Toy collecting tip of the day - 4

November 30, 2009 | By Juliana Heng In How to collect toys, Overview of collecting toys, Transformers |

Marvel Universe The Punisher action figure.

Check out online toy video reviews before purchasing the toy.  This is especially useful whenever you feel undecided about getting a particular new toy for your collection. You’ve only seen its photos but you still aren’t sure if you will really like it enough to buy it.  Now thanks to YouTube and its legions of video contributors, there are tonnes of toy video reviews there for you to view!

For e.g. the Transformers toys, video reviews allow you to see all the transformation steps, plus you get a better and 360 degrees view of the Transformers toys in their vehicle and robot modes.  For typical action figures like Marvel Universe and G.I.Joe, the toy video reviews tend to show the various points of articulations in the action figures, plus they also demonstrate how the weapons and accessories ‘work’. 

So how do you do a search on YouTube for let’s say, Transformers Revenge of the Fallen (ROTF) Leader Optimus Prime?  You can simply type “ROTF Leader Optimus Prime” in the search box on YouTube!  Over time, it helps to narrow the search if you know the Transformers class size (Leader, Voyager, Deluxe, Scout, Legends etc.) and the Transformers toyline series (ROTF, Transformers Universe etc.).  Remember, more practice will make your online toy research perfect!

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    • 3 Comments so far

    1. Bany on December 1st, 2009

      this is a good tip, you can gauge from the videos if you really want a particular toy…

    2. elton on December 1st, 2009

      Video reviews are a big plus, especially since some figure don’t come with decent instructions (some transformers) and the box tends to be over-optimistic about how the toy looks x_x

    3. Juliana Heng on December 10th, 2009

      Hi Bany,

      I find video reviews best suited to decide on buying Tranformers toys in general :)

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