this is a very interesting question.
I tend to avoid video reviews untill I have a toy, simply because I don't want to "spoil" the transformation for myself. I get a lot of joy from transforming a toy for myself the first time, seeing how it works, and why it works. I even go so far as to avoid paying too much attention to others toys at meetups like the parra fair, just in case I see too much.
the only exception to this is perhaps something that i am highly sceptical about, and then I will have a closer look to see if I will be happy spending the money. this closer look may include text reviews and on a rare occasion a video review.
the problem then with a video review, once I have the toy in hand and have transformed it, and formed my own opinions of it, I don't really need to see a review.
I nearly entirely agree with Goks opinion also, many video reviews seem to be a demonstration of transformation and that's about it. not much point to that unless there is some type of critical appraisal during the transformation.
to throw a spanner in the works, I also like to listen to the opinions of podcasters on a new toy they have, it's more like a text review because their opinion stands out a little more since they can't show the transformation. This is probably my favorite type of review. Pictures of a figure I dont' have I can find on any one of a half dozen transformers related sights and I've generally seen stock photos at least and already made up my mind to buy a figure before I hear the verbal review.
That was a large 2c
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