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Pinion Puller

* Remover
* Puller

The **Mini 4WD Pinion Puller** (Japanese: ミニ四駆 ピニオンプーラー, *Mini Yonku Pinion Pūrā*), formerly known as **Mini 4WD Pinion Remover** (Japanese: ミニ四駆ピニオン抜き, *Mini Yonku Pinion Nuki*), is a series of Mini 4WD Grade-Up Parts released by Tamiya since May 27, 1997.

## General info

As their name implies, the pinion pullers are tools made to remove the pinion gears (particularly the brass metal ones) from the shaft of a motor.

The first release, the Pinion Remover, has the casing made of acrylic with metal rods and mount. The casing is large enough to place a whole motor into it. However, being made of mostly acrylic, the casing can be damaged while removing the brass pinion gear from the motor. The casing is meant to be use only for the single-shaft motor, meaning that it is not completely compatible with the double-shaft motor that the Mini 4WD PRO cars uses.

This is where the more modern Pinion Puller comes in; Unlike the Acrylic-made Pinion Remover, the Pinion Puller was made of machined aluminum, meaning it can safely remove the brass pinion gear from the motor without issue. The casing is also more compact, now only covers the pinion part.

## External link

### Tamiya America

* Mini 4WD Pinion Puller at Tamiya America
Tapered Aluminum Roller

* 13mm
* 17mm
* 19mm
* Silver
* Purple
* Gold

The **Tapered Aluminum Rollers** (Japanese: テーパータイプアルミローラー, *Tēpā-Taipu Arumi Rōrā*) is a series of Mini 4WD Grade-Up Parts released by Tamiya since August 12, 2018.

## General info

The tapered roller is a version of the ringless aluminum ball-bearing roller, but with the tapered underside. When mounted underneath the stay, it can prevents the car from slip out from the track when riding on the fence after the jump. Depends on the roller size, however, the car can get stucked at the fence, so It is best to mount an addition FRP or CFRP plate underneath the tapered rollers.

The tapered rollers are available in 13mm, 17mm and 19mm sizes. All tapered bearing has the built-in 520-size ball bearing for smoother rotation.

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* HG 19mm Tapered Aluminum Ball-Race Rollers (Ringless) at Tamiya Japan
* HG 13mm Tapered Aluminum Ball-Race Rollers (Ringless) at Tamiya Japan
* HG 19mm Tapered Aluminum Ball-Race Rollers (Ringless/Purple) at Tamiya Japan
* HG 19mm Tapered Aluminum Ball-Race Rollers (Ringless/Gold) at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* HG 19mm Tapered Aluminum Ball-Race Rollers (Ringless) at Tamiya America
* HG 13mm Tapered Aluminum Ball-Race Rollers (Ringless) at Tamiya America
* HG 19mm Tapered Aluminum Ball-Race Rollers (Ringless/Purple) at Tamiya America
* HG 19mm Tapered Aluminum Ball-Race Rollers (Ringless/Gold) at Tamiya America
* HG 17mm Tapered Aluminum Ball-Race Rollers (Ringless) at Tamiya Amerrica
Ultra Great Dash Circuit

The **Ultra Great Dash Circuit** (Japanese: ウルトラグレートダッシュサーキット, *Urutora Gurēto Dasshu Sākitto*) is a Mini 4WD circuit built by Tamiya for the 1988 season of Tamiya Japan Cup.

## General info

The Ultra Great Dash Circuit is the lengthen version of the smaller Great Dash Circuit, and as such layouts are similar. The Ultra Great Dash Circuit was used in the final rounds of every Japan Cup stages held in 1988.

After a start/goal line and 2 straights, the car enters the left curve, and then into the jump section. The car then passes through a straight, a left U-turn, a right curve, a straight, a reverse light S-curve, two straights and a left curve. After that, the car enters the basic lane-changer section. After passing through a straight, a left U-turn, a straight, a right U-turn, a straight and a left curve, the start/goal line will be crossed.

In 2018, a modern takes on the Great Dash Circuit, named Classic Circuit 2018, was made for the 2018 season of Japan Cup.

## In media

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

The Ultra Great Dash Circuit, along with the Super Cyclone Circuit and the Victory Aero Circuit, are featured in the time-limited Japan Cup Classic events. The Ultra Great Dash Circuit was used in the 3rd stage in the event race that was held between August 14 to 16, 2020.

As with real-life, the left U-turn curve right after the jump section is where players' cars were coursed out at the start of the race due to going too fast and/or being too bouncy after landing. Because of this, the use of any motor above the Hyper Mini Motor is not recommended.

## See also

* Great Dash Circuit
* Classic Circuit 2018

## External link

* 30th years of Japan Cup on Tamiya official website (Japanese)
Motor Cooling Shield

* Silver
* Purple
* Blue

The **Motor Cooling Shield** (Japanese: モータークーリングシールド, *Mōtā Kūringu Shīrudo*) is a Mini 4WD Grade-up Parts released by Tamiya on July 10, 2004. It was introduced during the Dangun Racer era.

## General info

As a Mini 4WD car's motor is running and is put under loads, some of the electricity that pass through the coils of the motor's core may left unused, thus results in heat loss and the heats spreads through the motor's other components such as the metal housing. For certain Mini 4WD motors, the increased heat generations may reduces their performance, functionality and, in the end, may results in the destruction of a motor.

That's where the motor cooling shield comes in. The aluminum-made cooling shield provide better heat dissipation by absorbs the heats from the motor's metal housing and then have the heats dissipated by the winds. The motor cooling shield can be installed onto the back of a motor.

Although it was original designed for the Dangun Racer EVO series, it was compatible with certain Mini 4WD chassis, namely the MS Chassis and Super-II Chassis. It can also be used in other chassis as long as the chassis and/or the cooling shield were given modifications.

