Who is your favourite Transformers reviewer on YouTube?

[Ultra Streak]

peaugh and vange1us are the best. I'll even watch them reviewing the same item.

[GoktimusPrime]

I don't think SilverDragon was specifically being insulting or hateful toward XSeanXLongX... just critical (being critical is not necessarily the same as being insulting or hateful).

I got nothing against Sean Long (I occasionally speak with him on Tformers), but I think his reviews are like the majority of reviews on Youtube... they don't actually review the toy. Rather he tends to just showcase them. They're decent showcase videos, but in a review you're meant to be critical, evaluative and analytical. A lot of these reviewers remind me of the episode of The Simpsons where Homer became a food critic where "Homer's love for food causes all of his reviews to be exceptionally great (including one rating of nine thumbs up)" -- I find a lot of Youtube reviewers are like this.

It's for this reason that good reviewers like Peaugh stand out amongst the others. Peaugh doesn't just showcase the toys in his videos, he actually _reviews_ them with a critical, evaluative and analytical approach. If he says a toy is good or bad he justifies his opinions well. Again, just as Homer lost his credibility as a critic when he kept on proclaiming everything as being excellent, I find it's the same with toy reviewers. As Syndrome from The Incredibles once said, "Everyone can be super. And when everyone's super... no one will be."

In terms of "sounding pathetic"... I think it might be better to say that Sean doesn't have a good public speaking voice. He sounds like he's constantly whispering into his microphone. In order to engage your audience you need to project and sound confident and enthusiastic about what you're talking about. Again Peaugh is quite good at this.

My main criticism with Peaugh is his handle... how the hell do you pronounce that?! "Pew"? "Pee-yew"? "Peeeerrgh"? I like how he occasionally interjects a bit of humour too - like when he comments about his hairy arms obstructing the view of a toy. Heh.

[SkyWarp91]

My main criticism with Peaugh is his handle... how the hell do you pronounce that?! "Pew"? "Pee-yew"? "Peeeerrgh"? I like how he occasionally interjects a bit of humour too - like when he comments about his hairy arms obstructing the view of a toy. Heh.

Pea-ugh? I thought I heard a 'pea-og' once?

[SilverDragon]

I don't think SilverDragon was specifically being insulting or hateful toward XSeanXLongX... just critical (being critical is not necessarily the same as being insulting or hateful).

Bingo. It's not that I hate him or anything, it's just that there's some aspects of his reviewing style that could be improved.

If you wanted to see actual hate for Sean Long, start a thread about him on 4chan's /toy/ board.

Anyway, back to reviewers we like.

I pronounce Peaugh 'pee-yaw'. The only time I hear it pronounced is on the TFW2005 podcast, which uses the same pronounciation.

[Hursticon]

I can't remember which review it specifically is, it might of been his WFC Optimus competition vid, but I've heard the man himself say it and it sounds like what Silver Dragon said: "Pea-yaw".

[snaketales]

Yay, a fellow Baruazaru fan! He's probably been quite as he has fainted after getting 1500 subscribers!

I started watching him when he had less than 100 subscribers. He did special little messages when he hit 100 subscribers and then 200.. ahhh the old days

[Oilspill]

I've been watching youtube reviews for quite a few years now, Vangelus is my favorite but it's hard to pick between him and ILoveMess aka Ray.

ILoveMess pretty much is my inspiration for collecting G1 figures again. He had so much love for G1 and was damn funny. He also did a song called "Unknown Transforming Robot" which was hilarious. However a while back, maybe 6+months, he disappeared off youtube and took down all his videos. Apparently he's on hiatus while he's working on his band, but he'll allegedly be back this year. Keep an eye out for him if you haven't seen his stuff.

Then Peaugh (pronounced pee-aw IIRC) and Thew are my next favourites. Peaugh isn't focused on entertainment, but he gives you a good look at the toys and will point out if something is particularly crap or particularly brilliant. He occasionally does some relatively easy mods as well which are good inspiration. And Thew's just a rocking combination of metal and nerd. Rocktastic

[Magnus]

I watch Peaugh almost exclusively - although I've watched SEANxLONG and nightslash2020's reviews on a few occasions.

On the pronunciation of Peaugh: he pronounces his username at the start of this review: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31apzuoXPxw

[SkyWarp91]

I watch Peaugh almost exclusively - although I've watched SEANxLONG and nightslash2020's reviews on a few occasions.

On the pronunciation of Peaugh: he pronounces his username at the start of this review: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31apzuoXPxw

Ah, the mystery is finally solved.

[Prime_217]

my favourite reviewer is old school peaugh. back before he started to just insult the figures without reviewing them at all (ROTF Arcee). i watch all of his reviews of figures even though i only care for collecting movie figures.