I watched it muted, and I think one great advantage is that it transcends language barriers (except at the very end when the reviewer posts his ratings for articulation & transformation). But this video really demonstrates how a picture speaks a thousand words. I would've liked to have seen Hasbro's Orion Pax also make an appearance (and fight alongside the TakTOM version against those Zakus), because that would be great for people to see the differences between the two versions.

Another potential criticism is that the reviewer doesn't highlight things like the not terribly tight shoulder joints or how transforming the torso part may require excessive force. We can see this better in regular real time videos but not in stop motions.

Quote Originally Posted by Lint View Post
More reviews should be done like this. Most of the talking reviewers don't do a very good job of displaying transformations or articulation and some can get overly onerous talking about the character's fictional backstory rather than the toy itself.
Totally agree. And too many reviewers just give all the toys that they review "three thumbs up," whereas a video review better allows the viewers to decide for themselves. The only thing is of course, is that stop motions are extremely time consuming (and a lot of people make bad stop motions). So being a very time and skill intensive method, I can see that there wouldn't be too many people who could do it, but it certainly trumps over your regular video review. I don't even waste my time watching video reviews (because most of them are just acquisition boast videos rather than a genuine appraisal/review of the toy). But I do like this reviewer basically just lets the toy do all the 'speaking' for itself.