>>8103509I like the guys that sit down and give open, honest, relaxed reviews. Guys that will sit down, mess around with a figure, and talk about what they like, what they don't, what could be better, how something else compares, etc., without making cringey jokes or screaming at their audience. It sounds like simple stuff, but so few do it well. Guys like Shartimus have fallen into the trap of making the exact same formulaic copypaste review ad nauseam. Don't focus on following a formula. It's boring and soulless. Just mess around with a figure in front of the camera and give your honest impressions. AnthonysCustoms focuses too much on objectivity vs subjectivity, and anatomy. It's like his honest opinion of a figure can't completely come through because he's too preoccupied with being pedantic and giving into viewer demands. I think he might be actually autistic.
Avoid autistic behavior. There are some channels I can't watch because the reviewer will constantly repeat meaningless phrases, act more confident than they genuinely are, and laugh at their own jokes. It's not attractive to watch. I won't name these channels as these reviewers don't seem like bad people, and I don't think they mean to be doing what they're doing, they're just hard to watch. If you can't relax when talking to the camera the audience will pick up on it even if no one says anything to you about it. So staying relaxed is important.
If you want examples of channels that do the kind of thing I'm talking about well, ReviewSpot, ToyShiz, TalkerArt, and Unparalleled Universe are the guys I stick to watching. They all seem relaxed and not the least bit pretentious when speaking about the toys they're interested enough in to review. And I think that's key; stick to reviewing the things you're interested in and not particularly what the majority wants to see. It really shows when reviewers are speaking about toys they just don't give a shit about, and it doesn't make for quality entertainment.
