show.
Base Price: $93,705 As-Tested Price: $96,570
Key Competitors: Cadillac Escalade ESV, Land Rover Range Rover LWB, Lexus LX
Full Review: 2018 Lincoln Navigator first drive
Highlights: This is the fourth-generation Navigator, and the 450-hp twin-turbo V6 and
10-speed automatic are straight from the mighty Raptor.
Ford again went with body-on-frame (an updated F-150 chassis) and independent rear suspension.
There are two lengths -- the shorter, 122.5-inch wheelbase and the Navigator L with a 131.6-inch
wheelbase; dimensionally the new truck is slightly longer in both wheelbase and overall
length than the old one.
Lincoln says the Navigator offers best-in-class legroom in the second and third rows.
The Maritime Pilots Institute in Covington, Louisiana, gives refresher courses in piloting
ships -- cruise ships, tankers, container ships, whatever.
Or to make a European vacation out of it, you could go to Port Revel, a ship-piloting
school about 350 miles southeast of Paris.
Either would probably help get you ready for life behind the new Lincoln Navigator's
wheel.
(Not making fun!
Lincoln itself compares its new Navigator to a luxury yacht; I'm just going along
with the theme here.)
No way around it, this thing is huge.
It weighs between 5,800 and 6,200 pounds, but the truth is it's actually 150-some
pounds lighter than the outgoing model: The new Navigator's aluminum body saves around
200 pounds, though in an effort to make it the quietest big SUV on the market, some weight
was put back.
Laminated windows, loads of sound deadening, an active noise-canceling system, those kinds
of things.
Thus the company says the new Navigator elevates "family travel to first class."
No argument from me, especially if part of being first class means ginormous.
No, you won't find words such as "quick turn-in" or "razor-sharp handling" in
this review, nor should you.
Apologies in advance if a stray "port" or "starboard" accidentally slips in.
Lincoln's new Navigator glides down the road smoothly and quietly, even in Detroit.
Said a colleague, "I'm really impressed with how it handles the moon-like craters
on the road.
While both a Range Rover and Mercedes-Benz GLS feel soft and supple, the sound of the
suspension bouncing around gets into the cabin.
But this Navigator rolls over them with nothing but one muted 'thump.'"
To that I add thank goodness for the Raptor engine.
Stand on the gas and this thing takes off way quicker than you'd guess.
No, the V6 doesn't sound as cool as a V8, but the 450 hp (510 lb-ft) really helps off
the line.
Midrange acceleration is quick–ish as well.
Trim levels except the base Premiere have adaptive dampers tied into a new drive system
with excite (sport), conserve (efficient), slippery (mud/snow) and deep (deep mud or
snow) modes.
They adjust steering, throttle and transmission response, suspension, engine sounds ... you
get the idea.
No matter the mode, one must plan in advance.
We're talking a 6,000-pound 18-footer, so that's not a big surprise.
Also not a big surprise is that in normal mode there's body roll aplenty.
That's OK here in the Motor City, where the Navigator just cruises through our notorious
potholed pavement unruffled.
Excite mode actually reins the chassis in some, making the truck drive smaller than
the old one.
Not small ... smaller.
The Navigator's interior is the highlight.
It's ultra comfortable and looks and feels really expensive, a sanctuary of well-assembled,
lovely materials.
They wouldn't be out of place on a far more expensive car.
Back-seat room is fantastic, the soft leather seats terrific.
Real adults can sit in the third row, while up front there's a reconfigurable 12-inch
LCD instrument cluster and a 10-inch touchscreen infotainment screen.
Ten-way power heated seats are standard, but you want to spend the $1,250 on the 30-way,
massaging, heating and cooling seats.
They're among the best thrones on any SUV (or anything else) we've driven.
As long as you're hurling money around, I urge you to go an extra $12,500 over and
above the Reserve model's $81,205 base sticker and get the Black Label edition.
It offers even softer leather covering most every surface (even the door handles).
The headliner and door pillars are wrapped in a suede-like material, the carpets are
deeper and softer to the touch, and the wood on the center console is cut from one piece.
Black Label also includes a four-year, 50,000-mile maintenance plan and in-home delivery.
If you need a full-size luxury SUV, the new Navigator is definitely worth a drive.
I wouldn't have said that about the old one.
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Hotel Tonight App Review - Great Hotel Deals? - Duration: 8:10.
I'm going to tell you about the
Hotel Tonight app and run some tests to find out if using it can actually save you any money.
Hello! Welcome to Trip Hacks DC, my name is Rob.
I'm a tour guide here in the nation's capital. If you're coming to Washington DC
and you're looking for the best tips, tricks, and hacks for exploring the city, make sure to subscribe to this channel and hit the bell
notification icon so that you don't miss any new videos.
And if you're interested in signing up for a Trip Hacks DC tour, head on over to TripHacksDC.com
afterwards, to see the tours that I offer. Whether you're coming to DC or traveling elsewhere
getting a great rate on your hotel room is one of the most important trip hacks. If you haven't seen it yet
I will leave a link in the video description to my previous video where I showed you how to get a great rate when booking
directly with hotels. People occasionally ask me about the Hotel Tonight app which advertises
amazing rates on last-minute bookings. You can use this app in cities all over the world,
but since this channel is about Washington DC
it made the most sense for me to test it out here; and before we get into the specifics if you watch this video and
decide you do want to try out the app you can get $25 off your first booking by using the promo code THACKSDC
That code works in any city
and I will leave it in the video description so you can retrieve it later. In the first part of this video
I'm going to explain what the Hotel Tonight app is and how it works.