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Motor Cooling Shield at Tamiya Japan
* Motor Cooling Shield (Blue) at Tamiya Japan (Japanese)
* Motor Cooling Shield (Purple) MIni 4WD Station at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Motor Cooling Shield (Purple) at Tamiya America
* Motor Cooling Shield (Blue) at Tamiya America
* Motor Cooling Shield (Purple) MIni 4WD Station at Tamiya America
Toyota 4Runner

The **Toyota 4Runner** (Japanese: トヨタ ハイラック サーフ, *Toyota Hairakku Sāfu*, *Toyota Hilux Surf*) is a Wild Mini 4WD car that was released on November 24, 1992.

It was based on the second-generation Toyota 4Runner/Hilux Surf SUV. Specifically, it was based on the SSR-G

## General info

The 4Runner features the red-colored, 5-door wagon compact SUV design, with the metallic gray-colored body kit surrounding it. It has yellow strips on the sides, with the word 'Surf' below it.

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

## About the 2nd-generation Toyota Hilux Surf/4Runner

The second-generation N120/N130 models were introduced in 1989 for the 1990 model year. It supersedes the first-generation N60 models. It is available in 2-door and 4-door body designs and has 2WD and 4WD variants.

Depends on the markets, the SUV is powered by either the Y-series engines (2.0 liter 3Y straight-4 and 2.2 liter 4Y straight-4), the 2.4 liter 22R-E straight-4 engine, the 3.0 liter 3VZ-E V6 engine, the 2.0 liter 2L series straight-4 turbo-diesel engines, the 2.8 liter 3L straight-4 diesel engine and the 3.0 liter 1KZ-T/TE straight-4 turbo-diesel engine, which were mated to either 5-speed manual gearbox or the 4-speed A340H automatic gearbox.

It was later replaced by the third-generation N180 model in 1995.

## See also

### Toyota cars

* Toyota Hilux 4x4
* Toyota Land Cruiser (Team ACP)
* Toyota Hilux Monster Racer Jr.
* Toyota Rav4
* Toyota Hilux Surf SSR-G
* Toyota Ipsum L-Selection EX
* Toyota Land Cruiser Prado RZ
* Toyota Land Cruiser 100 Wagon
* ZENT Tom's Supra
* Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050 Hybrid
* Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT/Yaris WRC
* Toyota GR Supra
* Toyota GR Yaris
Toyota GR Supra

The **Toyota GR Supra** (Japanese: トヨタ GR スープラ, *Toyota Ji~iaru Sūpura*) is a Mini 4WD PRO car released by Tamiya on January 11, 2020.

It was based the 5th-generation J29/DB/A90 Toyota Supra sports car.

## General info

The Supra features the 2-door, long nose, short deck body design, with near oval-shaped headlamps on the front and curved rectangle brake lamps on the back. Its bodyshell is molded in Renaissance Red.

It was equipped with the silver, small-diameter fin-type low-profile wheels paired with the black low-profile tires. The chassis and A parts were molded in black.

## About the Toyota GR Supra

The 5th-generation Toyota Supra, co-developed by Toyota and BMW, was unveiled at 2019 North American International Auto Show. It is a sister car to the 3rd-generation G29 BMW Z4 and utilized the BMW CLAR platform. It goes on sales on 17 May 2019 in Japan and on 22 July 2019 in the US.

Powering the car is either a 2.0 Liter BMW B48B20 turbocharged inline-4 engine (capable of producing around 194 to 255Hp of power and 320 to 400N⋅m of torque) or a 3.0 Liter BMW B58B30 turbocharged inline-6 engine (capable producing 335HP of power and 495 to 500N⋅m of torque) that was mount into the front, and is mated to a ZF 8HP51 8-speed automatic gearbox which transfer the power to the rear active differential and then to the rear wheels. Models with the B48B20 engine were initally only available in Japan and certain Europe countries, but were later made available in United States in 2020. A customized variant of ZF's S6-53 6-speed manual gearbox (made using standard ZF parts and custom parts made by Toyota) was later made available since 2022, albeit limited to 3.0 Liter models.

Supporting its chassis is the front multi-joint MacPherson struts on the front and multi-link on the rear, which has the stabilizer bars attached and has the Adaptive Variable Sport (AVS) suspension system equipped. Providing the braking power is the Brembo 4-piston ventilated disc brakes with 13.7 inches rotors on the front and standard ventilated disc brakes with either 13.0 or 13.6 inches rotors on the rear. It was equipped with the Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires, with the 255/35ZR19 tires on the front and 275/35ZR19 tires on the rear.

## See also

### Toyota cars

* Toyota Hilux 4x4
* Toyota Land Cruiser (Team ACP)
* Toyota Hilux Monster Racer Jr.
* Toyota 4Runner
* Toyota Rav4
* Toyota Hilux Surf SSR-G
* Toyota Ipsum L-Selection EX
* Toyota Land Cruiser Prado RZ
* Toyota Land Cruiser 100 Wagon
* ZENT Tom's Supra
* Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050 Hybrid
* Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT/Yaris WRC
* Toyota GR Yaris
Top-Force Evolution Open Top

The **Top-Force Evolution Open Top** (Japanese: トップフォース エボリューション オープントップ, *Toppu Fōsu Eboryūshon Ōpun Toppu*) is a limited edtion Racing Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on July 21, 2012. It was the open top version of the Top-Force Evolution Jr..

## General info

Like all the open top models, the open top version of the Top-Force Evolution has the canopy cut open and has the driver figurine in its place.

The body decal is mostly the same, except it became sharper and has the blue/green coloring. It has the car number 4 on the winglets and has the 'Top-Force Evolution Open Top' on the side of the bodyshell and on the spoiler. It is mainly in light gun metal.

It was equipped with the green, large diameter low-profile dish-type wheels paired with black low-profile tires. It has the VS Chassis molded in dark blue.

