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Gold Plated Terminal Set

* B
* Zero
* X
* TR
* MS
* Super-II

The **Gold Plated Terminal Set** (Japanese: ゴールドメッキターミナル, *Gōrudo Mekki Tāminaru*) is a series of Grade-up Parts released by Tamiya since June 29, 1989.

## General info

The gold terminal sets features the terminal parts that were gold-plated. The gold-plated surfaces prevents the oxidation of the terminal parts.

In eariler chassis (specifically those that has the A-type, B-type, C-type, Wild-type and Zero-type normal terminals), the use of brass as the motor terminal parts' material reduces the power efficiency of a Mini 4WD cars. Using the gold plated terminal sets on those chassis will improves the power efficiency.

The use of gold plated terminal sets on later chassis has a minor negative effect on Mini 4WD car's performance, as those chassis's normal motor terminal parts were made of copper (The same as the switch terminal parts). Although copper has lower electrical resistivity than gold, it is susceptible to corrosion.

Each sets were designed for specific chassis(s) as follows:

* The A-type, Wild-type, Mini-F type, TR-type and Super-II-type were made exclusively for Type-1, Wild, Mini-F, TR-1 and Super-II Chassis respectively.
* The B-type set supports Type-2, Type-4, FM, Type-5, Super-FM, Super TZ and Super TZ-X Chassis.
* The C-type set supports both Type-3 and Truckin' Chassis.
* The Zero-type set supports both Zero Chassis and Super-1 Chassis.
* The X-type supports Super X Chassis, VS Chassis, Super XX Chassis, AR Chassis, FM-A Chassis and VZ Chassis.
* The MS-type supports both MS Chassis and MA Chassis.

## Gallery

### Packages

Package of A-type set.Package of C-type set.Package of Wild-type set.Package of Mini-F set.
## Trivia

* Some of the gold plated terminal sets shares certains motor/switch terminal parts from other sets as follows:
	+ The C-type set has A-type's motor terminal parts and B-type's switch terminal parts.
	+ The TR-1 set has the original motor terminal parts and X-type's switch terminal parts.
	+ The Super-II-type has X-type's motor terminal parts and B-type's switch terminal parts.

## External link

### Tamiya Japan

* Gold Plated Terminal Set B at Tamiya Japan
* Zero Chassis Gold Plated Terminal Set at Tamiya Japan
* Super X Chassis Gold Plated Terminal Set at Tamiya Japan
* Gold Plated Terminal set (for MS Chassis) at Tamiya Japan
* Gold Plated Terminal Set (for Super-II Chassis) at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Gold Plated Terminal Set (For MS Chassis) at Tamiya America
* Gold Plated Terminal Set (for Super-II Chassis) at Tamiya America
Dash-X2 God Emperor

## In Fictional Media

### **Owner**

Kyouko 'God Emperor' Hijiri

The **Dash-X2 God Emperor** (Japanese: ダッシュX2 神聖皇帝ゴッドエンペラー, *Dasshu Ekkusu Tsū Goddo Enperā*) is a fictional Mini 4WD car that appear in *Dash! Yonkuro*.

Being one of the Proto Dash machines, it was belongs to Kyouko 'God Emperor' Hijiri, the real leader of the Higashi Tokyo's Heavy Metal Warriors

## General info

Compare to the other Proto Dash machine, the God Emperor has more resemblance to the Emperor. Instead of the large rear spoiler of the Emperor and the dual-fins of the Proto-Emperor, it has a pair of horizon fins and vertical fins akin to the Dancing Doll. There is also a pair of air intakes, located on the front of the canopy.

## In media

### *Dash! Yonkuro*

In the series, it is implies that Kyouko was given the God Emperor by Kaidanji Sumeragi during the time she was the team member of a team that Sumeragi founded. A while after the team was disbanded, Kyouko, along with her other two teammate, joins the Heavy Metal Warriors and both disguise as the substitutes, taking on the title 'God Emperor'.

Although they have the advantages during the semi-final of the National Tournament, the Heavy Metal Warriors ultimately lose to the Dash Warriors. However, Momotaro Kibi (of Team Momotaro Samurai) make a surprise apppearance by having his Crimson Glory overtaking both Kyouko's God Emperor and Yonkuro's Emperor just as they cross the finish line.

Kyouko was later being challenged by the Black Mistral, but she was ultimately lose.

## Gallery

### Custom models

customized by ASRADACustomized by Dicky Tsang
### Artworks

Line-art by Hiroyuki Takei.
Mach-Bullet

* Mach-Bullet
* Metallic SP

The **Mach-Bullet** (Japanese: マッハビュレット, *Mahha Byuretto*) is a Racing Mini 4WD car that was released by Tamiya on May 26, 2018.

## General info

The Mach-Bullet features the pre-50's, classic open-wheel body design, with a large air-intake and a pair of circle-type headlamps on the front.

All variants comes with the pre-painted, pre-50's race car driver figurine.

### Standard variant

The standard Mach-Bullet has the cyan bodyshell, with red and gold strips on it.

It was equipped with the deep gold, large diameter V spoke narrow wheels paired with the black arched tires. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in black. It comes with the a pair of 16mm lightweight plastic rollers on the front.

### Metallic Special variant

The Metallic Special variant features the silver plated bodyshell.

It was equipped with the gloss silver plated, large diameter mesh-type wheels paired with the black Avante-type slick tires. The polycarbonate-mixed ABS chassis frame and the A parts were molded in black and light gray respectively.

## Gallery

### Boxart

Boxart of Mach-BulletBoxart of Metallic Special variant.
## See also

* Mini 4WD New Year's Edition - Year of the Dragon 2024

## External links

#### Tamiya Japan

* Mach-Bullet at Tamiya Japan
* Mach-Bullet Metallic Special at Tamiya Japan

#### Tamiya America

* Mach-Bullet at Tamiya America
* Mach-Bullet Metallic Special at Tamiya America
Blackfoot Jr.