So if you only care about my price comparison tests you can go ahead and skip to [4:39].
And if you only want my final opinion about whether this app is worth using or not go ahead and skip to [6:14]
The video. With all of that said let's get started... Hotel tonight isn't
actually new; it's been around
since 2010. When it launched the premise was simple: the business model for a hotel is to sell all of their rooms at the highest
price the customers are willing to pay; but reality is a lot more complicated than that, and a lot of times hotels wind up with
unsold rooms. If a hotel has rooms that it wasn't able to sell by that last day
they would put them on Hotel Tonight and sell them off at a discount. From the hotel's perspective
it's better to sell the room for a little money than to have it go vacant and make no money. This
concept was not new in 2010. Priceline and
Hotwire had been allowing travelers to book hotel rooms for very cheap rates for almost a decade before.
However in the case of those two sites you are going in
completely blind. The exact hotel that you booked wasn't actually revealed until after you paid.
Hotel tonight took the surprise out of the equation by allowing you to book exactly the hotel that you want.
They started by allowing the same day or
"tonight" bookings as their name suggests, then they expanded to 7 days and now they've expanded it to 100 days.
So at the time that I'm making this video you can book a room through the Hotel Tonight app
almost three months in advance of your trip. Now, the downside to this is that Hotel Tonight
suffers from a lot of the same problems that Priceline and Hotwire have always had. For example all bookings are
prepaid and 100%
non-refundable. Hotel Tonight claims that this is necessary in order to offer these great rates. For you what this means is that if you can't
make your trip for whatever reason, you aren't getting your money back. The next big limitation is that Hotel Tonight only
guarantees rooms for two adults. The reason for this is that hotels are basically
unloading all of their leftover rooms after their primary customers have checked in. If the only rooms
they have left are the ones with one bed in them, then that's what you're getting. This could easily be a deal breaker for
families or anyone who needs to guarantee more than one bed. Now, some listings on Hotel Tonight will let you actually choose
how many beds you want in your room, but in my testing in Washington DC
almost all of the ones that I came across use the
"Selected by Hotel" option. The last caveat is that
Hotel Tonight
charges extra fees and they're kind of hidden. The way that you can find out what the fees are going to be is to book
your hotel almost all the way through. On the last screen you can tap the question mark next to "taxes and fees"
Hotel tax in Washington DC is 14.5%
so on a $300 booking like the one in this example,
that would be $43.50, but the reason why it's showing up as
$47.34 is because they're charging tax on top of Hotel Tonight's fees.
Which by my calculation is another $24.50. Now on the other hand
I also looked at rooms on here where there's almost no fee, so it's unclear to me
how Hotel Tonight comes up with these fees and why they're so inconsistent,
but the point
of all of this is just to say that you should always double-check that fee
before booking; because if the fee is really high than what looked like a really great deal might be a less of a great deal.
All right, with all the caveats out of the way
let's get into my testing... I ran this test on Tuesday March 6th, 2018
and I tested four different sets of dates: one night tonight;
two nights during the upcoming weekend; five nights a month out; and five nights about three months out. For each set of dates
I took the first five hotels that came up on the hotel tonight app and
then I compared it against the lowest rate that I could find on that hotel's website as if I were booking
directly, so that includes the non-refundable prepaid rates that the hotel offers as well. And for simplicity
I'm only comparing the advertised rates, not
Including the taxes and fees, so you really need to be careful about that when you're using this app for real. For the first test,
tonight, I found discounts on all five results ranging from a modest 7% to a fairly generous
33%. For the upcoming weekend test the results were quite a bit more mixed. Three of the hotels were discounted through the app,
one was exactly the same price as if you'd booked direct,
and one was actually more if you booked it through the app.
Testing a month out the results get even wilder, with one hotel being slightly more expensive
through the app and another being almost half price
through the app. And the same thing goes for the test for the dates three months out. The discounts ranged from a modest
10% to almost half off.
I was actually really surprised by these results,
so much, so that I wanted to run the tests again a week later and what I found were actually very similar results.
I won't spend time getting into it in this video, but if you want to see them
I will leave a link to a blog post in the description with all of this data.
And finally the moment of truth. Would I recommend this app?...
It depends. The biggest pro to the Hotel Tonight app is obviously the discounts. I was honestly shocked at how big some of these discounts
were, even when looking at dates pretty far into the future; however
I realized afterwards that my test is flawed because it's really not a true apples to apples comparison.
What I mean by that is that when I search for dates in Hotel Tonight it returned about 15 hotels each time,
but there are over a hundred hotels in Washington DC.
So say the last time you came to town you stayed at the Renaissance
and you absolutely loved it. If you open the app put in your dates,
and the Renaissance isn't on the list then you can't book it through the app.
But the two biggest cons in my opinion are that the rates are all non-refundable
and you don't get control over the type of room that you get. So my personal travel preference will continue to be booking refundable rates
directly with hotels. This gives you the maximum
flexibility in
planning your trip because remember if a rate drops after you've booked it or another hotel is running a sale,
you can always cancel your original booking and make a new one. And lastly, when you use any third party booking service
including Hotel Tonight, it can really complicate things if
anything goes wrong. On the other hand I can definitely see some value for some kinds of travelers,
I'm thinking specifically of the solo traveler or the couple
who doesn't need to guarantee that their room has more than one bed, or a last minute traveler who just doesn't care about the flexibility
of having a refundable rates. So if you do want to try it out
and it's your first time you can use the promo code
THACKSDC for $25 off your first booking.