## See also

### Others

* Mini 4WD Merlion Edition - Singapore 50th Anniversary
* Mini 4WD Owl Racer
* Mini 4WD Koala Racer

## External link

### Tamiya Japan

* Top-Force Evolution Open Top at Tamiya Japan (Japanese) (Archived)

### Tamiya America

* Top-Force Evolution Open Top at Tamiya America
Touch Dash Motor

The **Touch Dash Motor** (Japanese: タッチダッシュモーター, *Tatchi Dasshu Mōtā*) is a Mini 4WD motor manufactured by Mabuchi Motor and released by Tamiya on March 11, 1998.

## General info

The Touch Dash Motor sports a light green endbell cap and silver metal housing. Perfomance-wise; it is similar to the Torque-Tuned Motor.

One unique trait of this motor is that it can switch on and off itself. The motor can be switched on by pushing the mini 4wd car forward, and will switch off if the motor is subjected to extreme load, i.e. when the car hits a wall or any other major obstacle.

Although the motor has been since discontinued, some Tamiya plastic models, such as the Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate airplane model, include the motor as one of the components.
Ni-Cd Battery Charger

The **Ni-Cd Battery Charger** (Japanese: カドニカ充電器, *Kadonika Juudenki*) is a battery charger released by Tamiya in the 80's. It was the company's first charger for the AA batteries.

## General info

The Ni-Cd Battery Charger features the light-gray charger body. On the back where the power socket is located, there's the battery slots at the bottom that can slot up to 4 batteries at once. On the top right of the front, there's a dial that user must adjust depends on the number of batteries slotted in.

On the right site, there's a slide switch that let user switches the charge mode between the Standard Mode and the 10 Hours Mode. The Standard Mode charge the Ni-Cd Batteries up to 36 hours, while 10 Hours Mode charge the batteries up to 10 hours. Overall, it was slower than the battery chargers that were released at later dates.
Weekly CoroCoro Comic

The ***Weekly CoroCoro Comic*** (Japanese: 週刊コロコロコミック, *Shuukan KoroKoro Komikku*) is a free web manga site created and runs by Shogakukan. It is part of the official CoroCoro Online site.

In addition to manga exclusive to the site, serializations from the defuncted *CoroCoro Aniki* magazine and some serializations from the *CoroCoro Comic* magazine were moved to *Weekly*.

## History

Following the renewal of CoroCoro official site (which saw its name changed from CoroCoro News to CoroCoro Online) in July 2018, publisher Shogakukan would started publishes old manga online free for a limited time. Serializations from *CoroCoro Aniki* were later moved to the site following the discontinuation of the magazine on March 15, 2021.

On March 15, 2022, the web manga section of the site were renewed and reorganized, and all manga publications (old manga re-run and new manga alikes) were now published under the reorganized section, which now called *Weekly CoroCoro Comic*. Manga publications are publishes either weekly or monthly on per-work basics.

## List of works on the site

Note: Only the Mini 4WD media were listed on Mini 4WD Wiki
### New manga serialization

* *Mini4King* (moved from *Monthly CoroCoro Comic*, December 17 2022 to April 15, 2023)

### On-going old manga re-runs

* *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!*
* *Dash! Yonkuro*

### Completed

* *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! Return Racers!* (moved from CoroCoro Aniki on July 25, 2021)

## External link

* Weekly CoroCoro Comic on CoroCoro Online (Japanese)
Sprint Dash Motor

The **Sprint Dash Motor** (Japanese: スプリントダッシュモーター, *Supurinto Dasshu Mōtā*) is the Mini 4WD motor manufactures by SMC Motor and released by Tamiya on December 10, 2002.

This motor was released during the R/C Mini 4WD era, and it went through 2 revisions since its release.

## General info

The Sprint Dash Motor was a speed-focused motor, with the revving performance of 27,200rpm (20,700rpm on load) and the somewhat moderate torque of 19.4g-cm (formerly 14g-cm on the first revision). It has the second highest rev perfomance following the Plasma-Dash Motor and has the same torque characteristic of that of Ultra Dash Motor. It is the 2nd power-hungry motor following the Plasma-Dash Motor and as such, it can't reaches its full potentials while using the normal alkaline batteries.

The first version of the motor, released in 2002, has the white endbell cap and silver metal housing, and uses bronze brushes. The words 'R/C Mini 4WD' was printed on the sticker below the words 'Sprint Dash' and the Tamiya logo.

Later versions uses the carbon brushes which prolonged the motor's running life, and also increased overall performances. Torque performance of the motor has been increased from 14g-cm to 19.4g-cm with this revision. On the sticker, the word 'R/C Mini 4WD' were replaced with the words 'Specially Tuned'.

Due to its low torque, it is recommended to use it on Mini 4WD car with small-diameter wheel and high gear ratio set to archieve optimal performance.
Ray Spear

* Std.
* AS 2023

The **Ray Spear** (Japanese: レイスピアー, *Rei Supiā*) is a Racing Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on July 17, 2021.

It was designed by Takayuki Yamazaki of pdc\_designworks.

## General info

The Ray Spear features a low-height, futuristic open-wheel body design with a long thin front nose and a rear spoiler. The cockpit part is s separate piece and the bodyshell can be configured in either the closed form (With the cockpit piece attached) and open form (With the cockpit piece removed). The 'Ray Spear', 'Tamiya' 'pdc\_designworks' and 'VZ Chassis' decals can be found on the spoiler, winglets, sides of the cockpit and front fenders respectively.

### Standard variant

The standard model features a clear green bodyshell, with white and blue stripes on it.

It was equipped with the silver, small diameter low-profile spiral-type wheels paired with the black, super hard low-profile tires, a first for a regular Mini 4WD kit release. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in white and yellow respectively.

### Asia Challenge 2023

The special Asia Challenge 2023 model was released to commemorates the 2023 season of Mini 4WD Asia Challenge, which takes place in Thailand in 2023. This particular model features a black smoke bodyshell, with Asia-Challenge-inspired decals.