The **Blackfoot Junior** (Japanese: ブラックフット Jr., *Burakkufutto Junia*) is a Wild Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on August 27, 1987.

It was based on the Blackfoot 1/10 R/C truck, which in turns based on the 7th generation Ford F-150 pickup truck.

## General info

The Blackfoot has the 4x4 pickup body design, with the rectangle-shaped, row-styled air intake with headlamps on the front and the vertical rectangle-shaped signal lamps on the rear. It has 5 lamps on the rooftop. The 'Blackfoot' decal, along with other manufacturer decals, can be found on the bodyshell.

It is mainly in black, with red and silver highlights and yellow trims.

It was equipped with the standard wild-type wheels with monster truck tires.

## About the Blackfoot 1/10 R/C monster truck

Released in 1986, the Blackfoot is a rear-wheel-drive R/C monster truck made by Tamiya. It utilizes the ORV-MT chassis, which is a modified ORV chassis that was released in 1983 with the release of Subaru Brat R/C car.

The ORV-MT chassis has the plastic spaceframe chassis frame, with the 540-size motor being mounted on the rear gearbox with transfers power to the rear wheels. It was support by the front, strengthen lower arm suspensions and rear trailing arm suspensions, with four independent coilover dampers attached.

Steering system has been strengthen to handle the forces incurs with the large, lug-pattern monster truck tires. The bathtub box has the cover that protects the mechanical speed controller and its servo from dirts and tiny rocks.

The Blackfoot was later re-released in 2016, with the same refinements that can be found in the re-release of the Monster Beetle R/C truck. (Which was released a year prior.)

## See also

### Ford cars

* Ford Ranger 4x4 Pickup
* Midnight Pumpkin Jr.
* Juggernaut Jr. (Ford F-350)

## External links

### R/C truck That the Mini 4WD Car is Based On

* Blackfoot (2016) at Tamiya Japan
* Blackfoot (2016) at Tamiya America
Calsonic Skyline GTR-2002

The **Calsonic Skyline GTR-2002** (Japanese: カルソニックスカイライン GT-R 2002, *Karusonikku Sukairain Jītiaru Nisenmaruni*) is a R/C Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on October 30, 2002.

It was based on Calsonic Team Impul's Skyline GT-R GT500 race car for the 2002 Super GT (The then-All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship) season.

## General info

The Skyline features the 2-door coupe body design, with a large spoiler on the rear.The race car version of the Skyline has wider body compare to the road-legal Skyline.

Several manufacturer decals can be seen on the bodyshell, including Calsonic, Total, Impul, Nismo, Altia, CK Sales and Tamiya. It was in the Calsonic Blue color.

It was equipped with the white, small diameter RC-type wheels with the black RC slick tires. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in black and gray respectively. It is available in either a standalone assembly kit or a bundle with a R/C system.

## About Calsonic Team Impul's Nissan Skyline GT-R

The R34 Skyline GT-R GT500 race car, based on the road-legal R34 Skyline GT-R, was introduced in the 2002 Super GT season, replacing the old R33 GT500 race car.

Compare to the R33 GT500, the R34 has lower engine placement, resulting in lowering car's center of gravity. The engine is also bolted directly to the frames to increase rigidity.

The R34 GT500 was powered by a modified RB26DETT twin-turbo straight-six engine, which had been bore up from 2.6 liter to 2.8 liter and has its ceramic turbochargers replaced by the metallic ones. As with any of the race car in the Super GT seasons, It has the front-engine and rear-wheel-drive layout.

For the 2002 season, two racing team are racing in the R34 GT500 race cars: Calsonic Team Impul for car no.12 and Nismo for car no.22 and 23. On Calsonic Team Impul's side, Tetsuya Tanaka had driven the car throughout all the rounds, while Kazuyoshi Hoshino and Benoît Tréluyer had both driven the car for round 1 to 5 and round 6-8 respectively. This is the last Super GT win for Hoshino, who retired from racing at the end of 2002.

## See also

### Nissan cars

* Nissan Safari
* Nissan King Cab Jr.
* Nissan Terrano '93 Paris-Dakar (Team NOK JATCO)
* Nissan 350Z
* Nissan Be-1

## External link

### Tamiya Japan

* Calsonic Skyline GTR-2002 at Tamiya Japan
Bui Tendou

**Bui Tendou** (Japanese: 天道 武一, *Tendou Bui*) is the protagonist of the manga series *Future Racer V-Twin*.

## Biography

Bui is a cheerful and bright individual who is new to the Mini 4WD race scene. His skill as a racer is not good and at one instance, he ended up crashed his Progress-Hawk V. That all changed when he meet the Mini 4WD car V-tron by pure accident.

The goggle on his head can display telemetry information of his Mini 4WD car.

## Synopsis

*This article or its section(s) are incomplete. You can help Mini 4WD Wiki by expanding it according to our Quality standard policies.*
## Other appearance

### *Mini 4WD Hyper Dash Grand Prix*

Bui first appears in the time-limited event "Historical Racer Gather 2024", added on January 10, 2024.

## Mini 4WD cars

* Progress-Hawk V
* V-tron
* Variatron
Countersunk Screw Set

The **countersunk screw set** (Japanese: 皿ビスセット, *Sara Bisu Setto*) is a series of Mini 4WD Grade-up Parts released by Tamiya since March 11, 2017.

As of 2018, only the stainless sets was made available.

## General info

The countersunk head screws has the screw head that has flat upper screw surface and lower conical part. The lower conical part's angle is 100 degrees.

When placing onto the countersink screw holes that was pre-made (Such as the FRP plate parts comes with certain Mini 4WD limited edition items) or was modified with any of the countersink bits (Using the Electric Handy Router with countersink bit equipped.), the screw head will flush with the surface of the FRP or CFRP plates and not sticking out like normal screws do.