And if you're watching this video because you're traveling to Washington DC and looking for tips and hacks for your trip,
you can subscribe to this channel by clicking on the Trip Hacks DC logo
which is popping up right now at the bottom of the screen, or you can click on the Capitol dome on the left side of
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Avengers: Infinity War - Movie Review (No Spoiler) - Duration: 6:20.
Well, Hello everyone! Back at it again with movies review with me,
right now i'm gonna review one of the most anticipated movies,
which is Avengers: Infinity War.
I'm excited, you're excited, we're excited.
Don't worry, no spoiler ahead because Thanos told me not to.
So, i guarantee no spoiler!
10 years for waiting this movie.. started by Iron Man and it is really worth the wait and beyond expectation.
Directed by Russo Brothers and played by all superheroes in MCU,
i'm talking about one hundred superheros here.
If you watch the trailer, this movie is about Thanos trying to collect all the Infinity Stones.
In this movie you will cry from the pleasure, you will cry from epicness
and you will definitely cry from heartbreaking scenes.
Because every scenes are on a whole different levels,
but still part by part is interesting to watch and breath-taking.
Everything about this movie is worth it. I have my own expectations for this movie,
and i always wondered how the Russo brothers will handled a movie with the bunch of superheroes
from differents planets, different stories, and different styles?
But guess what, Russo Brothers nailed it.
This is beyond my expectation. REALLY, Beyond of it.
Finally after awhile, now we really have a competitive villain who really work on it,
making the movie all about him.
And we really don't know what will happen after this, clearly i have no idea what will happen.
I walked out of theatre shaking, wondering, wanting more, full of questions in my head.
Like what i've just said before, this is not what i was expect, it's emotional, epic and incredible.
It plays with your emotions A LOT.
But of course I can not talk more about it because no spoilers
and i don't want to ruin it for anybody.
Thanos is the best villain ever, no doubt.
Played by Josh Brolin, he is such an incredible actor.
He was intimidating and vicious, it's chaotic.
This is the villain who has a goals, his motivation is so clear
and that's why people love Thanos so much even though he is the bad guy here.
It is because you can side with his thoughts,
you can both agree and disagree at the same time, you can feel his sadness too.
I think this is the first time where i saw the villain and i'm thinking
"please stop this and let them live happily ever after",
instead of "oh no you didn't. avengers will kick the f*** out of you."
because when Thanos is there, no one's is safe.
These characters are what audiences exactly want.
Like what Paul Bettany claims,
Marvel Cinematic Universe really did a great job about doing the characters
because what really important on this whole movie is the characters.
It was so great to see every characters in this movie got their moment
and you did not see members of the cast trying to one up each other.
They are from differents world, differents backstories, but all of them has a one goal.
And even though this movie will include all superheroes, but it's not confusing or flustered,
the movie is just two and half hours but it didn't feel like it was.
Actually, they can put 3 hours and to be honest i will still enjoying it.
And I am actually hate CGI characters but they've made Thanos and Black Order
seems so real and enjoyable.
But, some elements in this movie don't work quite as well.
Some characters that you've expected to be right in front,
well actually no, they're not.
This movie could be the best Marvel movie ever,
because it is already the huge cultural phenomenon right now.
They worked really hard, 10 years it's plot hinted throughout 18 other movies,
it features more than 70 characters, each with their own complex backstories and motivations.
Probably I will watching it again next weeks but from now on i will give it...
10 out of 10.
Because if I don't, I would betraying myself. They really, really did a great job after all these 10 years.
It is really worth the wait.
So, what do you think about Avengers: Infinity War? I think it's amazing, remarkable, epic, and incredible!
It is a huge cultural phenomenon right now so this is highly recommended movies!
You gotta watch it on theater. It plays with your emotions a lot,
this is the first time i have ever cried watching marvel movies.
So, what do you think? Please comment below and let me know what you think.
Feel free to disscuss movies with me.
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Anytime Fitness Franchise Review and Cost - Duration: 8:49.
. What a great business - you just invest and sit back as the money
rolls in. But is that really the case? Today, lets take a critical look at the Anytime Fitness
Franchise.
So let me start by saying that there are owners that have done very well with their Anytime
Fitness Franchise. When the model works, it works well and you can have a relatively passive
business that provides predictable income.
Now that's the side you will hear from the franchise, but as always we like to give you
the other side of the story so you can make an educated decision.
Taken from their brand new 2018 FDD the cost to open an Anytime Fitness center will range
between $131,002 and $722,796. Keep in mind that number includes your operating capital
for the first 3 months, and assumes you will be leasing your gym equipment. If you buy
your equipment count on about $140,000 on top of that number. There is also the option
for an Anytime Fitness Express location which we won't cover today. You will pay a $549
monthly fee to Anytime Fitness, a general advertising fee of $300 monthly and you will
be required to invest between $8,000-$18,000 on a Grand Opening and Ramp up Program when
you first open up. You will pay a fee of 50 cents for each member of your club monthly
for the Anytime Health membership, to a maximum of $225 for a single location or $675 a month
if you have multiple locations. There is a global access fee of $249 per month. Training
suite fees are $149 per center.