It was equipped with the black, small diameter low-profile saber-type wheels paired with the black, super hard low-profile tires. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in black and fluorescent yellow respectively.

## About the designer and the company

Born in 1972 in Nagano Prefecture, Takayuki Yamazaki (Japanese: やまざきたかゆき, *Yamazaki Takayuki*, formely as 山崎隆之 before leaving Honda R&D) is a designer and the founder of the Japanese design company pdc\_designworks. He is also a former Honda employee, also working as a designer from 1995 to 2012.

In 2012, after leaving Honda R&D, Yamazaki founded his own design company, which not only focuses on creating designs for cars and bikes, but also fashion, hobby toys and gadgets.

Yamazaki start designing products for Tamiya, with the first being 1/10 scale R/C buggy Dual Ridge (based upon the TT-02B Chassis and the one the Dual Ridge Jr. is based on), which was released on October 1, 2014. He later designed the DCR-01 and DCR-02, the first two Mini 4WD car he ever designed. The Ray Spear marks the 4th Mini 4WD car he designed after the Dual Ridge Jr.

## See also

* DCR-01
* DCR-02
* Dual Ridge Jr.

## References

1. ↑ 1/10 scale R/C buggy Dual Ridge (TT-02B) at Tamiya Japan

## External links

### Tamiya America

* Ray Spear at Tamiya America
* Ray Spear Asia Challenge 2023 at Tamiya America
Tom Ghody Special

The **Tom Ghody Special** (Japanese: トムゴディ スペシャル, *Tomu Godi Supesharu*), also known as **Spider From Mars** (Japanese: スパイダー・フロム・マース, *Supaidā Furomu Māsu*) in the manga, is a Super Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on November 30, 1993.

It was featured in the manga *The Wind Racer! Otokogi* as Tom Ghody's machine.

## General info

The Tom Ghody Special featuring the open-wheel body design, with the removable front spoiler and the fin-like side cowls. On the front sides of the black-colored canopy, there's the vertical air intakes protruded from it. On the sides of the side cowls, there's the 'Tom Ghody Special' decals, while there's also a 'Fire Racer' decals on the left side of the front spoiler.

It is mainly in red, with white and orange highlights and deep red stripes.

It was equipped with the white, large diameter 3-spoke lightweight wheels paired with the black Avante-type slick tires. The chassis frame, the A parts and the normal-type side guard were molded in gray, magenta and green respectively. It doesn't comes with a standard motor.

## In media

### *The Wind Racer! Otokogi*

The Spider From Mars was found in the graveyard outside of the Amercian military base by Tom Ghody. Unfortunately, the car had already tainted with the dark force and Tom was possessed by it, leading him to destroy any Mini 4WD cars left and right.

Tom was freed from the dark force when the car was purified at the end of the race against Jingi and his Liberty Emperor. Since then, it becomes his own machine.

## Trivia

* The name 'Spider From Mars' is also the name of a rock band of the same name. As such, Tamiya changed the car name to 'Tom Ghody Special' for the kit release to avoid copyright problems with the band.
	+ Ironically, the similar name changes would happens decades later with a Fully Cowled Mini 4WD car and a Mini 4WD PRO car.
R/C System TRT-1/TRR-1

The **R/C Mini 4WD R/C System TRT-1/TRR-1** (Japanese: ラジ四駆 RCユニット（TRT-1/TRR-1), *Raji Yonku Ārushī Yunitto (TRT-1/TRR-1)*) is a Mini 4WD Grade-Up Parts released by Tamiya on August 7, 2002.

The parts was specifically designed for the TR-1 Chassis.

## General info

The set includes a TRT-1 remote control transmitter and a TRR-1 receiver. The transmitter was powered by a PP3 9v battery, while the receiver (when installed into the TR-1 Chassis) was powered by a pair of AA batteries that are also powers the Mini 4WD cars.

The system used 27 MHz frequency range, but instead of using matched pairs of replaceable crystal quartz oscillators, it used matched pairs of transmitters and receivers with built-in oscillators due to strict size and weight limitations for receiver modules. The R/C system has five different frequency bands, designated by five colors. Each set has a designated color on transmitter button, receiver antenna tip and round sticker on the receiver body. Every competitor must use different frequencies for each car to avoid crosstalk problems; as there are five available frequencies, up to five cars can compete at a time. The assigned bands' colors and frequencies are as follows:

* Ad-1: Blue, 26.995 MHz
* Ad-2: Green, 27.045 MHz
* Ad-3: Yellow, 27.095 MHz
* Ad-4: Red, 27.145 MHz
* Ad-5: White, 27.195 MHz

The R/C system turns a R/C Mini 4WD car into what most people described as a remote control slot car when the receiver is installed into the car. The car will only accelerate if the racer pushes and holds the button on the transmitter. This way, racer can particularly control the speed of the car as they want. Due to it's simplicity, the system does not have the capability of continuous speed control or active motor braking.

Unfortunately, it comes with a price: Because of the low motor powering voltage and high current, switching losses becomes more significant. Also, adding the receiver into the car will add more weight to the rear of the car, making it unbalanced.

As of current race regulation, the use of the R/C system is not allowed on most Mini 4WD race tournaments. However, they are required for R/C Mini 4WD-specific tournaments.
Spark Rouge

**Spark Rouge** (Japanese: スパークルージュ, *Supāku Rūju*) is a Mini 4WD PRO car released by Tamiya on October 10, 2015.

## General info

The Spark Rouge's bodyshell design was inspired by and based on classic 2-seater coupé sports cars such as the Ferrari Gran Turismo series, the Lancia Stratos rally car (hence rouge in car's name, which is French for red) and eastern supercars like the Honda NSX. The body features a wedge-shaped body line with a flat front bonnet on the front and a black rear spoiler.

### Standard variant

The standard Spark Rouge features the red body color, with yellow and black accents as well as Tamiya-related logos in key areas.

