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Dash-CB1 Geo-Emperor

* Original
* Premium

The **Dash-CB1 Geo-Emperor** (Japanese: ダッシュCB1 大地皇帝ジオエンペラー, *Dasshu Shībiｰwan Jio Enperā*) is a Racing Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on May 13, 1995.

Tamiya would released the limited Premium variant of the Geo-Emperor with Super-II Chassis, originally as a oversea exclusive and then as a worldwide product on October 29, 2016.

It was featured in the toy tie-in manga *Shin Dash! Yonkuro* as Yonkuro Hinomaru's machine.

## General info

The Geo-Emperor's body design is much different from the other Emperors; It has the smooth-line body design, the canopy has been enlarged, the rear wing design was changed to the one see on the FM Chassis machines, and the returns of the cup-type headlights. It is in white color with red and orange trims.

### Geo-Emperor

The original Geo-Emperor was equipped with the yellow medium diameter 5-spoke G-Emperor-type wheels paired with the black basic slick tires. Both the chassis frame and A parts were molded in dark green.

### Premium

The Premium variant has the metallic stickers, as most Premium models has.

It was equipped with the yellow, large diameter 6-spoke Manta Ray-type wheels paired with the black Avante-type slick tires. It has the dark green chassis frame with gun metal A parts. It comes with the easy locking gear cover molded in gun metal.

## In media

### *Shin Dash! Yonkuro*

In the series, it is one of the Dash Combine machines along with Proto-Emperor Coretank, Blazing Sun and Command Saurus. It is the left wheel part of the Dash Combine.

Much like the other Dash Combine machines, it is unknown that who create the minicar.

## Gallery

### Boxarts

Boxart of the original Geo-Emperor.Boxart of the Premium variant.
## Trivia

* The Premium version of the Geo-Emperor was originally a oversea exclusive.

## See also

* Dash-1 Emperor
* Dash-01 Super Emperor
* Dash-001 Great Emperor
* Liberty Emperor (Dash! Yonkuro)
* Rise-Emperor

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Dash-CB1 Geo-Emperor at Tamiya Japan
* Dash-CB1 Geo-Emperor Premium at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Dash-CB1 Geo-Emperor Premium at Tamiya America
CoroCoro Aniki Special Parts Set Japan Cup 2015

The **CoroCoro Aniki Special Parts Set Japan Cup 2015** (Japanese: コロコロアニキ スペシャルパーツセット J-CUP2015, *Korokoro Aniki Supesharu Pātsu Setto Jei-kappu 2015*) is a online shop-exclusive, limited edition Mini 4WD Grade-up Parts made by Tamiya and released by Shogakukan via their CoroCoro Aniki online shop web store (Later became CoroCoro Premier) on July 14, 2015.

## General info

The special parts set consists of 3 items: The yellow large-diameter low-profile wheels that was paired with the blue low-profile tires that has the 'Coro Coro Aniki' and 'Tamiya Mini 4WD' prints on the side of the tires, a special FRP wide front plate set with the CoroCoro Aniki printing and a dress-up stickers featuring the logo of 2015 Japan Cup, the Tamiya logo and the artworks of characters from manga series *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! Return Racers!*, *Dash! Yonkuro* and *Hyper Dash! Yonkuro*.

The set can be used on any Mini 4WD car, but the DUS will work best with any of the Mini 4WD cars that were featured in the aforementioned manga series.

## Gallery

Usage example. (Base car: Shooting Proud Star)
## External link

#### CoroCoro Premier

* CoroCoro Aniki Special Parts Set Japan Cup 2015 at CoroCoro Premier (Japanese)
Dash-02 Neo Burning Sun

The **Dash-02 Neo Burning Sun** (Japanese: ダッシュ０２号 新太陽ネオバーニングサン, *Dasshu Zeroni-gō Neo Bāningu San*) is a Racing Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on June 18, 1991. It is the second front-motor machine after Crimson Glory.

It was featured in the manga *Dash! Yonkuro* as the primary machine for Dankuro 'Tankuro' Toda in the Mini 4WD Championship arc and Genta in the Black Mistral arc.

## General info

The Neo Burning Sun is retains the very same tank-inspired body design, with the few key differences. The body color was changed from green to orange and an user-removable flat rear spoiler was added to the rear, as well as holes that were made to fit the FM Chassis without any problem.

The *CoroCoro Dragon* logo was moved from the front to the rear sides of the bodyshell.

It was equipped with the white, large diameter 6-spoke FM-type wheels with the black Avante-type slick tires. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in brown gray. It also comes with the optional bowl rollers.

## In media

### *Dash! Yonkuro*

In order to find out about the secret behind the superior performance of Momotaro's Crimson Glory, Tankuro modified his Dash-2 Burning Sun into the FM machine, but in doing so he has to scraps the Horizon lineage completely from machine, and forcing him to leave the Dash Warriors. This led to Shinkuro, one of the Dash Warriors members, showing his distrust toward Tankuro.

However, Tankuro was later convinced by Yonkuro (who used his Emperor to deliver a mail to him) to re-joins the team. He come back during the national championship final and use his Neo Burning Sun in the race.

During the final section of the race, Punkuro gave the Condenser Circuit to Tankuro, who then use it on the battle between him and Momotaro. Its motor was then exploded, totaled the car. However the now-broken Neo Burning Sun was later used as a jump stand for Yonkuro's Great Emperor, leading to the ultimate victory for the Dash Warriors in the national tournament.

Tankuro later exchanged his Neo Burning Sun for Genta's Wild Saurus, from then on Genta uses the Neo Burning Sun throughout the Black Mistral arc.

## See also

* Dash-2 Burning Sun
* Dash-CB2 Blazing Sun
* God Burning Sun

## External link

### Tamiya Japan

* Dash-02 Neo Burning Sun at Tamiya Japan
Mighty Mini 4WD

The **Mighty Mini 4WD** (Japanese: マイティミニ四駆, *Maiti Mini Yonku*) series is a line-up of Mini 4WD cars introduced by Tamiya in May 1998. It was, unfortunately, introduced during the declines of 2nd Mini 4WD boom.