So those are the fees, but how much can you make with an Anytime Fitness Franchise? The
2018 Item 19 financials in Anytime Fitness FDD provide suggested earnings for 500, 865
and 1150 member scenarios. The earnings BEFORE debt expense, depreciation, interest and taxes
are $9,900 for a 500 member location, and if you read the fine print that number assumes
you are working at the center yourself. If you have installed a manager from when you
opened you will not be making that amount. Next level is $99,800 for an 865 member location,
and these following numbers do assume you now have a a manager and $192,000 for an 1150
member location. Keep in mind that representation assumes that all members stay for a full year
with zero attrition or zero new ,members, which is not realistic. These numbers were
based on an estimated value of $371.90 per year per member, and a club size and approximate
cost related to 5000 sf But how many members will an average club have? Well if we look
again at the item 19 in the FDD we see Anytime Fitness gives the average of 697 monthly paying
members, and a median of 646. Pay per visit members average count was was 168 and median
was 101. The lowest membership in their system was 177 the highest was 3316. So essentially
these numbers paint the picture in your mind that the 697 paying members plus pay per visit
of 168 gives us the average of 865 members so we can expect $99,800. Pretty good right?
And if you are emotionally driven through the FDD thats the only number you will see.
But read the fine print more closely and there are other considerations you need to understand
such as paragraph 6 in the Item 19 relating to training income. This is important as certain
clubs who did not report personal training income of at least $1500 monthly were just
not included in the numbers. So underperforming PT locations were removed from the figures,
and remember franchisors have the ability to present these numbers to you any way they
like. Also remember this number is before debt expense, depreciation, interest and taxes.
As always make sure you have read and understand all the points in the FDD and have a competent
franchise lawyer advise you.
Now the growth of Anytime Fitness has been strong with almost 400 new locations opening
in the past 3 years. Litigation is almost zero which is really amazing for a franchise
of this size. But hold on 400 locations opening that sounds
like no locations have closed doesnt it? A quick Google of the words Anytime Fitness
Closed will prove otherwise Now one of the initiatives we conduct with our clients is
to contact people who closed their locations, their names will be listed in the FDD, and
ask them what happened. You dont just want to speak to franchisees who are doing well.
This is how we make an educated and balanced franchise buying decision, not by fixating
on only the positives. All franchises have some obstacles or negatives you need to be
aware of those and be confident you can overcome them.
Now if you are seriously considering buying a gym franchise I want to bring your attention
to the operational model for a second. Now the goal if you are seeking a truly passive
franchise which most people are with Anytime Fitness, is to hire someone to run your business
while you focus on other things. Now a gym franchise, keep in mind, is completely dependent
on the person you hire, much more so than say a hair salon by virtue of the client acquisition
process. So a hair Salon manager welcomes people and runs the store, and is a relatively
easy hire and even if you have to replace this person your customers still will walk
in and have their haircut. Your store success is not tied to any one individual and people
don't need to be sold a haircut.
With fitness however that manager will need to be very adept at client acquisition, at
selling. And if you can't find someone in the fitness industry, that is also good at
selling, your club is going to suffer. So if you are running passively, and you have
ongoing problems finding the right hire your store is going to suffer, and your passive
business just became a hands on headache.
We also found some negative feedback on unhappyfranchisee.com, and I'll post the link to that page down below
in the description box if you want to visit the page. Now keep in mind there are many
more happy franchisees than unhappy, but these comments provide us with some red flags that
can help direct our future research. Some complaints speak to the fact that actual ownership
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earnings of other clubs and support is poor this owner suggests they are being forced
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Earn Easy Commissions Review 2018| What Is It - Duration: 9:49.
okay good morning welcome to this quick review video on earn easy Commission's
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Watch Gang Black Review: HLA 5501 Quartz Dive watch - Duration: 9:39.
what is up guys it's Andrew with my watch addiction and Ava the dog who is
obviously not gonna let me get any work done today but this is Andrew with my
watch addiction comm and today we're gonna do a quick review of the watch
gang black subscription watch that I received for April 2018 so many of you
may have seen my watch on boxing for my watchgang black subscription for April
2018 if you did you saw that I opened up to a Hawaiian Lifeguard Association
watch I don't get this watch at all I don't understand it I don't yeah I just
I don't get it guys I know that I am NOT that kind of watch connoisseur that
knows everything about every kind of watch and you know is straight up 100
percent horology all the time I get that I'm just a normal guy that has a channel
that likes to look at watches but I don't like to look at this watch so
today this video is gonna be kinda short because there's not a whole lot to say
about this guy but before we get started guys who want
to watch me in the future mess up videos and not know how to say the name of
companies definitely hit that subscribe button in the right-hand corner below so
you can follow us on into the future alright so this is the Hawaiian
Lifeguard Association diver watch that I received manufactured by Time concepts
dotnet who incidentally is also the same company that manufactures that Szanto or
Santo time watches which oddly enough I liked a significant amount better than
this watch those watches I at least liked the stylings to them so I look
past some of the other stuff one thing I will point out is the boxes that the
Hawaiian Lifeguard Association official watch came in is the exact same box that
the Santo time watches came in they're just recovered with a different sticker
on top which makes complete sense but this is the watch you guys see it right
there not a whole lot to it I'm not really gonna go around it that much
because I just quite honestly I don't care - I'm not I'm not really into this
watch at all the silicone strap on this watch is plastic he it feels really
really cheap not really feeling it at all that face very plain very
one-dimensional doesn't really pop to me at all again guys these are my personal
opinions this is just what I think about the watch you guys might like the watch
and that's perfectly fine I'm sure there's a lot of things that I have in
my collection that you guys hate that I love that's just the way watches go but
let's jump over to the computer real quick so we're gonna jump over here and
take a look at the content dot watch gang site that was included in their
partner pamphlet this month which will tell us all the watches that I would
have preferred better than this one so if we take a look at content watch gang
slash 3f 707 3 is the actual direct link to April 2018 black tier watches we jump
down here real quick we take a look there was four different models or four