It was equipped with yellow, small diameter fin-type low-profile wheels with the black low-profile slick tires. The chassis frame and the A parts were molded in gray and light gray respectively.

## Trivia

* The Spark Rouge continues the French color naming that started with Festa Jaune.
Top Kudo

**Top Kudo** (Japanese: 九堂 突風, *Kudou Toppu*) is the protagonist of the manga series *Mini 4 Top*.

## Biography

Top is a kid whose goal is to create a Mini 4WD car that can fly in the sky. He stay at the Top Noki Ramen shop (manages by his big sister), where he occasionally work to deliver the ramen to the customers.

While passionate about Mini 4WD, Top is surprisingly bad at school works.

## 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*

Top can be fought in several stage in the World Map. During the race, he use the Rising Bird.

## Mini 4WD cars

* Super Sabre Jr.
* Rising Bird
* Winning Bird
* Winning Bird Formula
Neo-VQS Advanced Pack

The **Neo-VQS Advanced Pack** (Japanese: ネオVQSブイキューエス アドバンスパック, *Neo Buikyūesu Adobansu Pakku*) is a Mini 4WD car bundle pack that was released by Tamiya on December 12, 2020.

## General

The bundle includes a special variant of Neo-VQS with black smoke bodyshell, new body decal, black chassis frame and clear yellow A parts. It also equipped with the yellow, small diameter low profile A-spoke wheels paired with the black, super-hard low-profile tires.

Also included in the bundle, aside from the super-hard tires, are as follows:

* Light-Dash Motor
* Carbon-mixed nylon crown gears
* Six 13mm low-friction plastic rollers molded in black
* The 3.7:1 gear set
* AR Chassis Side Mass Damper Set
* FRP Rear Brake Stay Set
* 1.4mm hollow propeller shaft
* 2 x FRP Front Wide Plates
* 2 x FRP Plates for Super X Chassis
* Brack Sponge sets (2mm, 1 blue and 1 red)
* 2mm cap screws (2 x 25mm and 2 x 30mm)

## See also

### Bundles

* Avante Mk.III Race-Ready Set
* Mini 4WD Starter Pack AR Speed Spec
* Mini 4WD Starter Pack MA Power Spec
* Mini 4WD Starter Pack FM-A Balanced Spec

## External links

### Tamiya America

* Neo-VQS Advanced Pack at Tamiya America
Super Sabre Jr.

* Type-1
* RS

The **Super Sabre Junior** (Japanese: スーパーセイバーJr., *Sūpā Seibā Junia*) is a Racing Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on May 16, 1988. It is based on the Super Sabre 1/10 scale R/C buggy by the same company.

It was featured in the manga *Mini 4 Top* as Top Kudo's first machine. It was replaced by the Rising Bird in the series.

## General info

The Super Sabre featuring the typical R/C buggy body design, with sharp nose and removable flat rear spoiler on the bodyshell. Front monoshock and upper-arms as well as rear dual damper props were presented on the bodyshell.

It was mainly in silver, with red and black trims on it.

The original Super Sabre is equipped with the medium diameter 4-spoke Hotshot-type wheel with the black high-profile spike tires, which the RS variant was equipped with the silver plated large diameter 5-spoke TZ-type wheels with the black Avante-type slick tires. The RS variant is equipped with a pair of 16 mm plastic rollers on the front. Both models has their chassis and A parts molded in black.

## About the Super Sabre 1/10 R/C Buggy

Released in 1987, the Super Sabre is the entry-level hobby-grade R/C buggy and is a sister car to the Boomerang and shares the same chassis. It is the last Hotshot-based R/C buggy to be released.

The only difference is that the rear CVA dampers were changed to the shorter ones.

Since it use the same chassis as the Boomerang, it also has the same flaws; noticable power loss, poor handling, improper internal sealing and others.

## Gallery

### Boxarts

Boxart of the original Super Sabre.Boxart of the RS variant.
## See also

### Related cars

* Hotshot Jr.
* Boomerang Jr.

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Super Sabre Jr. at Tamiya Japan
* Super Sabre RS at Tamiya Japan

### R/C buggy the Mini 4WD car is based on

* 1/10 scale R/C buggy Super Sabre  at Tamiya America
Toyota Hilux Surf SSR-G

The **Toyota Hilux Surf SSR-G** (Japanese: トヨタ ハイラックス サーフ SSR-G, *Toyota Hairakkusu Sāfu Esuesearu-ji*) is a Original Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on January 23, 1996.

It was based on the Japan SSR-G trim of the 3rd-generation Toyota Hilux Surf/4Runner by Toyota.

## General info

The Hilux Surf features the long, 5-door crossover wagon body design. It has 'Surf' decal on the door sides. It was mainly in light blue metallic, with the silver bumpers and wheel arches.

It was equipped with the silver, 3-spoke Hilux Surf wheels paired with the black RV radial tires. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in black. Instead of the straight-type bumper as most RV Chassis car do, the Hilux Surf comes with a specially designed bumper with the bend ends.

## About the 3rd-generation Toyota Hilux Surf/4Runner

Developed with the designation code N180, the 3rd-generation Hilux Surf/4Runner is Toyota's mid-size SUV. It went on sale in late 1995 and supersedes the 2nd-genration models.

Compared to the previous generation models, the 3rd-generation models now feature a larger body on a long wheelbase. The new 4Runner also gained dual airbags and ABS in terms of safety.

Powering the 3rd-generation 4Runner are a 2.7 liter 3RZ-FE natural-aspirated inline-4 DOHC petrol engine, a 3.4 liter 5VZ-FE natural-aspirated V6 DOHC petrol engine, a 3.0 liter 1KZ-TE turbocharged inline-4 SOHC diesel engine and a 3.0 liter 1KD-FTV turbocharged inline-4 DOHC diesel engine. The engine is mated to either a 4-speed automatic or a 5-speed manual gearbox, which sends the powers to all four wheels through its part-time four-wheel drive drivetrain. The Japanese models also gained a center differential.