Under current MIni 4WD race regulations, modifying the screw holes on FRP and CFRP plates via the router with coutersink bit before installing the screw is required, since installing onto the normal holes would make the screw head stick out clearly and will cut and scratch the circuit's surface and fences, thus violates the regulations.

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Stainless Steel Countersunk Screw Set (10/12/20/25/30 mm) at Tamiya Japan
* Stainless Steel Countersunk Screw Set (10/12/20/25/30 mm Black) at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Stainless Steel Countersunk Screw Set (10/12/20/25/30 mm) at Tamiya America
* Stainless Steel Countersuck Screw Set (10/12/20/25/30 mm Black) at Tamiya America
* Stainless Steel Countersunk Screw Set (6/8/15 mm) at Tamiya America
Front Plate for Fully Cowled Mini 4WD

* FRP
* CFRP
* Original
* 20th Anniversary

The **Front Plate for Fully Cowled Mini 4WD** (Japanese: フロントワイドステー （フルカウルミニ四駆タイプ）, *Furonto Waido Sutē (Furukauru Mini Yonku Taipu)*) is a series of Grade-up Parts released by Tamiya since 2013.

They were the series of reinforcing plates, consists of both FRP and CFRP materials.

## General info

As their names suggest, the front plates were in the curve-shape design in order to attach to the MIni 4WD car's front bumper with certain bodyshells, specifically the ones from the Fully Cowled Mini 4WD car line-up.

The attachment holes for rollers on each ends were designed for 9 mm, 13 mm and 19 mm rollers. The four attachment holes on the front are usually for mass dampers.

All sets includes three 10 mm screws, five truss screws, three washers, three spring washers, two roller stoppers and three lock nuts. Oddly, the FRP Front Plate also includes two tiny-height aluminum spacers, which the CFRP ones lacks.

All three sets are compatible with most chassis.

## See also

* CoroCoro Aniki Special Parts Set Japan Cup 2015

## External links

#### Tamiya Japan

* HG Carbon Front Stay for Fully Cowled Mini 4WD (1.5 mm) on Tamiya Japan
* FRP Wide Front Plate for Fully Cowled Mini 4WD on Tamiya Japan
* HG Carbon Front Stay for Fully Cowled Mini 4WD (1.5mm) 20th Anniversary Edition on Tamiya Japan
* HG Carbon Front Stay (1.5mm) Fully Cowled Mini 4WD 25th Anniversary on Tamiya Japan (Japanese)

#### Tamiya America

* HG Carbon Front Stay for Fully Cowled Mini 4WD (1.5 mm) on Tamiya America
* FRP Wide Front Plate for Fully Cowled Mini 4WD on Tamiya America
Jadow Jackk

## In Fictional Media

### **Owner**

Giato

The **Jadow Jackk** (Japanese: ジャドウジャック, *Jadou Jakku*) is a fictional Mini 4WD car that appear in the manga series *Mini4King*. It was own by Giato, a member of the race organization Yonkdom.

## General info

Just like Jadow Ace, it features the similarly edged, open-wheel body design. The Jadow Jackk has the sharp top overhang that extended from the top of the cockpit to the rear, and also has a pair of yellow-colored spikes on its front fenders. It is mainly in black body color.

Jadow Jackk's Laser Part combination is similar to that of Lord Spirit, but with one minor difference: instead of a pair of stabilizers on the front, Jadow Jackk has a single roller stay with integrate stabilizers (In the manga, it was named Jack Knife.).

## In media

### *Mini4King*

In the manga, the Jadow Jackk's Laser Parts has the ability to manipulate airflows coming through the car, allowing the car to have better aero-dynamic performance. Because of that, the car has minimal speed loss and can sticks to the road surface no matter what.

Giato can even have his car perform the "Aero Domination" (Japanese: 整流支配エアロ・ドミナション, *Earo Dominashon, lit. Rectifying Rule*) driving technique where the car accelerate without compromising the car's stability. In addition, the Jadow Jackk can perform the "Second World - Aero Catastro" (Japanese: 二の世界セカンドワールド-整流天変エアロ・カタストロ, *Secando Waarudo Earo Katasutoro, lit. Second World - Rectifying Calamity*) driving technique where it blows away any obstacles (for example, water) from the track.

## Trivia

* Keeping the trump card naming theme of the Jadow cars, the Jadow Jackk's name comes from the card name Jack.
Mini 4WD Elephant Racer

The **Mini 4WD Elephant Racer** (Japanese: ミニ四駆 ぞうさん, *Miniyonku Zousan*) is a Racing Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on March 13, 2021.

Based on the Panda Racer 2, it was the 11th entry in the animal Mini 4WD sub-series.

## General info

The Elephant Racer has the green bodyshell with the blue and yellow body decal.

Unique to this car is the pre-painted, cute elephant driver figuring that is in gray skin color.

It was equipped with the copper plated, small diameter fin-type low-profile wheels paired with the yellow, hard-compound low-profile slick tires. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in white and gold respectively.

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Mini 4WD Elephant Racer at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Mini 4WD Elephant Racer at Tamiya America
Dyna-Hawk GX

* Original
* Super XX
* BlackSP

The **Dyna-Hawk GX** (Japanese: ダイナホーク GX, *Dainahōku Jī Ekkusu*) is a Mighty Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya in May 1998. It was the first Mini 4WD car released in the lineup.

It was featured in the manga *Mini 4 Kids* as Kakeru Takagami's machine.

## General info

The Dyna-Hawk features the low-height, open-wheel body design, with the sharp front canopy and the bulged rear fenders. A pair of fins were protruded from the side of the canopy. There's also the air-intakes on the bodyshells that can dissipate the heats from the motor.

It also comes with the plastic front nose guard, which is attached onto the chassis's front bumper. However, it cannot be attached to Super XX Chassis if the chassis's default front nose guard is installed.