basic models and manufacturers that were sent the Y in Lifeguard Association the
out of order Casanova and stainless steel which incidentally is the only one
in the black subscription that meets my preferences based strictly set on my
preferences when selecting for my subscription each month the out of order
Casanova on leather strap and then the boulder explorer two now if I had a
choice if I could say take my hundred dollars that I invested or I put in this
subscription and give me one of these watches I absolutely 1000% in this month
would have selected the boulder explorer - I personally am a fan of Boulder
watches I know that that watch some people didn't really like the
stylings on it personally I love them I think it's a great looking watch and I'm
just a real fan of the bolder watches in general and of course you guys know I
love out of order so if I didn't get the boulder the Oh incidentally the only
other reason why I would have been excited about getting the boulders I
don't have a boulder yet in my collection so moving over to the out of
orders that kazanova lined both on the stainless steel and the leather straps
you guys saw that I got a out of order Casanova before on a leather strap and
you know I was I was happy with that selection for that month's delivery this
wine Lifeguard Association though I think I just can't stand this watch I
know I said in my unboxing video I don't hate it
which at the time I didn't but the more I started looking at it the more I
actually did hate it so let's just jump and take a look and see what we can find
out about this Hawaiian Lifeguard Association watch which incidentally is
model number 5504 so this did come in various different colors it is a
stainless steel case the band is rubber and it has a Japanese quartz movement
with a hardened k1 mineral crystal on it for 99 bucks in the grand scheme of
things $99 subscription I get it you know it's got a Japanese quartz it's
got the mineral crystal rubber strap stainless steel case I'm not loving that
dial matter of fact I hate that dial just for whatever reason I don't know
this this watch is just one of those watches that you look at that after you
buy and you're just like I hate this watch it angers me and I want it out of
my life so we jump over to the time time concepts dotnet website this is the
actual website for this watch on time concepts dotnet is who manufactures that
this is the model HL a five five four and they are selling this watch for
a whopping 250 dollars quite honestly I'm not even gonna waste my time and go
and look and see what everybody else is selling this for if anybody else is
selling it for that matter because I I simply just don't care enough um the
other other thing we learn on this site that we didn't on the watch gang sleight
is that strap is 24 millimeters at the lug and that is probably if I'd look at
this watch that's probably the thing that I like best about it is the strap
width which is kind of sad alright guys so that was the lifeguard Association
diver watch from my watch gang black subscription for 2018 this is made and
sold by time concepts dotnet you know if you guys want a beater I guess it's fine
if you want to pass it off to your kids I guess it's fine I can tell you that if
I was looking to purchase this watch hey I wouldn't and be I wouldn't purchase it
for the two hundred and fifty dollars that time cops time concepts wants it
for and quite honestly if I could get 50 bucks out of this watch I would be happy
so if you guys have 50 bucks and you want to buy this watch it's all yours
I'll even pay shipping how's that just send me 50 bucks this watch is yours and
we are both happy anyway guys I know today in a bit of a mood kind of on a
rant today so I apologize I still love the excitement of watching black
subscriptions I love the mystery watch concept it's just something that
entertains me and it's something that I again use for pure entertainment I don't
necessarily think that I should expect a watch that I like out of every
subscription month and that's perfectly okay this is one of those months that I
just happen to hate the watch that I received so that's that anyway guys I'm
gonna let you go definitely check us out later in the
week we have a couple better watches to take a look at with you guys something
some things that I'm a little bit more excited about and if you want to see
what's on my stunning daily basis don't forget to
follow us on instagram at instagram /watch addiction die us thank you guys
and have a great week
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Avengers Infinity War Spoiler Movie Review | Marvel Studios Avengers Infinity War Spoilers - Duration: 20:43.
Hey, what's up moviegoers Wow Avengers infinity war was a lot to take in and
Straight from the get-go without any spoilers. I just want to let you guys know I
Loved this movie. This movie is my favorite movie in
Such a long time
Last time I remember feeling this way after movie if I'm being quite honest with myself was after the Dark Knight way back then
I'm just in love with this movie. I don't know how else to put it
I'm gonna try something a little different with this review
We're gonna just talk about things that stood out to me either in a good way
Or a bad way, or just things that stood out in general there. Isn't really that many things bad that stood out to me
there's a few but maybe I'll talk about them at the end but most of it is gonna be good since I
Just fell in love with this movie. I've seen it twice now and the second time
I loved it more than I live in the first
And I feel like I'm just gonna love it more and more upon rewatch
Just real quick before we get started if you haven't seen Avengers infinity war yet
And don't want any spoilers on the movie this video is definitely not for you
go see the movie then come back and check out this video and
We'll go from there. Okay, so the first thing that stood out to me
And they all go chronological order as that it happened in the movies for the most part. I will so Loki Loki is killed
straight off the bat same thing with Heimdall and
it's just
insane they
Went straight into it the way his neck makes that popping sound when he got cracked was just oh my gosh
I was just like oh man. This is not gonna be your typical Marvel movie
This is definitely different Thanos had made his presence felt from the get-go and it just felt
heavy and dark and scary and
his presence just
lingers throughout the entire movie
Along with the help of the score of the movie the score of the movie helped as well with his presence
It's just gets so light
And crazy when he shows up sometimes just quiet and even that quietness just
Gives us eerie feeling to the scenes and his results to his actions that he leaves behind it just leaves this
blanket of eeriness throughout the entire film in a good way
We also see him get to fight Hulk in this first scene
And I thought that was great the second they started fighting. It was just no-holds-barred
Ass-kicking it truly made me long for the days of the solo Hulk movie another thing. I liked the movie was the funny banter between
Tony Stark and dr. Strange I feel like seeing those two go head-to-head and especially yet in the beginning part of the movie
They're just
Clashing and some of the dialogue and jokes that come out of that are priceless and upon rewatch were just as funny also in this
Early part of the film I'm glad we got to see Spidey in his regular suit before he got into his iron spider suit it
Was nice to see him show up like that something that stood out to me that I was
Wondering if we were gonna get like maybe like a flashback of it was that
Thanos had destroyed Xander at one point to get the
Power Stone and that just left me left me wandering in the theater. You know like what happened to the Nova Corps
What's going on? Are they all dead or half of them dead, and it just kind of?
