My Skylanders theory worked!
 

So Skylanders Giants recently released and among them were the new Lightcore Skylanders that light up when placed on the portal of power. I thought that Lightcore Prism Break was easily the coolest and had the best light up feature.
I kinda wanted it, but as I don't have the game/portal of power, I couldn't light it up.

That got me thinking. When they released the Fusion switch with the Big Ring, people showed the O Scanner lighting up the ring. So I thought I'd take my scanner to Toys R Us and try it on the Skylanders because it seemed to use similar scanning technology. I had some doubts, but then I saw some faint glowing and got really excited. It actually worked really well. It was dim in package because it needs to be closer to the scanner.

Scanner off:
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...23680834_n.jpg

Scanner on:
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...04203585_n.jpg

must. make. taka skylander. :lol

That's actually pretty cool.

Yeah, toys and household appliances tend to give off radio waves within a very set range of frequencies, so it's no wonder that an OOO scanner would work with this. I might go out and grab one of those Skylanders figures just to try it with something like a remote controlled car transmitter or something.

Just another reason why OOO is awesome.

doesnt the ooo driver also do wizard rings :lol

Yeah, I mentioned that in the first post.

Do Wizard rings light up on Skylander portals, then?

Great, now when I eventually buy Giants I'm gonna think <Skylander name> PLEASE when I put them on the portal.
Also I kinda wish the 3DS Portal would start saying Shabadoobie Touch Henshin when activated and awaiting a Skylander...

That's a good question. I have no portal, nor wizard rings, so I couldn't find out. I can say that the portal doesn't recognize Core medals as anything though.

And LOL, Wizard style Skylanders portal. That would be sweet.

Kamen Rider OOO: Is there no end to how awesome that show was?

Oh, I totally forgot to mention. After I did get my Wizardriver and rings, Wizard rings DO light up on the portal of power. In fact, the portal of power gives off this bubble of energy that can light up the rings. I put the entire ring holder loaded with rings on the demo portal at work and they lit up super bright. By bubble of energy, I mean that you can have the ring a couple inches above/around the portal and it'll still light up.

Likewise, the Wizardriver can light up Skylanders as well.