Being a sister series to the Aero Mini 4WD series, the Mighty Mini 4WD cars were equipped with the large diameter wheels, namely the newly-designed Mighty-Type wheels and arched tires. In some ways, it can be seen as the Super Mini 4WD version of the Aero Mini 4WD series.

The manga series *Mini 4 Kids* and *Future Racer V-Twin* featuring cars from this line-up.

## List of Mini 4WD cars

* Dyna-Hawk GX (Normal, Super XX Special, Black Special) (Super X Chassis, Super XX Chassis) (Released in May 1998)
* Cross-Tiger VR (Normal, Limited Edition, Sea Blue Version) (Super X Chassis, Super XX Chassis) (Released in August 1998)
* Laser-Gill (Normal, Super XX Special) (Super X Chassis, Super XX Chassis) (Released on December 9, 1998)
* Variatron (VS Chassis) (Released in July 1999)
* Synchro-Master Z9 (VS Chassis) (Released in December 1999)
GP System

The **GP System** (Japanese: GPシステム, *Jīpī Shisutemu*) is a series of lap-detection systems released by Tamiya in July 2001.

They were designed for both the Dangun Racers and the Mini 4WD cars.

## General info

The original GP System full set, which was originally designed for Dangun Racer, includes a receiver, the antenna components, an AC adapter, a pair of noise filter, a mini CD contains the lap-detection software and a set of Dangun Racer GP Chips (5 pairs of the GP Chips at different bands). For Mini 4WD car use, separate GP Chips for Mini 4WD car are required.

As the cars contains the GP Chip pass through either an antenna (loop type for Dangun Racers, straight antenna cable type for Mini 4WD cars), the system will detect it via the GP Chips in the cars and sends the data to a connected PC.

Although innovative, there are three major problems with this system. The cost of the both the GP System full set and the GP Chip set for Mini 4WD car (which was about 165,000 yens in total), and it also requires a PC (running Windows 2000 or older, as the software was designed for it). Because of these problems, the GP System and the GP Chip sets were later discontinued.

To commemorate the GP System, several GPA versions of the Mini 4WD cars were released: Beat-Magnum, Liberty Emperor, Diospada, Desert-Golem, Big Bang Ghost, and Boomerang-10.
Aero Mini 4WD

The **Aero Mini 4WD** (Japanese: エアロミニ四駆, *Earo Mini Yonku*) series is a line-up of Mini 4WD cars introduced by Tamiya in December 1997. It was, unfortunately, introduced during the declines of 2nd Mini 4WD boom.

The Aero Mini 4WD series featuring the low-drag, open-wheel body design. In additions, all cars were equipped with the X type small-diameter wheels which are smaller than other small diameter wheels of the other series, allowing the cars to have even lower center-of-gravity. Featuring in the line-up is the Super X Chassis, VS Chassis and the Super XX Chassis.

The manga and anime series *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! MAX* featuring the cars from this line-up. All Mini 4WD cars featured in this line-up were designed by Tetsuhiro Koshita, the manga author of the *Let's & Go!* series.

## List of Mini 4WD cars

* Max Breaker Z-2 (Normal, TRF, Black Special, CX09, XX-13) (Super X Chassis, Super XX Chassis) (Released in December 1997)
* Shadow Breaker Z-3 (Normal, Super XX Special) (Super X Chassis, Super XX Chassis) (Released in January 1998)
* Phantom-Blade (Normal, Black Special) (Super X Chassis, Super XX Chassis) (Released in May 1998)
* Knuckle Breaker Z-1 (Normal, Black Special, Blue Special) (Super X Chassis, Super XX Chassis) (Released in September 1998)
* Storm-Cruiser (Super X Chassis) (Released in October 1998)
* Rising-Trigger (Normal, White Special) (Super X Chassis, Super XX Chassis) (Released in November 1998)
* Blazing-Max (Normal, Prism Blue Special) (VS Chassis) (Released in February 1999)
* Vanishing-Gazer (Super TZ-X Chassis) (Released in April 1999)
* Desert-Golem (Normal, GPA) (VS Chassis) (Released in May 1999)
* Lightning-Magnum (Normal, LM Breaker) (VS Chassis) (Released in September 1999)
* Blitzer-Sonic (Normal, Black Special) (VS Chassis) (Released in January 2000)

## Trivia

* The Super TZ-X Chassis, which was introduced with Vanishing-Gazer, was the updated version of Super TZ Chassis that was introduced in the Fully Cowled Mini 4WD series. This making the chassis a odd choice for a car in the line-up.
Hi-Mount Roller Set

Aero (Black)

The **Hi-Mount Roller Sets** (Japanese: ハイマウントローラーセット, *Hai Maunto Rōrā Setto*) are a series of Mini 4WD Grade-Up Parts that were released by Tamiya since March 1989.

## General info

The set typically comes with the three components: the front stay, the wing roller stay with various attachments, as well as rollers. The front stay and the wing roller stay are meant to be attached to the front bumper and the bodyshell respectively, while the rollers can be attach to both the front stay and the wing roller stay. For the Aero set, it instead comes with the equipped plastic rollers with rubber rings, as well as an additional rear spoiler that can be attached to the top of the wing roller stay.

However, the way the wing roller stay part of the set attach to the car is also a double-edge sword; Since it is attached to the bodyshell, it puts the bodyshell under stress when the car hits the fences. It was more apparent on the bodyshell with lightening holes opened, where the bodyshell will risk being breaks under stress. Also, not all bodyshells are compatible with the set.