All variants were equipped with the large diameter, 3-spoke Mighty-type wheels paired with arched tires.

### Dyna-Hawk and Super XX Special

Both the original model and the Super XX variant has the white bodyshell, with blue/yellow highlight and orange/red flame-styled decals.

The original Dyna-Hawk was equipped with the yellow wheels and black tires, while the Super XX Special was equipped with the carbon-mixed nylon wheels and hard-compound yellow tires. The standard Dyna-Hawk has its chassis frame and A parts molded in Black, while the Super XX Special has its polycarbonate-mixed ABS chassis frame and A parts molded in red. Only the Super XX Special comes with a standard motor.

### Black Special

The Black Special, based on the Super XX Special variant, has the black body color, with blue cockpit, orange/red flame-styled decals and yellow highlights.

It was equipped with carbon-mixed nylon wheels and red tires. It was also equipped with the polycarbonate-mixed ABS chassis frame and A parts molded in red.

## In media

### *Mini 4 Kids*

The Dyna-Hawk GX's creation is different between two versions of the same storyline:

* In version 1, Kakeru had already owned the Dyna-Hawk given to him by Mr. Kubota, though it was equipped with the X-Type TRF wheels and Avante-Type tires up until Kit gave him the Mighty-Type wheels and arched tires he got from Professor Tsuchiya.
* In version 2, Kakeru repaired/reconstructed his destroyed Rayhawk-Gamma's bodyshell into Dyna-Hawk after taking a hint from the hawk. It was fitted onto Super TZ Chassis until Kakeru receive the Super X Chassis from someone and the GT parts (the front nose guard) from Mr. Kubota.

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Dyna-Hawk GX at Tamiya Japan
* Dyna-Hawk GX Super XX Special at Tamiya Japan (Archived)
* Dyna-Hawk GX Black Special at Tamiya Japan
* Dyna-Hawk GX Super XX Special (Re-release) at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Dyna-Hawk GX Super XX Special at Tamiya America
* Dyna-Hawk GX Black Special at Tamiya America
* Dyna-Hawk GX Super XX Special (Re-release) at Tamiya America
Mad Bull Jr.

The **Mad Bull Junior** (Japanese: マッドブルJr., *Maddoburu Junia*) is a Racing Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on June 24, 2003. It was based on the Mad Bull 1/10 scale RWD R/C buggy by the company.

## General info

The Mad Bull featuring the black, undersized R/C buggy bodyshell, with the partially-exposed canopy with driver figurine in it. The damper props were placed near the wheels. The red flame-like decals with purple lines were presented on the bodyshell, along with the 'Blast'em!' and 'Mad Bull' decals.

It is mainly in black, with red highlight and purple trims on it.

It was equipped with the yellow, large diameter flat dish wheels paired with the black Avante-type tires. Both the chassis frame and A parts were molded in black.

## About the Mad Bull 1/10 R/C buggy

Released in 1997, the Mad Bull is a rear-wheel-drive R/C buggy produced by Tamiya. It shares the same bodyshell with the Grasshopper II.

The DT-01 chassis, which is the evolution of the eariler 2WD buggy chassis, has similar chassis layout with its predecessor; The motor was mounted to the rear movable gearbox which transfers power to the rear wheels, the battery was placed transversely, electronic speed controller and steering servo were packed into the bathtub monocoque chassis and is support by the front swing arm supensions and rear center pivot type rolling supension, with 4 independent coil-spring dampers.

Unlike the other DT-01 buggies, the Mad Bull was equipped with the oversized monster-size wheels and tires, which is a unusual wheel setup for a RWD R/C buggy.

The Mad Bull was re-released in 2011, with the red-colored Expert Build series pre-assembled kit packaged with R/C system in March and the black-colored assemble kit in August.

## Trivia

* Due to the Mad Bull R/C buggy shares the bodyshell with the Grasshopper II, the Mini 4WD version has the modified version of the Grasshopper II Jr. bodyshell, which has tiny wings protuding from the top of the rear spoiler.

## External link

### R/C buggy That the Mini 4WD Car is Based On

* Mad Bull (2011) at Tamiya Japan
* XB (Expert Built) Mad Bull at Tamiya Japan
* Mad Bull (2011) at Tamiya America
* XB (Expert Built) Mad Bull (2011) at Tamiya America
Blast Arrow

* Blast Arrow
* Black Special
* CBlue SP

**Blast Arrow** (Japanese: ブラストアロー, *Burasuto Arō*) is a Mini 4wd car released by Tamiya on June 29, 2013. It was the first Mini 4wd car to be released with the all-new MA Chassis.

## General

The bodyshell design of the Blast Arrow is based on and inspired by the Le Mans Prototype (LMP) race cars and is fully-cowled.

The side air-ducts are also designed into the body to dissipate heat from the batteries inside. There are various faux-sponsor decals around the bodyshell, mostly the products Tamiya had released such as mass damper and Neo-Champ Batteries among other examples.

All models were equipped with the small diameter fin-type low-profile wheels paired with low-profile slick tires.

### Blast Arrow

The bodyshell of the standard model was mainly in white color, with blue and silver stripes highlighting its lines.

It was equipped with white wheels and black tires, The chassis frame and the A parts were molded in dark grey and blue respectively.

The normal version of the car was also included in the Mini 4WD Starter Pack MA Power Spec. Unlike the regular one, its chassis's A parts are molded in red.

### Black Special

The Black Special variant features the smoke body color with white stripes all over the bodyshell.

It was equipped with black wheels and white tires. The chassis frame and the A parts were molded in black and white respectively.

### Aluminum Metallic

The Aluminum Metallic has the silver plated bodyshell with blue plated wheels. Other than that, it is mostly the same as the standard model.

### Clear Blue Special

Sold at Joshin Tamiya Summer Festival in 2015, the Clear Blue Special features the clear blue bodyshell.