Supporting the ladder frame chassis is the front double-wishbone suspensions with coil springs and stabilizer bar, and the rear trailing arms suspensions with coil springs and stabilizer bar. Braking power is provided by the front ventilated disc brake and the rear drum brake.

The 3rd generation 4Runner was later supersedes by the 4th-generation N210 models in August 2002.

## See also

### Toyota cars

* Toyota Hilux 4x4
* Toyota Hilux Monster Racer Jr.
* Toyota 4Runner
* Toyota Land Cruiser (Team ACP)
* Toyota Rav4
* Toyota Ipsum L-Selection EX
* Toyota Land Cruiser Prado RZ
* Toyota Land Cruiser 100 Wagon
* ZENT Tom's Supra
* Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050 Hybrid
* Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT/Yaris WRC
* Toyota GR Supra
* Toyota GR Yaris

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Toyota Hilux Surf SSR-G at Tamiya Japan (Japanese)
Nissan 350Z

The **Nissan 350Z** (Japanese: ニッサンフェアレディZ, *Nissan Fearedi Zetto*, *Nissan Fairlady Z*) is a R/C Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya in November 2002.

It was based on the two-seater sports car of the same name by Nissan.

## General info

The 350Z featuring the long-hood, short-deck sports car body design with large front air intake, which is one of a common traits for the Z-cars. It has the skewed rectangle headlamps and the triangle-shaped taillamps, with the separate thin turn signal lights. The Nissan emblems can be seen on the front and on the rear.

It is mainly in chrome silver metallic, with black windows.

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.

## About the Nissan 350Z

Manufactured from 2002 to 2009, the 350Z, also known as Fairlady Z (Z33) in Japan, is a two-seater sports car manufactured by Nissan. It is also Nissan's 5th-generation Z-car, suceeding the 300ZX (Fairlady Z Z32).

Built on the Nissan FM platform, it has the front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout. Powering the car are the 3.5 liter VQ35DE V6 engine and the VQ35HR V6 engine, both of which were petrol-powered engines. The engine is mated to either the RE5R05A 5-speed automatic transmission or the FS6R31A 6-speed manual transmission. The base 350Z has the top speed of 250 km/h (electronically limited).

It was superseded by the 370Z for the 2009 model year.

## See also

### Nissan cars

* Nissan Safari
* Nissan King Cab Jr.
* Nissan Terrano '93 Paris-Dakar (Team NOK JATCO)
* Calsonic Skyline GTR-2002
* Nissan Be-1
PowerChamp SP

The **PowerChamp SP** (Japanese: パワーチャンプSP, *Pawāchanpu Esupī*) is a alkaline battery produced by FDK Corporation, the subsidiary company of Fujitsu and released by Tamiya on May 26, 1999. It was the 4th-generation PowerChamp battery and was introduced during the dawn of the 2nd Mini 4WD phenomenon.

It was later superseded by the PowerChamp GR.

## General info

The exterior of the PowerChamp SP is mostly the same as that of PowerChamp Gold, with some differences: It has the white 'PowerChamp' with the large, red 'SP' placed next to it.

As usual for a new PowerChamp battery, it features the increased discharge-rate and endurance compare to its predecessor. Unlike the Gold, the SP doesn't features the gold-plated terminals.

## Gallery

### Package

The package of both SP and GR in unopened state.
Truckin' Chassis

The **Truckin' Chassis** (Japanese: トラッキンシャーシ, *Torakkin Shāshi*) is a Mini 4WD chassis released by Tamiya in December 1990. It was first equipped with the Sunny-Shuttle.

## General info

Being a retool of the Type-3 Chassis, it retains many aspects of the Type-3 but with few key differences.

The bodycatch type has been changed from the rear-mounted type to the side-mounted type. To compensate the lacks of side-guards, the chassis has its own, removable rear roller stay for installing guide rollers.

Since it retains most aspects of the Type-3 Chassis, many parts designed for it are compatible with the chassis. However, because of the presences of the rear roller stay, it cannot be equipped with other rear roller stays.

Just like the Type-1 and Type-3, it has the light blue G1 crown gear attached to the front axle and the orange G2 crown gear attached to the rear axle. The Truckin' Chassis was the last shaft-driven Mini 4WD chassis to have such crown gear setup, as all future shaft-driven Mini 4WD chassis would uses the same crown gear for both front and rear axles.

## Colors

### Chassis frame

* Black - First equipped with Sunny-Shuttle.

### A parts

* Black - First equipped with Sunny-Shuttle.

## Trivia

* Along with the Type-1 Chassis and Type-3 Chassis, the Truckin' Chassis is one of the only chassis to have two pinion gear sets.
The Wind Racer! Otokogi

***The Wind Racer! Otokogi*** (Japanese: 風のレーサー侠, *Kaze no Rēsā Otokogi*) is a manga series written by Zaurus Tokuda and published on Shogakukan's *CoroCoro Comic*. It is the second manga by Tokuda after his first work, *Dash! Yonkuro*.

Unlike *Dash!! Yonkuro*, it instead has the fantasy elements. With only 1 volumes and 3 chapters per volume (excluding a one-shot chapter), it is the shortest manga by Tokuda.

The manga continues in the form of toy comic known as ***The Wind Racer! Otokogi Gaiden*** (風のレーサー侠 外伝) that were bundles into the Super Mini 4WD car kits based on the one from the manga. Unfortunately, it was cancelled alongside *Shin Dash!! Yonkuro* due to the popularity of the second major manga series *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!*, which is the mainsteam at the time.

## Story

The story is about a boy named Jingi Otokogi who is a self-proclaimed wanderer.