## Gallery

### Game renders

Hi-Mount Wing Stay (*Mini 4WD Hyper Dash Grand Prix*)Hi-Mount Front Stay (*Mini 4WD Hyper Dash Grand Prix*)Aero Hi-Mount Wing Stay (*Mini 4WD Hyper Dash Grand Prix*)Aero Hi-Mount Front Stay (*Mini 4WD Hyper Dash Grand Prix*)Lightweight Hi-Mount Wing Stay (*Mini 4WD Hyper Dash Grand Prix*)
### Usage examples

Example for Hi-Mount (Base car: Avante Jr.)Example for Aero Hi-Mount (Base car: Magnum Saber Premium)
## Trivia

* The original Hi-Mount Roller Set was later bundled as part of the Mini 4WD Classic Tune-Up Parts Set Vol.1.

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Aero Hi-Mount Roller Set (Black) at Tamiya Japan
Scallop

**Scallop** is the sixth purchasable food item available in the game.

Sea otters, you got nothing on me

## Stats

The Scallop gives a base increment of 2.5 kg, this will go up overtime every time a mola mola passes away as all food items gain a percentage increase

It also has a small chance of killing your mola mola, being 8%. If the Sudden Death occurs from this food item, that survival rate will be increased to 99.9%.

## Trivia

* The Scallop, along with the Squid and Crab, has a Hard-mode variant, that being the Giant Clam.
* It is currently unknown if the Scallop is actually part of the mola mola's diet.
Low-Friction Plastic Bearing Set

* Black
* Orange

The **Low-Friction Plastic Bearing Set** (Japanese: 低摩擦プラベアリングセット, *Teimasatsu Pura Bearingu Setto*) is a series of Mini 4WD Grade-Up Parts released by Tamiya since January 11, 2020.

## General info

As its name implies, the bearing set is molded in the low-friction Polyoxymethylene (POM) plastic, which smooths out the rotation of the drive shafts. The set consists of five 620 bearings and two 520 bearings. It is compatible with most Mini 4WD chassis except Origin Chassis, Comical Chassis, Cruiser Chassis, RV Chassis, Type-1 Chassis and Wild Chassis.

In addition to being sold as standalone parts set, It was also included in the VZ Chassis cars by default.

## External link

### Tamiya Japan

* Low-Friction Plastic Bearing Set on Tamiya Japan
* Low-Friction Plastic Bearing Set (Orange) on Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Low-Friction Plastic Bearing Set on Tamiya America
* Low-Friction Plastic Bearing Set (Orange) on Tamiya America
Braun Tyrrell Honda 020

The **Braun Tyrrell Honda 020** (Japanese: ブラウン ティレル ホンダ020, *Buraun Tireru Honda Marunimaru*) is a Mini-F car released by Tamiya in 1992.

It was based on the Tyrrell 020 Formula One car that was used in the 1991 Formula One World Championship season.

## General info

While it shares the same low-height, open-wheel body design with the other Mini-F cars, the 020 has the raised noise. The bodyshell has the non-removable driver figurine.

It was mainly in white with black highlights. Various sponsors, including PIAA, Braun, Epson, Essilor, Nippon Shinpan, Shell (the fuel supplier for that year) and Honda (the engine supplier), 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 Tyrrell 020

The Tyrrell 020, debuted at the end of the 1990 season, is the minor developed version of the 019 and as such, it retains its signature raised nose design.

The 020 has the carbon fiber monocoque that was supported by the 4-wheel independent double wishbones suspensions with pullrod coil spring dampers. The car has its rear end modified to accommodate a more powerful 3.5 liter Honda RA101E natural-aspirated V10 engine, and the engine was mated to a Hewland-sourced 6-speed sequential gearbox.

The 020 would be later upgraded into 020B for the 1992 season, with the Honda engine being swapped out for the Ilmor LH10 V10 engine.

## See also

### Cars powered by Honda engines

* Footwork FA13 Mugen Honda
* McLaren MP4/7 Honda

### Cars by Honda

* Honda City Turbo
* Raybrig NSX 2002
* Beams Integra
* Honda e
Mini 4WD Koala Racer GT

The **Mini 4WD Koala Racer GT** (Japanese: ミニ四駆コアラGT, *Mini Yonku Koara Jītī*) is a Mini 4WD REV car released by Tamiya on July 10, 2021.

Based on the Lord Guile, it was the 9th car in the the Animal Mini 4WD GT sub-lineup of the series of Animal Mini 4WD cars.

## General info

The Koala Racer GT features a clear light gray bodyshell, with yellow and green accents and leaf green and black stripes on it. The 'Koala Racer GT' decals, the Tamiya logo decals and the 'FM-A' decal can be found on it. The very same koala driver figurine from the Mini 4WD Koala Racer was mounted onto the battery holder.

It was equipped with the black, small diameter low-profile A-spoke wheels paired with the yellow low-profile tires. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in soft green and yellow respectively. Much like the other Animal Mini 4WD GT cars, it comes with the Torque-Tuned 2 Motor.

## Trivia

* The Koala Racer GT is the first Animal Mini 4WD GT car to not belonging to the Mini 4WD PRO lineup.

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Mini 4WD Koala Racer GT at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Mini 4WD Koala Racer GT at Tamiya America
Squid

**Squid** is the second purchasable food item that you can feed to your mola mola.

## Stats

The squid can give a base increase of 0.4 kg, and will increase by a percentage when your mola mola passes away.

Just like any of the purchasable food items, it starts with an 8% chance to put your mola mola into Sudden Death, when this occurs, it will be reduced to a minuscule 0.01% fatality rate.

## Trivia

* The Squid is one of three food items to receive a Hard-Mode variant, the other being the Crab and Scallop
* At one point of the game, it only gave a base 0.4 kg increment, this was later changed at an unknown date.
* The squid used in-game could be a Humboldt Squid.
* The Squid, along with the Tasmanian Giant Crab and Sardine were part of The Battle Cats' collaboration campaign as common enemies
	+ They would also be reused for their Summer Break Cats monthly event.
Bear Hawk Jr.

* Original
* RS

The **Bear Hawk Junior** (Japanese: ベアホークJr., *Bea Hōku Junia*) is a Racing Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on March 31, 1992. It was based on the Bear Hawk R/C buggy, also released by Tamiya.