Was something that I was thinking about while I was in the theater and definitely stood out to me
Let me know down below
If it stood out to you as well and this can go for me
Some of the Asgardians too if some of them had survived as well
I wonder if some of them got free like Valkyrie and stuff man. We get so many great things in this movie
Let me just keep going with the next thing that stood out oh
and this kinda has to do a little bit what I was just talking about how I wonder if they let like half the
Guardians live the flashback with Thanos back in the day when he first adopted Gamora and
that scene where he's kind of showing her the dagger and
There's just chaos going on in the background and she kind of peeks over to look because she's just like what the hell's that noise
And it's just so sad the music that's playing oh my gosh
They did a great job
with setting just the feel of that scene and just
The chaos that's going on and how he's trying to protect her from scene and it was sad. Oh, man
This movie really did hit a new level of depth from Marvel films in my opinion now
This movie is jam-packed had a Philip like what 20-something Avengers together
It was balanced pretty well and everybody was able to get a good amount of screen time
So I don't ding this movie for my next thing that stood out, but it's definitely something
I want to bring up as it's something that I was just kind of like I thought it was gonna happen in that moment but
It didn't end up happening and this is that Hulk and Black Widow?
Didn't really
talk about their situation at all and
They kind of just shared a look a little bit and Falcon goes. You know this is awkward and that's really the only
Thing we got between the two of them
I just thought we were gonna get like a little scene where maybe like she asked some questions of where he had been and stuff
But I get it this movie had a lot to balance and balanced it well, so I'm not faulting it for this
It's just something I thought was coming and it didn't come and it definitely stood out to me
And I wanted to bring it up, but the next thing that stood out to me
It was also in this same little scene where Widow and Hulk get to meet again
And that's that they bring up Hawkeye and ant-man a little bit
And they pretty much just say after the Accords they took a deal because of I think of all the situation that happened in
Civil War and so they've taken that deal and are no longer doing the superhero thing at least not in this movie
So chances are unless they didn't get erased
I have a feeling they'll be back for the next movie with a whole bunch of questions
We got a look at the iron spider in this movie, and that was pretty sweet. I really liked it
He uses it a couple times throughout the movie. He saves dr.
Strange at one point with it, and he also saves mantas with it at one point
I thought the man when he saves mantas with it, and he's kind of hanging in the middle that was a sweet shot and
Great use of the new suit now. I know I talked about it earlier, but I have to bring it up again the music and
Feeling when Thanos is present. Oh my god. It just did
This is probably I got this is my favorite Marvel villain in
Any of the movies it has to be there's no other villain that made me feel this way when he was president it
Just felt like I don't know like game over man like it
Just felt like do you there's no were to run there's nowhere to hide
Thanassis here, and it was just a feeling
I haven't got from a villain in a long time in these comic-book movies
And the other music and stuff that played throughout the movie was great as well
I the Marvel has really really stepped up their game in my opinion
With the music they play or the score that they play you know throughout their movies
Started kind of around Thor Ragnarok, and then Black Panthers music was also great in that movie
and then this one this one just
Took the bar to the next level in my opinion some parts to me sounded like Lord of the Rings type music
And I mean that in the most flattering way possible it just felt very
Epic and grand scale another pretty cool thing and we saw toys of Thor
Well before the movie came out and he had his two eyes back and people were wondering is this a mistake in the toys
But no he gets both his he gets his other eye back or at least it's like a robotic
Eye, and it's cool that he has two different colored eyes now
I thought that was something I wanted to bring up in this so so yeah Peter, Dinklage
It was rumored that Peter Dinklage would be in this movie, and he was and the character he played really
I don't know made an impact on me
I was thinking about that character more than anything that night when I got home from the movie theater
And I don't know why that is his part wasn't that long in the movie?
it's just kind of like in kind of like the second half like at the beginning of the second half of the film and
He has some good wines and he's funny a little bit towards the end
And I don't know why that character just stuck with me, so I had to put it in this Peter, Dinklage
he's like a space Dorf, but he's
Gigantic it was really great and Peter Dinklage acting performance is always top notch
I want to see this guy in more movies
I'm really happy the Russo brothers were able to have him in this epic film towards the second half of this movie on
Titan we kind of get a little mini battle between like it's like a mini version of the Avengers versus a mini version of the
Guardians and in my opinion, I thought this was kind of a nice little nod to the Hulk
No, not the Hulk the Thor Captain America and Iron Man
forest fight scene in the first Avengers this kind of felt like oh man the Guardians are meeting the Avengers and
Unfortunately, it wasn't able to be all of the Guardian versus all the Avengers as you know this story wouldn't allow as the teams are
Kind of broken up throughout the film, and so we kind of get it here though, and it's it's Drax
star-lord mantis versus Doctor Strange
Iron Man and spider-man and this fights pretty great. I'm glad we get to see star-lord with his mask on during this fight
I love that look of star-lord so kind of happy
We got to see it during this and we get to see it later on as Thanos shows up on Titan and they fight him
We'll talk about them in a little bit so but yeah
I just I'm glad we got to see this little
Verses that I was looking forward to for a long time story like I said wouldn't allow it
To be all of the Avengers and all guardians
But still happy we got some version of it and got to see Iron Man and star-lord clash
Who are my two favorite out of both groups so it was definitely a dream come true for me another long rumored?