One day, after the first race against the possesed Tom Ghody that he almost crushed the Mini 4WD car he borrowed from the villagers, he meet up with a old man who called himself the wind bonze (風法師), and was told that there's the darkness that are threating the world, and only the element racers can defeat the darkness.

Jingi was also told that he is the wind racer who will leads all the element racers. The magician then later gave the Liberty Emperor, the wind machine, to Jingi. With the Tom Ghody incident ended, Jingi starts the journey to gather all five elements racers in order to defeat the darkness once and for all...

## Mini 4WD featured in this series

### The original series

* Avante Jr. (One of the villagers' machine)
* Vanquish Jr. (One of the villagers' machine. Destroyed by Tom Ghody's car)
* Thunder Shot Jr. (One of the villagers' machine. Borrowed by Jingi Otokogi to race against Tom Ghody)
* Spider From Mars (Tom Ghody's machine)
* Liberty Emperor (Jingi Otokogi's machine)
* Poseidon-X (Ryou Hayami's machine)
* Egress Jr. (Mr. Mae's machine)
* Wind Bonze (The wind bonze's machine)
* Pangaea (Pangaea's machine)
* Metal Force (Metal Force's machine)
* Darkside Emperor (The Dark Emperor's machine)

### *The Splendid Racer Zaurus* one-short

* Dash-1 Emperor (Zaurus's machine)
* Poseizen-X (Mr. Mae's machine, modified Poseidon-X and has no relation to Ryou's Poseidon-X)

### *Gaiden*

* Little White Dragon (Hakurou Oohinata's machine)
* Shao Bai Ron (Hakurou Oohinata's machine)
* Big Bang Ghost (Baron Ghost's machine)
Super Sabre Open Top

The **Super Sabre Open Top** (Japanese: スーパーセイバー オープントップ, *Sūpā Seibā Ōpun Toppu*) is a limited editon Racing Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on July 16, 2011. It is the open-top version of the Super Sabre Jr..

## General info

The Super Sabre Open Top, like other open-top Mini 4WD cars, featuring the driver figurine that was placed into the canopy part of the bodyshell that was cut open. The normal flat spoiler was swapped for the R/C buggy-style rear spoiler.

It is mainly in silver, with black highlight and blue and white trims on it.

It was equipped with the black, large diameter 5-spoke TZ-type wheels paired with the black Avante-type slick tires. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in black and yellow respectively..

## See also

### Others

* Saber drives Super Sabre Special
* Mini 4WD Hawk Racer
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII WRC

The **Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII WRC** (Japanese: 三菱ランサーエボリューションVII WRC, *Mitsubishi Ransā Eboryūshon Sebun Daburuārushī*) is a R/C Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on July 17, 2002.

It was based on the first iteration of the Mitsubishi Lancer WRC (Based on the road-legal Lancer Evolution VII), which was introduced in the 2001 World Rally Championship season

## General info

The Lancer WRC featuring the 4-door sports sedan body design, with the rear spoiler featured on the real-life road-legal Lancer Evolution as well as an addtional rooftop air intake that was presented on the WRC cars. It has the front rectangle headlamps and the triangle backlamps. A pair of airduct can be found on the bonnet.

The Mitsubishi decals as well as other sponsor decals can be found on the bodyshell. It has the Monte Carlo Rally decals, as it is based on the one that was used on that rally event. The bodyshell is in the Ralliart Red.

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. As part of the first 6 minicars in the line-up, it comes with the R/C system.

## About the Mitsubishi Lancer WRC

The Mitsubishi Lancer WRC, much like the road-legal Lancer Evolution VII, was built upon the Lancer Cedia platform. It carries the 'Lancer Evolution' name from the previous Group A class Lancer Evo rally cars. The creation of the Lancer WRC was a result of Mitsubishi being forced by FIA to participates into the World Rally Championship using WRC rules instead of the Group A class rules.

The engine and the drivetrain were largely unchanged; it was powered by the same Mitsubishi Sirius 4G63 2.0 liter turbo-charged inline-4 engine that can produces about 300 PS of power at 5500 rpm and 540 Nm of torque at 3500 rpm. It was mated to the 5-speed maunal gearbox.

Because it was built upon the WRC rules which allowed more freedom in most areas of the car, extensive modifications were made to the car. This includes new turbocharger and exhaust system, lighter internal parts and the four-wheel independent MacPherson strut suspensions.

For the 2002 season, François Delecour drove car number 7 with his co-driver Daniel Grataloup, white Alister McRae drove car number 8 with a unnamed co-driver. Unfortunately, Delecour's co-driver Grataloup was injured in a massive shunt during the Rally Australia stage and was replaced by Dominique Savignoni. Later, McRae was injured in a mountain bike crash shortly after that year's Rally San Remo and was replaced by Justin Dale. Poor performance throughout the 2002 season led to Mitsubishi withdrawing as a manufacturer for 2003, but the manufacturer returned for 2004 and 2005 with a completely new car, still based on the Lancer.

## See also

### Mitsubishi cars

* Mitsubishi Pajero Wagon 2000 Turbo XL
* Mitsubishi Pajero Metaltop Wide
* Mitsubishi Pajero V6 3500

### World Rally Cars

* Subaru Impreza WRC 2002
* Peugeot 206 WRC
* Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT/Yaris WRC
* Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC

## External link

### Tamiya Japan

* Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII WRC at Tamiya Japan
Taihei Tenka

**Taihei Tenka** (Japanese: 天下 太平, *Tenka Taihei*), also known by his nickname **Ten** (Japanese: 天, *Ten*), is the protagonist of the manga series *Dash Boy! Ten*.

## Biography

Ten is a person who is passionate about Mini 4WD racing. The crescent-moon-like pattern on his hair is his trademark, though some people had mistaken it as bald (especially Iota).

While his passion for racing is strong compare to other racers, he is bad at schoolwork.

## Synopsis

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## Other appearance

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

Ten, along with his Bommerang-10, can be fought in various world maps since the game's release.