Tamiya has also released the RS variant of the Bear Hawk on January 18, 2014.

## General info

The Bear Hawk featuring the usual racing buggy body design, with the partially exposed canopy with driver figurine as well as the roll cage on the rear. Damper props were placed in between the main body and the wheels.

Oddly, the Mini 4WD car version of the Bear Hawk has a rear spoiler, something its R/C buggy counterpart lacks.

### The original Bear Hawk

The original car has 'The Brawling Bear Hawk' decals on the side cowls, the 'Bear Hawk' decals on the spoiler and on the nose, as well as the car number 54 on the rear of the canopy. It is mainly in blue, with silver roll cage and 3-tone stripes of silver, orange and yellow.

It was equipped with the white, large diameter 6-spoke Manta Ray-type wheels paired with the black Avante-type slick tires. Both the chassis frame and A parts were molded in dark green.

### RS variant

The RS variant has the different color schemes; instead of blue with 3-tone stripes of silver, orange and yellow, it has the black bodyshell with 3-tone stripes of chrome silver, blue and red. The 'The Brawling' on the side cowls has been removed, and the 'RS' was added to the front nose and the spoiler, on just below the 'Bear Hawk' decals.

It was equipped with the silver-plated wheels and the blue tires. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in white and blue respectively.

### Pearl Color Special

The limited Pearl Color Special model has the pearl purple bodyshell, fluorescent yellow wheels and gray tires.

## About the Bear Hawk 1/10 R/C buggy

Released in 1991, the Bear Hawk is a entry-level rear-wheel-drive buggy made by Tamiya. It use the main chassis frame from the Falcon.

Instead of the dual H suspension arms of the Falcon, the Bear Hawk has the upper I arms and lower H arms for all four wheels. Also changed is the shock tower designs and mounting positions. The rear gearbox/motor mount design has been changed and lost the cage design that the Falcon has. All these changes made the Bear Hawk more wider.

It was equipped with the spike tires and dish wheels by default.

## Gallery

### Boxarts

Boxart of the original Bear Hawk.Boxart of the RS variant.

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Bear Hawk Jr. at Tamiya Japan
* Bear Hawk RS at Tamiya Japan

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

* 1/10 scale R/C buggy Beak Hawk at Tamiya America
Mini 4WD Kumamon Version GT

The **Mini 4WD Kumamon Version GT** (Japanese: ミニ四駆 くまモンバージョン GT, *Mini Yonku Kumamon Bājon Jītī*) is a limited editon Mini 4WD PRO car released by Tamiya on December 24, 2016.

It was based on the Silwolf and is the third Kumamon-themed car following Kumamon Mini 4WD - Supporting Kumamoto. It was the first in the Animal Mini 4WD GT sub-lineup of the series of Animal Mini 4WD cars.

## General info

Where the Silwolf has the asymmetrical decal design, the Kumamon Version GT has the symmetrical decal design all over its smoke black bodyshell, with gold and red highlights. A 'I♡Kumamon' decal, the 'Kumamon Version GT' decals and the Tamiya logo decals can be found on the bodyshell. The very same Kumamon driver figurine from both the Mini 4WD Kumamon Version and the Supporting Kumamoto car was mounted onto the center top of the motor/gear cover of the chassis.

It was equipped with the neon yellow small-diameter fin-type low-profile wheels paired with the black low profile slick tires. The chassis frame and the A parts were molded in black and red respectively. Much like the other Animal Mini 4WD GT cars, it comes with the Torque-Tuned 2 Motor PRO.

## See also

### Related

* Mini 4WD Kumamon Version
* Kumamon Mini 4WD - Supporting Kumamoto

## External link

### Tamiya Japan

* Mini 4WD Kumamon Version GT at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Mini 4WD Kumamon Version GT at Tamiya America
Juggernaut Jr. (Ford F-350)

The **Juggernaut Junior (Ford F-330)** (Japanese: ジャガノート Jr. （フォードF-350）, *Jaganōto Junia (Fōdo Efu-350)*) is a Wild Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya in March 1999.

It was based on Tamiya's 1/10 R/C monster truck Juggernaut, which in turns based on the single cab variant of the 1st-generation Ford Super Duty pickup truck.

## General info

The Juggernaut features the typical, single cab pickup truck body design. On the front, there's the square-jawed front ends, raised hoods and aggressive-styled headlamps. On the truck bed, there's the back roll bars with headlamps attached.

It was in the black body color, with silver bumpers, red and yellow stripes and the rock-styled decals on it.

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

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

Released in March 29, 1999, the Juggernaut is Tamiya's electric R/C monster truck.

The chassis, dubbed the Juggernaut chassis, features the ladder frame design with both plastic and metal parts. It was supported with the solid axle multi-trailing-arms suspensions on both front and rear, with leaf springs and 2 pairs of friction dampers on each wheels. It was powered by two 540-sized motors, mounted to a center gearbox and housed at the middle of the chassis frame. It also features the four-wheel steering mechanism via multiple linkage to a servo. Due to the primary battery powering two motors at once, an additional pair of AA batteries are needed to powering the transmitter.

The original Juggernaut is not without its issues; Shortly after it was released, it was revealed that it has design flaws on the center gearbox and the axle gearboxes, in which causes the gear teeth (particularly the bevel gears in the axles) to be stripped under load. Tamiya would immediately pull the Juggernaut out from the market, and released the Juggernaut 2 on March 22, 2000 with redesigned center and axles gearboxes to solve the issues the original Juggernaut suffered.