It was equipped with blue wheels and cyan tires. The chassis frame and the A parts were both molded in white.

## Gallery

### Boxarts

Boxart of the Blast Arrow.Boxart of Black Special variant.Boxart of Aluminum Metallic variant.
## Trivia

* It was chosen to be the cover car for the 2013 season of Tamiya Japan Cup.

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Blast Arrow at Tamiya Japan
* Blast Arrow Black Special at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Blast Arrow at Tamiya America
* Blast Arrow Black Special at Tamiya America
* Blast Arrow Clear Blue Special at Tamiya America
Mini 4WD Curved Scissors

The **Mini 4WD Curved Scissors** (Japanese: ミニ四駆曲線バサミ, *Mini Yonku Kyokusen Basami*) is a craft tool released by Tamiya on November 30, 2019.

## General info

The Curved Scissors is a specialized cutter tool made of stainless steel. It consists of the small, curved scissor blades and the thin, leaf spring grip with a stopper.

The main purpose of this tool is to cut out the parts of Mini 4WD car's polycarbonate bodyshell that were otherwise difficult to do with the regular scissors, nipper and modelling knife. Specifically, it is used to cut out the wheel arches and difficult to reach spots.

Despite bearing the Mini 4WD name in its product name, it can be used for cutting out the polycarbonate bodyshells for the R/C vehicles.

## External link

### Tamiya Japan

* Mini 4WD Curved Scissors at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Mini 4WD Curved Scissors at Tamiya America
Mini 4WD Panda Racer GT

The **Mini 4WD Panda Racer GT** (Japanese: ミニ四駆 パンダ GT, *Mini Yonku Panda Jītī*) is a limited edition Mini 4WD PRO that was released by Tamiya on December 17, 2016.

It was based on the Astralster and released alongside Mini 4WD Shirokumakko GT. It was the second car in the Animal Mini 4WD GT sub-lineup of the series of Animal Mini 4WD cars.

## General info

Compare to the normal Astralster, the Panda Racer GT has the clear green bodyshell, with the Panda Racer-styled decals that has leaf green and black highlights and cyan stripes. The Panda Racer logo decal, the Tamiya brand decals and the 'Panda Racer GT' decals can be found on the bodyshell. The very same Panda driver figurine from the Mini 4WD Panda Racer was mounted onto the center top of the motor/gear cover of the chassis.

It is the only variant of the Astralster to have the MA Chassis (With fluorescent green chassis frame and white A parts) and the only MA Chassis car to have the small diameter 3-spoke VS-type wheels and X narrow-type slick tires. (Which, up until then, can be found only on VS Chassis cars and some of the MS Chassis cars.) The wheels and tires were molded in fluorescent green and yellow respectively. Much like the other Animal Mini 4WD GT cars, it comes with the Torque-Tuned 2 Motor PRO.

## See also

### Related

* Mini 4WD Panda Racer
* Mini 4WD Panda Racer 2

## External link

### Tamiya Japan

* Mini 4WD Panda Racer GT at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Mini 4WD Panda Racer GT at Tamiya America
Hyundai Avante Sport

* Original
* TKC Ver.

The **Hyundai Avante Sport** (Japanese: ヒュンダイアバンテスポート, *Hyundai Abante Supōto*) is a limited Mini 4WD PRO car that was released by Tamiya in South Korea in July 2017. The TKC version was later released on May 12, 2018 in Japan as event-exclusive.

The minicar was based on the 6th-generation Hyundai Elantra/Avante road car, specifically the Sport variant of the car.

## General info

Being based on a real-life 4-door sedan, the Avante Sport features more "fluidic sculpture" design. The minicar features the black and silver stripes-styled body decals on the sides, with the car number '05' and the car manufacturer logo overlaying on them. The car manufacturer logo can be sported on the top of the windshield.

It was mainly in white.

It was equipped with the dark silver, small diameter low-profile A-spoke wheels paired with the black low-profile tires. The normal version has the chassis frame and A parts molded in gray and light gray respectively, while the TKC version has its chassis frame and A parts molded in fluorescent yellow and white respectively.

## About the Hyundai Elantra/Avante

The 6th-generation Hyundai Elantra/Avante, codenamed AD, was introduced in South Korea in September 2015 and later released worldwide at the later dates.

The chassis's rigidity has been strengthened as the use of high-strength low-alloy steel in chassis construction has been raised from 22 percents of the previous generation to 53 percents, all while keep the weight in check.

Engine options includes a new 1.4 L Kappa turbocharged straight-4 petrol engine, two variants of the 1.6 L Gamma straight-4 petrol engine (natural-aspirated and turbocharged), a 2.0 L Nu straight-4 petrol engine and a new 1.6 L U2 turbocharged straight-4 diesel engine, which were mated to either the 6-speed automatic transmission, 6-speed manual transmission or the 7-speed dual-clutch automated manual transmission.

## External link

### Tamiya Korea

* Hyundai Avante Sport at Tamiya Korea (Korean)
* Hyundai Avante Sport TKC Version at Tamiya Korea (Korean)
Mach-Dash Motor

* Normal
* PRO

The **Mach-Dash Motor** (Japanese: マッハダッシュモーター, *Mahha Dasshu Mōtā*) are a series of Mini 4WD motors manufactures by Mabuchi Motor and later SMC Motor and released by Tamiya. Its single-shaft motor version is the third fastest motor released by Tamiya.

## General Info

On the exterior, both versions has the red endbell cap and silver metal housing. Both motors are the speed-focused motors.

The single-shaft version of the motor is powerful than the Hyper-Dash Motor at the time it released, but because of that, the motor has shorter running life and very power-hungry as the results.

The double-shaft version is the more refined version of its single-shaft motor counterpart and behaves similar to that of Sprint Dash Motor, which explains why it can be use on official tournaments. It is also the only variant of Mach-Dash Motor that use silver carbon brushes.

