Kamen Rider OOO DX Taja Spinner Review

Hello again everyone, Dave again for another DX toy review. Let me introduce the toy of the day, TAAA...JAAAA...Spinner!. Yes, I could finally get my hands on the Taja Spinner and thus, completing the Red Core Medals. First appeared in episode 22 after gaining all 3 of Unkh's Red Core Medals, OOOs gained a power up with his new stronger Combo, Tajadoru and with the Kujaku Arm's power, the Spinner is activated. Here is how the box looks like at the front and the back.

The front shows OOO Tajadoru Combo with the Spinner photo supersized.

The back shows the basic functions and acts like a simplified Manual sheet.

The contents is very very very, little:

All we have is the Spinner and the 2 Red Cores, Kujaku (Peacock) and Condor Cores.

The Spinner would look like this when closed. Nothing much here except that the lid is clear red plastic and there is some visibility on the Medals stored inside.

This is the bottom of the Spinner. As you can see, the strap is already attached on it. This is the very first for a DX toy that I own that actually came with the arm / wrist strap attached already. And of course, at the lower part you can see the battery compartment.

Opening it up unveils a 7 Medal holding roulette. This thing is called the Spinner for a reason, it actually SPINS. Let's get on to what it can do.

I had to admit that I skipped right to this function because I totally forgot how it works. In this case, this function coincides with the Scanning Portion. However, what I am trying to emphasize here is the sounds that you get after you go through with the Scanner (with the Scanner touching and holding down on a button). Before the spinning can be activated, you need to pull the lock at the back and unlock it so it can spun. While spinning, the lock will slowly re-lock again and once you stop, you have to re-unlock it again.

GIGA SCAN!

Upon activating the Scanner, this is what it can do. Press the Scanner through the hatch and while you're at it, the Scanner will hold a gray button down and the roulette will spin until you feel that all 7 Medals are scanned. Do take note that the Scanner can only remember 6 latest Medals it scanned, so it will only read  6 names even if you scanned 7. I forgot to do it with more Medals but the Sounds don't change on the Scanner no matter how many Medals you use. So in this case, it's Taka, Kujaku and Condor but I did not research on how to position them so that the Scanner reads all 3 in the right order.

HENSHIN!

Well, this is the last thing the Spinner can contribute to us and would be the most wanted function for all the collectors including me. Yes, the HENSHIN song for Tajadoru. The Henshin song only has Tajadoru mentioned once and with some background bird sounds.

As for the Scanning Charge, it starts off with a Bird's cry followed by the standard attacking and blowup sound.

If you'd ask me, I'd say this toy is not worth it if it's above the retail price. The Pro of this piece is that you can complete the Red Bird Guy Combo. The Con is that this piece does not have any lights, just sounds which makes it feel like a cheapskate piece.

I'd give it 3.5 for playability but only 2.5 for value.

So that's it for this time. Until next time, Jaa ne!