## See also

### Ford cars

* Ford Ranger 4x4 Pickup
* Blackfoot Jr.
* Midnight Pumpkin Jr.
Japan Cup Junior Circuit

* Original
* Orange
* Yellow
* Tricolor

August 11, 2018 (Curve parts blue/red, 2 pcs each/Straight parts white/Wave parts white)
October 16, 2021 (Curve parts blue/red, 4 pcs each/Lane change and extension set white)
**Limited editons**
June 27, 2009 (Orange set/Yellow set)
July 21, 2012 (Tricolor set)
April 27, 2019 (Curve parts green)
July 6, 2019 (Straight parts black)
December 14, 2019 (Curve parts black)

### **direction**

Both direction

The **Mini 4WD Japan Cup Junior Circuit** (Japanese: ミニ四駆 ジャパンカップ ジュニアサーキット, *Mini Yonku Japan Kappu Junia Sākitto*) is a Mini 4WD circuit released by Tamiya in April 1989. It is a 3-lane oval circuit for both home use and tournament use.

## General info

The 3-lane oval circuit set was consist of 8 curve parts, 2 straight parts, 1 wave parts, 2 bridge approach parts, one over bridge parts and one under bridge parts. Formerly, those parts were also available as standalone set.

Should the owner have 2 or more of the same circuit set and/or the slope section set and the bank approach 20 set, they can makes various circuit layouts, from speed layouts to technical layouts.

Although not directly compatible, the 3-lane circuit parts can be used with 2-lane circuit parts when given modifications.

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Mini 4WD Japan Cup Junior Circuit at Tamiya Japan
* Mini 4WD Japan Cup Junior Circuit Special Color Edition (Orange) at Tamiya Japan
* Mini 4WD Japan Cup Junior Circuit Special Color Edition (Yellow) at Tamiya Japan
* Mini 4WD Japan Cup Junior Circuit (Red/White/Blue) at Tamiya Japan
* Japan Cup Junior Circuit Curve Section Set (Blue/Red, 2pcs. each) at Tamiya Japan
* Japan Cup Junior Circuit Straight Section Set (White, 4pcs.) at Tamiya Japan
* Japan Cup Junior Circuit Wave Section Set (White, 4pcs.) at Tamiya Japan
* Japan Cup Junior Circuit Curve Section Set (Green, 4pcs.) at Tamiya Japan
* Japan Cup Junior Circuit Straight Section Set (Black, 4pcs.) at Tamiya Japan
* Japan Cup Junior Circuit Curve Section Set (Black, 4pcs.) at Tamiya Japan
* Japan Cup Junior Circuit Curve Section Set (Blue/Red, 4pcs. each) at Tamiya Japan
* Japan Cup Junior Circuit Lane Change & Extension Set (White) at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Mini 4WD Japan Cup Junior Circuit at Tamiya America
* Mini 4WD Japan Cup Junior Circuit Special Color Edition (Orange) at Tamiya America
* Mini 4WD Japan Cup Junior Circuit Special Color Edition (Yellow) at Tamiya America
* Mini 4WD Japan Cup Junior Circuit (Red/White/Blue) at Tamiya America
Fujitsu Premium G

### **No.**

LR6PREMIUM(4S) (4-battery seal)LR6PREMIUM(4B) (4-battery plastic)LR6PREMIUM(8S) (8-battery seal)LR6PREMIUM(12S) (12-battery seal)LR6PREMIUM(20P) (20-battery boxed)

## Battery

### **Made by**

FDK Corporation (Subsidary company of Fujitsu)

The **Fujitsu Premium G** (Japanese: 富士通 Premium G, *Fujitsū Puremiamu Jī*) is the alkaline battery manufactured by FDK Corporation and released by its parent company Fujitsu in April 2012. It is the successor to the Fujitsu G-Plus battery.

It is one of the Fujitsu-branded batteries that can be used in non-Tamiya-organized tournaments as well as Tamiya-organized Japan Cup.

It was superseded by the company's Premium battery in 2014, effectively taking over the role of Japan Cup-approved non-Tamiya-branded battery.

## General info

The Premium G battery has the thinner plus and minus gasket in the battery body, which in turns allows Fujitsu to increase the battery's capacity.

In additions, the zinc and other gas-control contents were also reduced, and to prevent the gassing of the cell, Fujitsu had employed the triple-layered cathode can design for the Premium G battery. All of those improvements resulted in more endurance and power output than the G-Plus batttey.

Other aspects of the battery were also improved, including shock-resistance and others. It has 10-years of shell life.

Overall, it is powerful than the FDK-sourced and Tamiya-branded PowerChamp GT battery that was released within the same year.

As it is a Alkaline battery, it is heavier than NeoChamp battery and is not cost effective due to being a non-rechargeable battery.
Basic:Mass damper

* 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 **mass dampers** (Japanese: マスダンパー, *Masu Dampaa*) are a type of Grade-Up Parts that can improve a Mini 4WD car's stability.

## What is mass damper

The mass dampers are a type of Shock absorb parts, used to absorbs the shocks cause by having the car land onto the road surface.

A freely moving weight, held into one place by one or more long screws, starts floating once the car jumped. When the car lands onto the track, the weight will quickly move down and push against the car, absorbing the landing impact shocks and prevents the car from rebound. The weight, having absorbed the shocks from the car, moves up to disperse the kinetic energy before moving back down.

The mass dampers, along with other Tamiya GUPs, can be used to create the more advanced mass damper setup.

## Type of movable weights

There are 11 types of movable weights, and comes in various sizes and shapes. All of them were made of brass.

* **Extra small type**: Measured 7mm in diameter and 5.5mm in height. Weighted at around 1.5g. Rotatable.
* **Adjust type**: Weighted at around 2.5g. Usually used to adjust the mass damper's strength. Rotatable.
* **Tall small type**: Measured 7mm in diameter and 11.5mm in height. Weighted at around 3g. Rotatable.
* **Bowl type**: Weighted at around 3.4g. Rotatable.
* **Short square type**: Measured 6 x 6 x 14mm. Weighted at around 3.6g.
* **Cylinder type**: Weighted at around 4.2g. Rotatable.
* **Normal type**: Weighted at around 4.7g. Rotatable.
* **Thick short square type**: Measured 8 x 8 x 14mm. Weighted at around 6.6g.
* **Square type**: Measured 6 x 6 x 32mm. Weighted at around 8.3g.
* **Heavy type**: Weighted at around 8.8g. Rotatable.
* **Thick square type**: Measured 8 x 8 x 32mm. Weighted at around 14.9g.

