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Video reviews have quickly become a cool way for Transformers fans to learn more about new and upcoming toy releases, giving fans a lot more info of a toy "in action" before they take the plunge and purchase it.

Seibertron.com's own Toom1275 has gotten himself into the act. He has posted a pair of videos on YouTube featuring Transformers: Revenge of the fallen Legends class Soundwave and Wheelie.

Included in the videos are size comparisons with Legends Bumblebee, the deluxe class versions of Soundwave and Wheelie and also a look at their transformations.

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I haven't been able to find Soundwave yet, but Wheelie is quite impressive... just a little problem with clearance on one of the rear wheels. Now, i've noticed that videos of people handling a transformer in and out of focus while loud clicking sounds pepper loud breathing interrupted by factual descriptions tend to qualify as a review lately, but calling these videos "reviews" methinks is a stretch.

I mainly did this because all I found about these figures on YouTube on Seibertron at the time were pictures of them. I agree that it's not really a review; more of just a look at the figures, but that was my goal. I was too shy to use my voice on camera. The whole thing is a first for me. I'll try to do better if I ever find a reason to make any more videos. Can't guarantee I'll say anything, though.

Toom1275 wrote:I mainly did this because all I found about these figures on YouTube on Seibertron at the time were pictures of them. I agree that it's not really a review; more of just a look at the figures, but that was my goal. I was too shy to use my voice on camera. The whole thing is a first for me. I'll try to do better if I ever find a reason to make any more videos. Can't guarantee I'll say anything, though.

My comment was a generalization and not all directed toward your video. It was dumb of me to post that as a response to your video.
You did an excellent job of showing each transformation and scale. I really appreciated the Soundwave one the most (i don't have it yet) because it was a very complete demo of the figure. It made me want it even more.

Thanks for the videos Toom1275! I love getting to see how good figures are before I ever see them in the store. It helps make the decision to hunt them down or not a lot easier! I really want Wheelie! Just to have one a little more in scale with the regular figures. I skipped out on the deluxe version because he was a little too big to be an RC car (the size of a regular car.)

So Legends Soundwave has no knee articulation? Darnit. If he had, he would have been one of the best articulated Legends ever.

I haven't been able to find Soundwave yet, but Wheelie is quite impressive... just a little problem with clearance on one of the rear wheels. Now, i've noticed that videos of people handling a transformer in and out of focus while loud clicking sounds pepper loud breathing interrupted by factual descriptions tend to qualify as a review lately, but calling these videos "reviews" methinks is a stretch.

i agree with his staement i make my videos sameway well i dont like how my voice sounds on camera i soud like im 70 when im really 29 on video loud or soft i talk doesnt change a thing on how i sound in videos i dont call them reviews becasue i dont consider my videos reviews just showing off the figure its self and the size but nothing spectaculr but poeple still call them reviews.

for the videos you did good job but soundwave still looks like legoformer in legends class to me in the lego world, i may pick up wheelie but all the others ill pass on

The main thing that made me decide my shy self to make the videos was that when I looked on YouTube, the only video that appeared to show these guys only showed a picture of them, and that when I searched searched this site, I didn't find any videos either, so I have a nice FIRST! feeling.