Henshin Belt DX OOO Driver

Hello again, Dave here again for another Toku toy review. This time, give a hand to OOO!!!!!! Yes, that's right. Today, I'll be reviewing the OOO Driver. Let's get to the bottom of this as to what can this rare and expensive baby can do.

The packaging looks nice but then again it's more of a standard issue by now. The box size measures approximately similar to previous DX Belt releases of Double, Decade and Kiva and it is a tradition now that they are in such a big box.

The big box is not wasted as the contents are really sufficient to cover the area of the whole box. The contents:

Top Left and Top Middle: Packs of 2 Core Medals (DX type) in each slot, making it 4 in total. The left one has Taka Core (Hawk Core) and Batta Core (Grasshopper Core) while the middle one has Tora Core (Tiger Core) and Kamakiri Core (Mantis Core).

Middle: The 2 Belt straps are stacked on each other, with the one holding the OOO Scanner being on top.

Bottom Left: OOO Driver. Don't underestimate this little chunk of plastic. It's not the Holder you see in the Double Driver.

Bottom Middle: Back Holster of the Driver as to many DX Belt sets.

Bottom Right: Canister to hold the Medals, called as the Medal Holder.

The OOO Scanner and the 4 Medals. The Medals are so sharply detailed in colour and are separated by the slot numbers by some patterns at the back. At the back (not pictured), the number of spaces between lines represent the slot the Medal is supposed to be in. In the show, Eiji Hino found his first Core Medal, the red Taka Core from his part time security job at a musuem. The medal belonged to Ankh but later Ankh entrusted him to use all the Medals they both obtained to Henshin to OOO and gather more Medals.

First, let us see what the Scanner will say when we scan the Medals like this separately. To scan Medals, turn it on and HOLD on a button at the handle for the Scanner to activate. As from the video, the Medals are Taka (Hawk), Tora (Tiger), Batta (Grasshopper) and Kamakiri (Mantis). Do you hear the Medal clinging sounds during scanning? From the Scanner, we can see lights of 7 Colours namely, Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Blue, Purple, and Gray/White. For those hardcore collectors like me can sure know how much you need to spend on this line.

After setting up, the basic Driver + the first 3 Core Medals (Taka, Tora and Batta) are inserted.

HENSHIN!!

TAKA! TORA! BATTA! Ta-To-Ba! TaToBa, TaToBa!

This is the basic form (called Combo in Kamen Rider OOO) of Kamen Rider OOO in the show, much like Double Cyclone Joker. Interestingly, this is the only Henshin song I find it easy to remember. After scanning through the same set of the medals once, you can scan it once again for the finisher. The finisher sound would be read as SCANNING CHARGE and the finisher for Tatoba is first seen in Episode 3 used against the Fat Cat Yummy.

TAKA! KAMAKIRI! BATTA!

This is the Combo Change whereby a small portion of the body is changed. Similar to forms like Heat Joker or Heat Trigger, this Combo uses the Mantis slicers at the elbows to perform attacks. The Scanning Charge for this Combo is seen in Episode 1 in the show, whereby Eiji using it to Slash one of Uva's Yummy and destroying it. Note that because this form is not a pure form (as in all 3 in the same colour), there's no special Henshin Song after the Medal names.

All in all, this is a very good set as far as future playability is concerned. Why do I say that? Well, since the playability of this whole DX OOO Driver is based on the number of Medals you have, having more Medals and more future Medal releases would mean more playability. As for fans out there who has yet to own one, I would say, just buy one if you can. It's worth the shot. I don't know when I can finally get my hands on Medal Sets 1 and 2 but if I do, the reviews will come here for sure. So thanks again to Bro Yam for uploading this and stay tuned for more Toku toys review from me. So, let's all COUNT THE MEDALS!