It should be noted that the square type ones need two or more screws to hold them into one place.

## What not to do when installing the mass damper

Due to heavy nature of the mass dampers, it can easily disturbs the car's center-of-gravity if not done right. As such, it is always recommended to avoids installing the mass dampers at higher position, as doing so will put the car at risk of being coursed out during cornering.

## In race regulation

In the race regulation, Square type mass damper(s) (held into one place(s) by two or more screws) are always placed within the width of the roller screws to avoid being touching the fence. Only the rotatable mass dampers can be placed anywhere, as long as they were within the maximum length and width that the regulation allowed.
Mini 4WD Penguin Racer

The **Mini 4WD Penguin Racer** (Japanese: ミニ四駆 ペンギン, *Miniyonku Pengin*) is a Racing Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on April 17, 2021.

Based on the Panda Racer, it was the 12th entry in the animal Mini 4WD sub-series.

## General info

The Penguin Racer featuring the pastel blue bodyshell, with the penguin-themed decal on it.

Unique to this car is the pre-painted, cute penguin driver figuring that is in black color with white underbelly.

It was equipped with the gold plated, large diameter low-profile 6-spoke wheels paired with the white, hard-compound low-profile slick tires. Its chassis frame and A parts were molded in silver and gray respectively.

## External links

### Tamiya America

* Mini 4WD Penguin Racer at Tamiya America
Astralster

The **Astralster** (Japanese: アストラルスター, *Asutorarusutā*) is a Mini 4WD PRO car released by Tamiya on January 26, 2013.  It was designed by car designer Kota Nezu of Znug Design, who would later design Raikiri in 2015.

It was featured in the on-going manga *Hyper Dash! Yonkuro* as one of the street Mini 4WD racers' machines.

## General info

The Astralster features a 2x2 sports car body design, designed by Znug Design (Kota Nezu). It has the old-type headlamps and rear lamp that were covered under the bodyshell, and has two tiny air intakes on the bonnet to dissipate heat from the motor and batteries. The front and rear fenders were widened.

### Standard model

Although the bodyshell of the standarad Astralster was molded in black, images of the assembled car has two-tone black and white, with red stripes.

It was equipped with the black, small diameter 5-spoke Saber-type wheels paired with the black low-profile tires. It has the N-02 and T-02 units and has the black, 16 mm plastic ringless rollers. It was equipped with the lightweight center chassis parts. The nose, center, tail unit and the A parts were molded in black.

### Aluminum Metallic

The limited Aluminum Metallic variants features the silver plated bodyshell and wheels. Other than that, it is mostly the same as the standard model.

### Tiger Version

The limited Tiger Version variant is mostly the same as the regular model, with numerous changes. It includes a special Tiger-themed decal in addition to the standard one.

The MS Chassis presented in the regular model was swapped out for the all black MA Chassis with polycarbonate-mixed ABS frame, and the black wheels were also replaced by the red ones. It comes with the black, super hard low-profile tires.

## In media

### *Hyper Dash! Yonkuro*

The Astralster, along with Raikiri and Ablista, are racing machines belongs to the street Mini 4WD participants. They were however, unfortunately got rammed out of the circuit by Tankuro's Burning Sun.

## Gallery

### Images

Astralster and TRF-Racer Jr..Astralster and Blast Arrow.
## See also

### Related

* Mini 4WD Panda Racer GT
* Mini 4WD Owl Racer GT

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Astralster at Tamiya Japan
* Astralster Tiger Version at Tamiya Japan
Mini 4WD Pig Racer GT

The **Mini 4WD Pig Racer GT** (Japanese: ミニ四駆 ピッグ GT, *Mini Yonku Piggu Jītī*) is a Mini 4WD PRO car that was released by Tamiya on April 20, 2019.

Based on the Silwolf, it was the 8th car in the the Animal Mini 4WD GT sub-lineup of the series of Animal Mini 4WD cars.

## General info

The Pig Racer GT features the clear pink bodyshell, with red and white on it. The 'Pig Racer GT' decal can be found on the sides and on the rear spoiler of the car and the Tamiya logo can be found on the nose and the winglets. The very same pig driver figurine from the Mini 4WD Pig Racer was mounted onto the center top of the motor/gear cover of the chassis.

It was equipped with the fluorescent pink, small diameter low-profile A-spoke wheels paired with the white, hard-compound low profile tires.  The chassis frame and the A parts were molded in magenta and black respectively. Much like the other Animal Mini 4WD GT cars, it comes with the Torque-Tuned 2 Motor PRO.

## External links

### Tamiya America

* Mini 4WD Pig Racer GT at Tamiya America
Avante X

* Avante X
* COrange SP

The **Avante X** (Japanese: アバンテ X, *Abante Ekkusu*) is a Mini 4WD PRO car released by Tamiya on December 23, 2006. It was the upgraded version of the Avante Mk.II.

It was featured in web manga *Kichijouji Phoenix* and manga *Mini 4WD Racer Kakeru* as Kakeru Ohtori's second machine, replacing his busted Avante Mk.II. It was later superseded by the Avante Mk.III Azure.

## General info

The bodyshell is the same as the Avante Mk.II, but with the white base color and the different, flame-styled decals with blue highlight and red trims. The faux-air intakes and the front spoilers were colored in gold. There's a red 'X' mark on the front nose, an 'Avante X' decal on the rear spoiler and the Tamiya logos on the winglets.

Unlike other Mini 4WD cars, the bodyshell of Avante X was made of polycarbonate-mixed ABS plastic, which is durable than the regular ABS plastic.

It was equipped with the neon-green, large diameter 3-spoke MS-type I wheels paired with the black Avante-type tires. It comes with the N-02 and T-01 units for its MS Chassis. It comes with the standard, light gray 16 mm lightweight plastic rollers. The nose, center and tail and the A parts were molded in black.