cameo or
Person that would show up in this movie was Red Skull and guess what he shows up
and I was like everybody in the theater was just coming at least like the people that knew about it and
I just liked his outfit. He looked like he had like a Grim Reaper type cloak on, and it was kind of floating like
Like the cloak was floating kind of like how you like if it was underwater, but he wasn't underwater
And it just looked crazy
The story of him kind of being damned there to protect the soul stone for trying to take the other stone kind of makes
Sense and I like that at least we got to see him again
I'm glad that that rumor came true red school was a villain
I feel like we didn't really get closure on and it was cool to see him again
And hopefully or maybe he pops up again or who knows?
But he's a great character to have around in my opinion just design
Why is he just looks amazing and this kind of leads us to Thanos having a sacrifice Gamora?
man this scene where
Gamora is telling them you know kind of like in your face. You don't love anyone
There's no way you're gonna get this stone sort of like she's kind of like mocking him a little bit
And then he turns around and has tears in his eyes, and she realizes
He actually loves her and she starts freaking out though because he know she knows he's gonna kill her
Oh my god
This scene along with one other epic scene that I'll talk about at the end here were the two scenes that just made me go
man this movie man
This movie really hit the notes right especially in scenes like this and we'll get to that other scene
I'm talking about in a little bit, but let's go through some more scenes that stood out to me
And then we're almost done here, though
So okay the big battle in Wakanda that battle was
Pretty epic in scale and those like space
hyena monster things that came through like the shield's were crazy vicious and
super like
Rabid and I thought this was great it actually felt like some of our heroes were in
Danger when this was going on I believe there's one scene where like one of them's like chomping away at like Captain America
and it's got like its teeth out and it's once on Bucky and once like throwing Black Panther around and
The other ones are taking over the Hulkbuster suit
it was just intense and that brings us to the moment Thor arrived which was another moment where my
This was the biggest reaction in my theater the crowd win went nuts when Thor arrived. It's amazing
He's really become a crowd favorite. Oh, and I forgot before Thor arrives
There's this scene when the first when this battle makan is about to kick off when?
everybody's running towards each other where we see Black Panther and Captain America kind of break away from the pack since they're both the
Fastest there, and this shot just made me. I don't know feel good inside
It just made me feel good that these two were just kind of almost
Competing with each other while helping each other out it was great
Oh and another thing before I moved back to the fight on Titan there was a shot in this
big book on the fight where we see
Bucky Barnes the white wolf and
rocket racoon
holding arms just blasting away at these alien hyena things and
That made me want a White Wolf Rocket Raccoon movie right now
Take my money here. It is man. So yeah back on Titan
They're still fighting to although the fight condos happening in San Jose at one point
And I didn't talk about it early, and I kind of wanted to bring this up earlier
But I'll bring it up now since I felt like it was better earlier
but it's also great here in the end of the movie, but it's
Thanos's CG that they used for him it looks amazing especially in the beginning part of the movie
the way when he first takes off his helmet the way his head looks everything just looks so crisp and
Amazing in my opinion
But yeah back on Titan we get some great highlights from this movie one being doctor stranger versus Thanos when dr.
strange turns into like a bunch of versions of him and Thanos just kind of weeds them out with like one of the stones and
this fight is just
Something that made me love Doctor Strange this movie in general made me love doctors change even more than I had after his
Movies Doctor Strange had always been one of those characters where I was like. Oh, I like him. I mean it's Marvel
They usually do pretty great, but it had this movie made him one of my favorites
I could have swore Tony was gonna die on this fight
With Thanos on Titan and they kind of faked us out a little bit
He does get stabbed and that whole fight between Iron Man and Thanos was pretty great. We see we get to see
Tony actually
Draw blood. It's just the drop of blood as Thanos says, but still it's great to see at least one of the Avengers
Got him pretty good
and that kind of reminds me of like thee and I'm gonna bring up Ninja Turtles as it's my favorite movie the
1990 Ninja Turtles movie it kind of reminds me of when all the Ninja Turtles
Go up against the shredder on the rooftop
And they all get taken down except Leo Leo gets that one slice on shredder sleeve, and I love it
I love it when one of the heroes just does a little bit
Against the villain when the rest of the heroes can't and it just kind of shows you like oh, man
This is the guy and it didn't go unappreciated in my book
It's definitely something that I appreciate a bunch of little details like this that make movies great
but yeah Thanos pretty much kicks their ass takes the time stone and off he goes to Wakanda and when he arrives and
He's standing at the disk. He's standing in a distance like he's not really close to the Avengers
He's kind of like hitting the trees
and he's just kind of standing still you just get this eerie feeling like something's about to go down and
From there to the end of the movie. It's just like a slide everything goes down and quick
Including everyone's stomachs in the theater everyone was just kind of like after this next sequence went down
And I heard people crying it was
Pretty intense, but in a good way. Okay, so you know everyone tries to protect vision cuz he has the final stone and
He finally gets it ripped out of his head and the way his body
Just kind of loses color and just falls over and just it looks very robotic
But it's funny cuz he is a robot
But he he looks you just kind of think of him as a hero because he's all colorful and stuff
But when they take the stone out, and he just falls down to the ground and he looks like a robot
I was just kind of like dang
and then eventually Thanos just kind of goes into his like portal thing and
weird stuff starts happening