Because both motors has moderate torque, they are not suitable for race tracks that has very high acceleration requirement.

## Trivia

* Currently only the Mach-Dash Motor PRO, which was designed for the Mini 4WD PRO cars, can be used in Tamiya official race tournaments as well as unofficial tournaments that abides Tamiya's race rules.
Black Saber

* Original
* Premium

The **Black Saber** (Japanese: ブラックセイバー, *Burakku Seibā*) is a Fully Cowled Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on March 14, 1995.

It was featured in the manga and anime *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!* as Futoshi Kurosawa's machine.

## General info

The Black Saber is mostly the same as the Sonic Saber but with key differences.

It has an adjustable rear spoiler on the rear, which racer can change its angle. However, the rear spoiler is somewhat fragile and is difficult to remove from the main bodyshell once it was attached to it. The 'B' decal as well as the 'Black Saber' decals can be found on the bodyshell.

### Standard variant

The standard Black Saber has the black body color with the red and gray highlights, the deep gold cockpit.

For the original variant, it comes with the blue-colored normal-type side guard attachment and is equipped with the red small-diameter 3-spoke Fully Cowled-type wheels paired with high-profile slick tires. Its chassis frame and A parts were molded in gray and green respectively.

It doesn't come with a motor.

### Premium variant

The Premium variant features the same color accents as the standard model, but with the metallic foil decals instead.

It was equipped with the black, small diameter low-profile A-spoke wheels paired with the red hard-compound low-profile slick tires. Its chassis frame and A parts were molded in black and light smoke respectively. The "Limited" decal on the left front quarter of the car was also replaced with "Premium".

## In media

### *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!*

The Black Saber is one of the prototype Saber machines that was created by Dr. Tsuchiya. It was given to Kurosawa, who tuned it into a battle race machine. It has the hidden, spike side rollers that can damages the other cars.

Later in the series, Kurosawa made several Black Sabers and like his own car, they were equipped with battle race parts.

While Kurosawa and the Black Saber were no longer appear after Dr. Ogami's appearance in the manga, the anime has Kurosawa moved to America along with his father. The Black Saber was modified into the **Black Saber CB** (CB stands for 'Comeback') when Kurosawa returned from America. The machine was further modified into **Black Saber GX** after seeing how destructive Kai Okita's Beak Spider is.

However, Kurosawa eventually realized his mistake when he witnessing the Seiba brothers continues the race despite their machines were being damaged in a race against Kai Okita's Beak Spider. Following this, he decided to stay out of the battle racing and the Black Saber (along with the army's cars) was stripped of its battle race parts.

## Gallery

### Boxarts

Boxart of Black Saber.Boxart of Premium variant.
## External link

### Tamiya Japan

* Black Saber at Tamiya Japan (Japanese)
* Black Saber Premium at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Black Saber Premium at Tamiya America
Basic:Rear stay

* Gearing
* Wheels and tires
* Chassis
* Bumper
* **Rear stay**
* Side guard
* Roller
* Bodyshell

* Shock absorb parts
* Reinforced chassis
* Stabilizing parts
* Mass damper

* Degreasing
* Break-in
* Friction reduction
* Battery dropping
* Custom stay
* Advanced mass damper setup

* Qualifying race
* Time-attack
* Elimination race
* Endurance race
* Street Mini 4WD

The **rear stay** (Japanese: リヤステー, *Riyasutē*) is the rear part of the Mini 4WD car's chassis.

## How the rear stay work

In eariler days of MIni 4WD racing, the rear wheels is always touching the fences during cornering, thus slowing down the car. The rear stay's function is to keep the rear wheels from touching the fences. In addition, being installed with the rollers, the rear stay is also provide smoother cornering.

In most Mini 4WD car's setups, the rear stay is usually installed with two pairs of rollers (One on the upper sides and one on the lower sides.). This is because having two pairs of rollers on the rear stay will provide better stability, especially during wave sections and lane-change sections.

Newer chassis like Super-II Chassis, AR Chassis, MA Chassis and FM-A Chassis had their rear stay extended.

## Breakage and reinforcing the rear stay

As the car was tunes faster, the rear stay might not able to withstands the impacts and will eventually breaks apart. This is where the reinforced plates and shock absorb parts comes to play; those parts are used to strengthen the rear stay, extend it and in some parts, absorbs the impacts. Extending the rear stay will also lessen the impacts it receives, which in turns increases the car's acceleration and stability.

## Advance-user setups

Racer will usually have to remove and/or cut off the rear stay for the bumperless setups.

## Where to get the rear stay

The rear stay is usually optional (Either Grade-up Parts or kit-included) on most Mini 4WD chassis.

Some chassis, notably Truckin' Chassis, MS Chassis (with either T-01 and T-04 tail units equipped), AR Chassis, MA Chassis, have the rear stay being part of the main chassis frame and is not removable.
Mini 4WD GB Let's & Go!: All Star Battle MAX

**Mini 4WD GB Let's & Go!: All Star Battle MAX** (Japanese: ミニ四駆GB Let's&Go! オールスターバトルMAX, *{{{2}}}*) is a Mini 4WD video game developed by Creatures Inc.and published by ASCII, released for the Game Boy handhelds. The story is based around the WGP arc in Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!.

## Story

The player is the 6th Member of TRF Victorys as they participate in the WGP's Great Battle Cup (GPC).

## Gameplay

Like the previous, the game requires cable for racing and trading parts.

Post-game rewards include machines and characters from the WGP Movie and the MAX anime.

## Trivia

* Pre-orderers are presented with a Shining Scorpion X Body and a Storm-Cruiser kit.
* Initially, Fire Stinger was supposed to appear but unable due to being dead data.
Disk Wheel Hub Set

The **Disk Wheel Hub Set** (Japanese: エアロホイールセット, *Earo Hoīru Setto*) is a Mini 4WD Grade-Up Parts released by Tamiya in December 1987.

