Complete Selection Modification OOO Driver Complete Set
Hoo boy, it’s been a long time since I talked about a Kamen Rider belt, and I picked a doozy to do, in multiple senses. There’s a lot, and I mean a lot to talk about here, and a lot of it falls more under ‘feature’ than my usual categories. So, let’s cut the chatter and get to it, I guess.
The Good: This is a very faithful recreation of the OOO Driver. Gone are the flimsy rubber straps, replaced by an actual adjustable belt with a decorative exterior coating and parts that either clip or Velcro onto it for your own comfortability. The scanner features a slew of voice clips from Eiji and Ankh, and three setting depending on who you want to hear while transforming, if anyone at all. It comes with the first ever recreation of Kamen Rider Poseidon’s belt, which makes noise when any three Medals are inserted into it. There are several files from the Kougami Foundation cronicling all of OOO different forms, both new and old. But let’s face it, the real reason you’re getting this set is for the Medals.
This set comes with 57 and 2 half Medals. Each one is newly sculpted and painted, with diecast edges. It comes with all the Medals featured in the shows, movies, specials, and then some, but we’ll get to those in good time.
First are the typical Form Medals. They’re the one’s you’re going to be the most familiar with, and they’re lovingly recreated here.
Next are the silver edged Medals. These were featured in Kamen Rider Heisei Generations FINAL: Build & Ex-Aid with Legend Riders. The only difference between these Medals and the gold ones is that when you scan then they make a different sound. You can use them to make any Combo that would use the gold version of the same Medal, so gold Lion, silver Tora, and gold Cheetah with still yield Latorartar.
Then there’s the special Medals. They’re mostly the ones from the movies and Televi-kun features. There’s Super Tatoba, Core’s Medals, X, Amazon, Stronger, Imajin and Shocker, Kangaroo, and Panda.
Then, the ones you’re probably most curious about, the new Medals. Well, I say new, but six of them should look familiar. There’s included lore that these were the Medals developed by the Kougami Foundation between the end of OOO and when Kamen Rider Aqua and Poseidon appear.
First are Ebi, Kani, and Sasori, which make up the Bikaso Combo. It kinda reminds me of the Scorpio Zodiarts. These Medals should look familiar, as they are usually featured as Cell Medals, and are the same Medals used by Core, except Core has Sasori as the head and Ebi as the legs. Core’s Medals don’t make a Combo noise even if you switch the leg and head Medals.
Then there’s Mukade, Hachi, and Ari, which make up the Mukachiri Combo. While I’m not a fan of the face, the shield and blade are really cool, and I like how there are ants crawling up its legs.
There’s Shika, Gazelle, and Ushi, which form the Shigazeshi Combo. Again, not a fan of the head, but the legs are pretty hilarious with the cow patterns and little heads on the knees.
This might be my favorite new one. The Seiuchi, Shirokuma, and Penguin Medals make the Seishirogin Combo. The legs are amazing. They look like tiny penguins and make flippers!
These ones should also look familiar. This is the Saramiuo Combo, make up of Same, Kujira, the Ookamiuo Medals. They’re also the Medals Poseidon use.
There’s also a Hermit Crab Medal, but it doesn’t have any associated forms.
These Medals are probably the reason you’re going for this set. Even if you have the old DX OOO Driver, you can’t get these forms without the CSM version. It’s super cool that they did that, and adds a real new feel to the belt.
The Bad: I though this set was going to come with a few Cell Medals, but there are none, even though it comes with a Cell Medal holder. It’s not like I miss them, as they don’t do anything with the OOO Driver, but it’s the principle of the matter.
Also, I’m not entirely sure what to do with it. I mean, I don’t really have a place to display the belt. I love the Medals, and I think I’m gonna have fun incorporating them into pictures on occasion, but it’s not like I can display them like I can a Sentai Robot or a figure. I’m thinking of buying and painting a bucket eventually to wear the belt, but that still doesn’t help with displaying the Medals. And I can’t help but wonder how often I’m actually going to pull it off the belt, put it on, and stick Medals in it. It kind of makes me question whether I should have bought it at all and instead just looked up the new Combo noises online.
The Ugly: As with most collector-oriented toys, it’s price. How many of you saw that coming? I got mine discounted, and it still cost me $300. I mean, it’s probably cheaper than going back, tracking down an old DX OOO Driver, all the Core Medals, and even then this belt does more stuff. It’s just a lot of money to drop at once, so it’s something to save up for.
Overall, I like it, but I feel someone who likes OOO more than I do will enjoy it more than me. Still, now that I’ve finally handled a CSM belt, I feel like I’ll be keeping my eyes open for other releases in the future. I would love a Fourze Driver with a few more switches to mess with. I’m not really interested in any of the older ones as Faiz’ isn’t to my liking, and the only other one with similar quality to this one is the DecaDriver, and that requires you to buy 3 separate CSM items to collect all the cards required for it. If I’m going to go for any others in the future, it has to be a full package experience, like this one.