However, it should be noted that the pre-assembled finished model came equipped with the N-01 unit and white wheels instead.

### Clear Orange Special

The Clear Orange Special, which was released alongside Avante Mk.III Clear Blue Special in 2010, featuring the clear orange bodyshell. Unlike the standard Avante X, the Clear Orange Special's bodyshell was made in normal ABS plastic.

It comes with the white, large diameter 3-spoke MS-type I wheels paired with orange Avante-type tires. The nose, center and tail and the A parts were molded in white.

## See also

* Avante Jr.
* Avante 2001 Jr.
* Super Avante
* Avante Mk.II
* Avante Mk.III
* Aero Avante
* Super Avante Jr. (TD4)

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Avante X at Tamiya Japan
* Avante X Clear Orange Special at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Avante X at Tamiya America
* Avante X Clear Orange Special at Tamiya America
Estoura

The **Estoura** (Japanese: エストゥーラ, *Esutu-ra*) is an upcoming Mini 4WD PRO car to be released by Tamiya on May 20, 2023.

## General info

The Estoura features the racing sports car body with the closed gullwing doors and a M-shaped rear spoiler.

### Standard variant

The standard variant sports the orange body with blue/black stripes.

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

The **Comical Chassis** (Japanese: コミカルシャーシ, *Komikaru Shāshi*) is a Mini 4WD Chassis released by Tamiya on February 25, 1984. It was first equipped with the Honda City Turbo.

## General info

Compare to the Origin Chassis, the Comical chassis has the shorter wheelbase measured at approximately 67mm. The drivetrain is almost the same, except the front worm gear was placed behind the spur gear due to the chassis layout. There's also a removable front bumper.

Since all Comical Chassis cars has the super-deformed body design, they were all equipped with the oversized, large diameter wheels.

## Gallery

Chassis construction view (Mercedes-Benz Unimog)
Great Dash Circuit

The **Great Dash Circuit** (Japanese: 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 first 5-lane circuit to be built, it was used for the preliminary rounds of every Japan Cup stages held in 1988.

After the start/goal line, the will pass through a straight and a left curve, before entering a jump section and then a left curve. After that, the car passes through a straight, a right curve and a left U-turn before entering the lane-changer section. After passing through a straight and a left curve, the start/goal line will be crossed.

It is much smaller compare to the much larger Ultra Great Dash Circuit that was used in the final rounds of the Japan Cup races. However, such small layout created a unique challenge for cars nowadays; Because Mini 4WD cars of today are much faster than the cars of the past, they will have a greater risk of getting course out on the left curve right after the jump section.
Black Stalker

The **Black Stalker** (Japanese: ブラックストーカー, *Burakku Sutōkā*) is a Super Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on January 14, 1997.

It was featured in the manga *Dash Boy! Ten* as Jou Burado's machine.

## General info

The Black Stalker features the low height, partial open-wheel body design. It has the simple, blockly-edged sharp nose on the front, as well as the complex rear design consists of a pair of tail corns and the split-type cowls. There's a pair of small tilt winglets on between the nose and the canopy.

### Standard variant

The standard model features the black body color, with red/yellow stripes on it.

It was equipped with the yellow, large diameter 3-spoke TZ Super-type wheels paired with Avante-type slick tires. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in black. It doesn't come with a standard motor.

A variant of the standard model, which comes with the 13mm roller ball bearings, was released in 2012.

## In media

### *Dash Boy! Ten*

The Black Stalker was made by Jou's younger brother Jouji, who made the machine while in ward for Jou to win. Unfortunately for the Burado brothers, the car was turned into a deadly machine purely by accident, and this results in Jou being banished from the Mini 4WD racing scene.

The main but deadly trait that the machine has is a pair of the ultrasonic generators that were attached onto the rear, which will generates potentially deadly ultrasonic waves as the air is passing through the generators. This not only having the other machines being damaged and/or destroyed, but also having people being (and in some cases, mortally) injured if they were hit by the sonic waves. The creation of the ultrasonic generators were purely accidental though, as Jou's younger brother Jouji would never thought of creating the deadly machine in the first place.

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Black Stalker at Tamiya Japan (Japanese)
* Black Stalker on (With 13mm Ball Bearing, 4 pcs.) at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Black Stalker on (With 13mm Ball Bearing, 4 pcs.) at Tamiya America
Aero-Solitude

The **Aero-Solitude** (Japanese: エアロソリチュード, *Earo Sorichūdo*) is a Racing Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on September 17, 1992.

It was featured in the manga and anime *Dash! Yonkuro* as Kinjirou Sabu's machine.

## General info

The Aero-Solitude, featuring the smooth body design, with the silver-color canopy that occupies most of the bodyshell. The front spoiler and the rear flat spoiler, which were attached to the front bumper and the rear of the body respectively, can be removed. Several decals can be found on the bodyshell, such as *CoroCoro Dragon* decals and the 'Super Aero' decal.

It is in blue, with white highlights and red/orange trims on it.

It was equipped with the gray large-diameter FM-type wheels with the black Avante-type slick tires. Both the chassis frame and A parts were molded in brown gray.

## In media

### *Dash! Yonkuro*

Originally appeared as **Solitude** (ソリチュード), the car was created using the design left by Genkuro Hinomaru. The car has the reaction control gyros in which stabilizes the car and even allows it to jump on water surface. In some ways, it is a sister car to Momotaro's Crimson Glory.

Later, Kinjirou, with the help of the black-suited men, figures out what's the missing part of Genkuro's FM design is and upgraded his car into Aero-Solitude. The upgraded Solitude contains the oil bath wet clutches.

The Aero-Solitude was eventually damaged severely when Kinjirou used his car as a shield to protect Yonkuro and Reppu from a bullet fired by Kurofuku during the final stage of the hell caravan race.