## Mini 4WD cars

* Liberty Emperor
* Boomerang-10
* Astro-Boomerang
* Thunder Boomerang W10

## Trivia

* His nickname, Ten, has the same pronunciation as the number '10' in English. This is intentional, as most of his Mini 4WD cars has the '10' marks on the body and some of them has '10' in their names.
Super Mini 4WD

The **Super Mini 4WD** (Japanese: スーパーミニ四駆, *Sūpā Mini Yonku*) series is a line-up of Mini 4WD cars introduced by Tamiya on June 29, 1993. The Super Mini 4WD cars feature the open-wheel and less drag body design, and all of them use the low-profile tires and large wheels. This is also the first series to feature both Super-1 Chassis, Super TZ Chassis and also Super-FM Chassis.

The manga series *The Wind Racer! Otokogi* and *Dash Boy! Ten* featuring machines from this line-up. All Mini 4WD cars featured in this line-up were designed by the late Zaurus Tokuda, the manga author of *The Wind Racer! Otokogi* and *Dash Boy! Ten*.

## List of Mini 4WD cars

* Liberty Emperor (Normal, Black Special, GPA, Premium) (Super-1 Chassis, VS Chassis, Super-II Chassis) (Released on June 29, 1993)
* Poseidon-X (Body Parts Set, Black Special) (Super-1 Chassis) (Released in November 1993)
* Tom Ghody Special (Super-1 Chassis) (Released on November 30, 1993)
* Shao Bai Ron (Super-1 Chassis) (Released on April 19, 1994)
* Big Bang Ghost (Normal, GPA) (Super-1 Chassis, VS Chassis) (Released on November 15, 1994)
* Boomerang-10 (Normal, GPA) (Super-1 Chassis, Super TZ-X Chassis) (Released on June 29, 1995)
* Boomerang Gamma (Super-1 Chassis) (Released on November 28, 1995)
* Astro-Boomerang (Normal, color specials) (Super-1 Chassis, Super-II Chassis) (Released on February 22, 1996)
* Strato Vector (Super FM Chassis) (Released on July 16, 1996)
* Black Stalker (Super TZ Chassis) (Released on January 14, 1997)
* Thunder Boomerang W10 (Super TZ Chassis) (Released on March 18, 1997)
* Rayhawk-Gamma (Super TZ Chassis) (Released on July 9, 1997)
* Tiger Zap (Super TZ Chassis) (Released on October 31, 1997)
Retsuya Ichimonji

**Retsuya Ichimonji** (Japanese: 一文字 烈矢, *Ichimonji Retsuya*) is one of the double protagonists of the Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! MAX series.

## Biography

Retsuya is Gouki's younger brother and the top Battle Racer of Borzoi School after Gouki left. But after the "Borzoi Open" tournament, Retsuya also left the school to pursue his own racestyle and moved into GEN Manufacturing with his uncle, and is living on the same floor as Gouki.

## Synopsis

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## Other Appearance

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

Retsuya, along with his Shadow Breaker Z3 (and in later update, his Knuckle Breaker), were added in the game following the September 25, 2021 update as part of the time-limited "Battle Restart! Gouki vs Retsuya" recreation event, before added in Map 9 following the September 29, 2021 update.

## Mini 4WD cars

* Shadow Breaker Z-3
* Knuckle Breaker Z-1

## Trivia

* In retrospect with the previous protagonist, Retsuya's name shares Retsu's kanji letter.
Night Seek

## In Fictional Media

### **Owner**

Mr.G

The **Dark-0 Night Seek** (Japanese: ダーク０号 ナイトシーク, *Dākuzero-gō Naito Shīku*) is a fictional Mini 4WD car that appear in*Hyper Dash! Yonkuro*.

Being a base model to the Dark machines, it was made by Mr.G.

## General info

The Night Seek featuring the open-wheel, sharp body design, with the knife-shaped canopy and a pair of vertical fins on it.

It is mainly in black, with orange highlights on it.

It was equipped with the black large-diameter MS-type II wheel with Avante-type slick tires. The sub-parts of the chassis were molded in orange.

## In media

### *Hyper Dash! Yonkuro*

The Night Seek was the base car of all the Dark Dominion's machines.Like the rest of the Night Seek-based machines, the Night Seek was equipped with the MA Chassis made of Tungsten metal, the high-output batteries and high torque motor.

The Night Seek was used as the base to created other Dark Machines.However, it was later revealed by Hell Crow that the Dark Machines are no more than the prototypes, and the data gather from them was used to create the Black Dash Machines.

## See also

* Night Seek Trigger
* Night Seek Shield
* Night Seek Rod
* Night Seek Edge
* Night Seek Saucer
* Night Seek G

## References

1. ↑ PHASE 13 of *Hyper Dash! Yonkuro*
Native Sun

The **Native Sun** (Japanese: ネイティブサン, *Neitibu San*) is a fictional Mini 4WD car that appeared in *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! WGP*.

It is belongs to the AR Boomerangs team.

## General info

The Native Sun features the blue-colored, flat-styled fully-cowled body design, with two large-sized solar panels, each on the front and on the rear. It resembles the real-life solar cars.

## In media

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

The Native Sun is the main race machines of the AR Boomerangs. Unlike other GP machines in the series, it was equipped with the special, energy-efficient Shine Motor, and is powered by a pair of conventional batteries and a pair of solar cells that can be charged through the solar panels using the sunlight. It excels at straight line and cornering.

However, it was a few major flaws. First at all, due to having equipped with 2 types of batteries, the Native Sun is much heavier than the other GP machines. The solar panel itself also present another flaw, as it can't receive sunlight if the panels were blocked by something else (i.e. water drops) and because of that, it was equipped with the wipers. Finally, the Native Sun itself is the most fragile GP machine in the world grand prix due to the implementation of the solar panels.

Later in the series, the Native Sun has its Shine Motor replaced with the much more efficient Sunshine Motor.