## General info

The Disk Wheel Hub Set features the mid diameter turbine disk-style wheels, with two narrow wheels for the front and two wide wheels for the rear. The rims are supported by 4 spokes.

Compare to the standard 4-spoke Hotshot-type wheels on the standard Type-1 Chassis cars, the change are purely aesthetic with little to no performance benefit. As such, tires made for the medium diameter wheels are compatible with the wheels.

The wheel set is available in white, silver plated and gold plated. The white version of the set was later included in the Mini 4WD Classic Tune-Up Parts Set Vol.2.

## Gallery

### Usage examples

An usage example with the wheels, along with the Wing and Turbo Set on a Thunder Shot Jr..
Mini 4WD Pororo

The **Mini 4WD Pororo** is a special edition Racing Mini 4WD car released in Korea in November 2015.

It is based on the Thunder Shot Open Top.

## General info

The Mini 4WD Pororo features a white body color with special body decals. In place of the normal driver figurine is a figurine of Pororo the Little Penguin supplied by Iconix (Korea).

It was equipped with the carbon-mixed nylon, large diameter 5-spoke narrow lightweight wheels paired with light blue arched tires. The polycarbonate-mixed ABS chassis frame and A parts were molded in white and orange respectively. An easy locking gear cover is also included.

## External link

### Tamiya Korea

* Mini 4WD Pororo at Tamiya Mall Korea (Korean)
Astute Open Top

The **Astute Open Top** (Japanese: アスチュートオープントップ, *Asuchūto Ōpun Toppu*) is a limited-edition Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on July 16, 2011. It is a version of the Astute Jr. that has its canopy cut open and a driver model on it.

Tamiya would later reuse this Astute bodyshell for other collaboration models such as Mini 4WD Kumamon Version.

## General info

The Astute Open Top has a black bodyshell with the canopy piece cut out and in its place is a driver figurine that is attached to the battery clip. It is colored in black with few Tamiya-related decals.

Unlike other Mini 4WD cars, it comes with the treaded, high-profile small diameter tires molded in black. It also comes with black small-diameter 3-spoke Fully Cowled-type wheels. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in black and red respectively.

## See also

### Astute Series

* Astute Jr.
* Super Astute Jr.
* Flame Astute

### Others

* Racing Miku 2012 ver. drives Astute Special
* Mini 4WD Kumamon Version
* Mini 4WD Pig Racer
Heat Edge

* Heat Edge
* Red Metallic
* Green SP
* MatLBluePlate

The **Heat Edge** (Japanese: ヒートエッジ, *Hīto Ejji*) is a Mini 4WD PRO car released by Tamiya on September 28, 2013.

## General info

The Heat Edge, like the Blast Arrow before it, featuring the fully-cowled body design that is inspired by the Le Mans Prototype race cars. It has the low flat nose, the canard-style front fenders, a 'shark-fin' (a type of vertical fin that run along the center to the rear), large air-vents on behind the front cowls, an air intake on top of the canopy and a large rear spoiler that was attached to the main body via the winglets.

### Heat Edge and Red Metallic

The standard model features the red body color, with orange/yellow flame-style decals, silver stripes and flag-style decals on it.

The limited Red Metallic is the same, but with the metallic red body color. It was originally the Singapore-exclusive model, but was later made available in the marketplaces in various Tamiya official tournaments.

Both were equipped with the small-diameter fin-type low-profile wheels paired with low-profile slick tires, with the standard variant has the white wheels and black tires and the Red Metallic variant has the silver plated wheels and black tires. Both models has their chassis frame and A parts molded in gray and blue respectively.

### Green Special

The Green Special featuring the black body color with cyan and green stripes all over the bodyshell.

It has the neon green wheels and both chassis and A parts were molded in light gun metal and black respectively.

### Matte Light Blue Plated

The Matte Light Blue Plated featured the matte light blue plated bodyshell.

Other than that, it is mostly the same as the standard model.

## Gallery

### Boxarts

Boxart of the Heat Edge.Boxart of the Red Metallic variant.Boxart of the Green Special variant.
## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Heat Edge at Tamiya Japan
* Heat Edge Green Special at Tamiya Japan
* Heat Edge Green Special (reissue) at Tamiya Japan
* Heat Edge Matte Light Blue Plated at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Heat Edge at Tamiya America
* Heat Edge Red Metallic at Tamiya America
* Heat Edge Green Special at Tamiya America
* Heat Edge Green Special (reissue) at Tamiya America
Lindwurm-Rider

The **Lindwurm-Rider** (Japanese: リンドブルムライダー, *Rindoburumu Raidā*) is a R/C Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on July 9, 2003.

## General info

The Lindwurm-Rider features the low-height, aerodynamic, fully-cowled body design, with the rear spoiler being integrated into the main bodyshell. Two jet engine props were intentionally placed on the rear of the canopy as the bodyshell was designed with the fitting of the R/C unit in mind.

It was mainly in white, with blue, red and yellow highlights and silver canopy,

It was equipped with the red, small diameter RC-type wheels with the black RC slick tires. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in black and gray respectively.

## Trivia

* It is one of the two R/C Mini 4WD cars (The other being Cobalt-Gunner) to not based on any real-life vehicles.
HG Carbon Stay for Wide Sliding Damper

* Front (2mm)
* Rear (2mm)

The **HG carbon stay for wide sliding dampers** (Japanese: HG ワイドスライドダンパー用カーボンステー, *HG Waido Suraido Danpā-yō Kābon Sutē*) are the series of limited edition Mini 4WD Grade-up Parts released by Tamiya on January 14, 2017.

## General info

As their names implies, those reinforced plates were primary designed to replace the standard aluminum parts of the wide sliding damper sets. Compare to the standard aluminum plates, those reinforced plates are 40% lighter while offering similar strength.