First Bucky shows up, and he he just kind of says Steve, and he starts disintegrating. I was like oh my gosh
It's happening and then Black Panther. You know he's telling a coy way to get up
He's in he looks, so like you know Black Panther
You know he's always brave and stuff and you're like oh yeah, and then he's just kind of like powerless
And he disintegrates away, and I was just kind of like oh, no like I thought I don't know man
I thought they were gonna keep Black Panther around a little longer
And I was just kind of like oh my gosh
and then Rockets kind of talking to Groot a little bit and then Groot goes away and
then Scarlet Witch and then Falcon and then mantis and then Drax and then
Star-lord and then dr. Strange and right before Doctor Strange goes he looks up at Tony
He says it was the only way or something like that
Then the one that got everybody and this one got everybody in my theater. This is when the people started crying
This is when Spiderman. Just tell us Tony you know
I'm not feeling so good
and he's all scared and he's like trying to hug Tony and then they kind of fall to the ground and
I don't know man people like we're
Ballin during this part in my theater at least some people I could hear some people behind me, but man
What an ending you know you got a shot of you know what's crazy this last shot is kind of
Just the old Avengers, but it didn't have iron man, because he was on Titan, but it was like Captain America
It was a war machine Black Widow
Thor and
Hulk in the hulkbusters - or Bruce Banner and the Hulk Buster sue and it's just kind of a shot of them
and that's it that's all that's left is just the original Avengers and Tony and
nebula are on Titan
But that's pretty much all that's left and they're gonna have to come together in this next Avengers movie
Which is next year to hopefully try to figure all this stuff out and but anyways
This movie is my favorite movie in
So many years just wanted to do this review. I guess it's a review. It's just things that stood out to me
we get one last shot by the way of Thanos looking at like a
Sunset or something and the music here is almost very Game of Thrones ish if you go watch it again
It was very like it was kind of like oh
Man like went kind of like when somebody major dies in Game of Thrones, and they play like that
really like dark sad music it kind of played like that and the movies just over and
It was just I don't know the way the credits ran were even different than they normally run. What a great movie
This is one that I would recommend seeing
over and over and over again
before summer's over because these are gonna be one I feel like this is gonna be one of those movies people talk about for a
Long time so definitely go check it out
oh
And I almost forgot the end credits scene so you know we see
Maria hill and Nick Fury and they're driving and then I guess like
Civilians start getting a race because cars just start crashing into each other and stuff
And they go get out of their car to check it out and man they get vaporized - but right before
Nick Fury is able to send out like a beeper like a galactic beeper
It looks like - it looks like Captain Marvel, so we'll see how that goes I mean Captain Marvel comes out next year
But that right before the next Avengers movie
But that's gonna be set in 90s so that's kind of like a flashback movie to see how she got started and stuff
So we'll see how this next Avengers movies go, but this one. Yeah was pretty great
Alright guys. That's it for this. That's tonight's top movie moment
We'll see you in a little bit with another video guys take care
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so is anybody up for playing with some knives hobby knives that is welcome to
the sewing report I'm Jennifer Moore helping you discover your love of sewing
crafts and DIY projects in this edition we are checking out a lovely set of
craft and hobby knives by a company called arteza now Arteza makes a
wide variety of like crafting quilting lots of art supplies so definitely check
out the website I was certainly perusing and saw a lot of cool things I was
interested in in fact it even kind of whet my appetite to try watercolour
painting so we will see so anyways this company offered to let me try a couple
items so I chose this set of craft and hobby knives it looked interesting in
because I'm also getting into building dollhouse stuff and doing some more in
that realm I thought this might be a handy thing to have so it is a 17 piece
set and it comes with three knives 13 knife blades and a cutting mat which I
thought was a really you know cool and like very well-put-together set
I think the self-healing cutting mat looks like it's excellent quality and
the knives you know you get three of them and I liked that all of the blades
come on a magnetic strip so they don't go all over the place and they come in a
really sturdy plastic case and of course make sure to practice safety measures
you do not want to hurt yourself so the three knives have different purposes the
thinnest one which is this one says it is good for light materials like paper
balsa wood cloth and acetate this medium thickness blade this one is best for
medium materials like wood paper plastics film and also acetate and the
big guy here this is touted for clothes corner cutting it's a heavy duty blade
holder providing precision heavy pressure cutting of heavyweight
materials like wood mat board paper metal and even foam board this kit does
come with a wide variety blades for lots of different purposes and I'll link it
below I'll link the art has a website if you're interested in checking out this
or any of the other products I did try these out I thought it did bear
well on paper I tried that real nice clean cut there and the self-healing
cutting mat works really well you can also change out the blades very easily
with like a quick-release handles so again pretty standard among craft knives
but again it performs well and I actually really like this set I think
it's a good value and it comes with everything you need so I would
definitely give it a two thumbs up here are teza nice job and I'm very curious
to check out some of your other things in another review I will be showing you
their oven-baked polymer clay and I'm really excited about that kit because I
get to play with stuff but if you enjoyed this video feel free to hit that
like button and consider subscribing to the sewing report for all your sewing
craft and DIY project fun I'll see you guys next time
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