The reinforced plates alone can be attached directly onto the chassis to strengthen the bumper and rear stay. The attachment holes for rollers on each ends were designed for 9 mm, 13 mm, 17 mm and 19 mm rollers.

All sets includes three 10 mm screws, four truss screws, five washers, three spring washers, two roller stoppers and three lock nuts.

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* HG Carbon Stay for Wide Front Sliding Damper at Tamiya Japan
* HG Carbon Stay for Wide Rear Sliding Damper at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* HG Carbon Stay for Wide Front Sliding Damper at Tamiya America
* HG Carbon Stay for Wide Rear Sliding Damper at Tamiya America
Jordan 191

The **Jordan 191** (Japanese: ジョーダン 191, *Jōdan Ichikyuichi*) is a Mini-F car released by Tamiya in 1992.

It was based on the Jordan 191 Formula One car that was used in the 1991 Formula One World Championship season.

## General info

The 191 features the low-height, open-wheel body design that is mostly shared with other Mini-F cars that were based on Formula One cars, though it has the raised nose that is different from the one on the Tyrrell 020. The bodyshell has the non-removable driver figurine.

The bodyshell is mainly in the two-tone green and blue with green dominates the body. Various sponsors, including 7-Up, Fujifilm, Brooksfield, Ireland, Ford, BP and Good Year, can be found on the bodyshell.

It was equipped with the gun metal, medium diameter Mini-F wheels paired with the Mini-F slick tires.

## About the Jordan 191

Introduced for the 1991 season, the 191 was Jordan Grand Prix's first Formula One car.

The 191 has the carbon fiber monocoque chassis that was supported by the 4-wheel independent double wishbones suspensions with pushrod dampers. Powering the car is a 3.5 liter Ford HBA4 natural-aspirated V8 engine that was mated to a Jordan/Hewland 6-speed manual gearbox.

It was later superseded by the 192 for the following 1992 season.
Daihatsu Kopen RMZ

The **Daihatsu Kopen (Future Included) RMZ** (Japanese: ダイハツ コペン RMZ, *Daihatsu Kopen Aruemuzetto*), also known as **Daihatsu Copen RMZ**, is a Racing Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya in March 1, 2014. it was the standalone, regular version of the Tokyo Motorshow-exclusive Daihatsu Kopen RMZ and XMZ set and was released alongside the standalone Daihatsu Kopen XMZ.

It was based on the Concept K car of the same name by Daihatsu.

## General info

The RMZ featuring the two-seater convertible body design that was based on the first-generation Copen. It has the triangular headlamps, the curve vertical sub-headlamp and the horizontal rear lamps. It has the large nose tip air intakes on the front.

Unlike the limited set, the standalone RMZ has the pearl white bodyshell.

The RMZ comes equipped with the metalic gray small-diameter 5-spoke Saber-type low-profile wheels, paired with the black low-profile slick tires. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in black.

## About the Daihatsu Kopen RMZ

The Daihatsu Kopen RMZ concept car, alongside with its sister-car XMZ, were unveiled during the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show.

Its mass-production model, the Daihatsu Copen Robe, went into production on June 2014.

## See also

* Daihatsu Kopen RMZ and XMZ
* Daihatsu Kopen XMZ

## External link

### Tamiya Japan

* Daihatsu Kopen RMZ and XMZ at Tamiya Japan
BisonMagnum

* Original
* G-Special

The **BIsonMagnum** (Japanese: バイソンマグナム, *Baison Magunamu*) is a Mini 4WD PRO car released by Tamiya on November 23, 2007.

It was featured in the manga two-shots *My First Big Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!* as Go Seiba's 7th machine.

## General info

The BisonMagnum features the simple, fully-cowled body design. It ressembles the very first Magnum series car, the Magnum Saber. It has a large, V-shaped rear spoiler on the rear with winglets.

All variants comes with the N-02 nose unit and T-01 tail unit and the standard, light gray 16 mm lightweight plastic rollers.

### BisonMagnum

The original BisonMagnum features the white body color with the flame-styled body decals with blue and red highlights. It has the yellow-colored 'Go' emblem on the front of the canopy.

It was equipped with the neon green, small diameter 3-spoke VS-type wheels and the black X narrow-type slick tires. The nose, center, tail unit and the A parts were molded in black.

### G-Special

The limited edition G-Special features the white body with the blue-colored flame-style body decals on the front and the red-colored body decals with white star marks on the rear. The bodyshell was molded in polycarbonate-mixed ABS plastic.

It was equipped with the deep gold, small diameter fin-type low-profile wheels paired with the black low profile tires. The polycarbonate-mixed ABS nose, center, tail units and the A parts were molded in black. It has the lightweight center chassis parts.

## In media

### *My First Big Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!*

The BisonMagnum is a repaired and reconstructed form of Go's previous car, the Lightning-Magnum.

Following the accident where Go fall into the bottom of valley in an argument​ with his brother Retsu, his MS Chassis-equipped Lightning-Magnum was severely damaged. During his stay in a native American family's house, Go tries to repair his car but to no avail, until the father of the native American family takes Go to the spirit land, where all the ghost of the decreased animals are resting.

Go eventually repaired and reconstructed his car in a single night after he got a hint from the head of a bison's skeleton. Go would returns to the world grand prix's America open with his new car, the BisonMagnum.

## See also

* Magnum Saber
* Victory Magnum
* Cyclone Magnum
* Beat-Magnum
* Lightning-Magnum
* Z Wing Magnum
* Dual Hybrid G Magnum
* Great Magnum Type-Zero
* Great Magnum R

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* BisonMagnum at Tamiya Japan
* BisonMagnum (Finished model) at Tamiya Japan (Archived)
* BisonMagnum G-Special at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* BisonMagnum at Tamiya America
* BisonMagnum (Finished model) at Tamiya America
* BisonMagnum G-Special at Tamiya America