## Trivia

* With modification made to the motor mount hole, the main bodyshell, as well as the front spoiler, can be fitted onto the FM-A Chassis.

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Aero-Solitude at Tamiya Japan
Mini 4WD Pig Racer

The **Mini 4WD Pig Racer** (Japanese: ミニ四駆 ピッグ, *Mini Yonku Piggu*) is a Racing Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on March 10, 2018.

Based on the Astute Open Top, it was the 8th Mini 4WD car in the 'Animal Mini 4WD' sub-series.

## General info

The Pig Racer features the bright pink Astute bodyshell with blue and white stripes. The Tamiya logo decals and the 'Mini 4WD Pig Racer' decals can be found on the bodyshell. As it was the 8th Mini 4WD car in the 'Animal Mini 4WD' sub-series, it has the car number 8 on it.

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

It was equipped with the fluorescent pink, large diameter V spoke narrow wheels paired with blue arched tires. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in white and magenta respectively.
FM Chassis

**FM Chassis** (Japanese: FMシャーシ, *Efuemu Shāshi*) is a Mini 4WD Chassis released by Tamiya in December 1990. It is first seen with the release of Crimson Glory and is the first chassis to have motor placed on other place other than on the rear. The 'FM' stands for both 'Front Midship' and 'Front Motor'.

## General info

Being having motor place on the front, the chassis have the weight distribution of 75 front and 25 rear. This led it to have better stability in the circuits with elevation changes. It has the wheelbase of 83 mm, longer than that of Type-2 Chassis.

It use the orange crown gears and the 2 mm width propeller shaft.

However, the front bumper design can break easily as the design is based on those used on Type-2 and Type-4 chassis, so the use of reinforced plates is required. The battery terminal in the rear can bend easily due to the poorly designed rotating-type battery switch, and as a result the car could turn itself off while running.

Compards to other chassis at the time, the performance is similar to Zero Chassis, except for poor acceleration performance, worse than the other long-wheelbase shaft-driven chassis.

The design of the FM Chassis would later re-used in Super-FM Chassis.

## Colors

### Chassis frame

* Brown gray - Common color for most FM Chassis cars. First equipped with Crimson Glory.
* Red - First released as a Grade-up Parts.
* Black - First released as a Grade-up Parts.

### A parts

* Brown gray - Common color for most FM Chassis cars. First equipped with Crimson Glory.
* Red - First released as a Grade-up Parts.
* Black - First released as a Grade-up Parts.

## Gallery

Chassis construction view (Aero-Solitude)
## Trivia

* Despite being the predecessor to the Super-FM Chassis, the bodyshells made exclusively for it are not compatible with the original FM Chassis.
CoroCoro Comic

***CoroCoro Comic*** (Japanese: コロコロコミック, *KoroKoro Komikku*) is a Japanese manga magazine published by Shogakukan. It is currently published monthly. The magazine was launched on May 15, 1977, and is aimed for the young boys as its target readers.

## About the magazine

*CoroCoro Comic* was originally conceived as a place to house old chapters of *Doraemon* and other Fujiko Fujio's works. It soon became a popular place for various children-aimed manga to publish on.

Being aimed at children, the magazine usually publishes manga that usually follows their interests. It also publishes various hobby manga and manga adaptations of video games, usually more comedic than the source materials for the latter. Numerous manga published on the magazine were adapted into anime adaptations.

*CoroCoro Comic* had also spawned numerous sister magazines, including *Bessatsu CoroCoro Comic*, *CoroCoro Ichiban!* and *CoroCoro Aniki*.

Various manga focusing on the Mini 4WD, notably *Dash! Yonkuro* and *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!*, were serialized on the magazine.

## List of manga

*The article only listed the manga that are focusing on the Mini 4WD*
* *Dash! Yonkuro*
* *Bakusou! Dash Club*
* *Moero! Avante Kyoudai*
* *Go! Go! Mini 4WD Fighter*
* *The Wind Racer! Otokogi*
* *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!* / *WGP* / *MAX*
* *Mini 4WD Fighter V*
* *Mini4King*
Mini 4WD Classic Tune-Up Parts Set

* Vol.1
* Vol.2
* Vol.3

The **Mini 4WD Classic Tune-Up Parts Sets** (Japanese: ミニ四駆グレードアップパーツセット クラシック, *Mini Yonku GurēdoappuPātsu Setto Kurashikku*) is a series of limited Mini 4WD Grade-Up Parts bundles released by Tamiya since March 31, 2007.

## General info

The sets comes with 3 classical GUPs per-volume, with the first two volumes includes the stickers of the logos for the 1989 and 1990 Japan Cup seasons.

The contained parts are as follows:

* Wing and Duct Set (Vol.1)
* Speed Roller and Wheel Set (Vol.1)
* Hi-Mount Roller Set (Vol.1)
* Disk Wheel Hub Set (Vol.2)
* Wing and Turbo Set (Vol.2)
* Rear Roller and Stabilizer Set (Vol.2)
* Lighweight One-Way Hub Lock (Vol.3)
* Rear Skid and Roller Set (Vol.3)
* Gold-plated Dash-1 Emperor bodyshell (Vol.3)

Compatibilities with each bundled parts varies.

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Mini 4WD Classic Tune-Up Parts Set Vol.1 at Tamiya Japan
* Mini 4WD Classic Tune-Up Parts Set Vol.2 at Tamiya Japan
* Mini 4WD Classic Tune-Up Parts Set Vol.3 at Tamiya Japan
* Mini 4WD Classic Tune-Up Parts Set Vol.1 (reissue) at Tamiya Japan
* Mini 4WD Classic Tune-Up Parts Set Vol.2 (reissue) at Tamiya Japan
* Mini 4WD Classic Tune-Up Parts Set Vol.3 (reissue) at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Mini 4WD Classic Tune-Up Parts Set Vol.1 (reissue) at Tamiya America
* Mini 4WD Classic Tune-Up Parts Set Vol.2 (reissue) at Tamiya America
* Mini 4WD Classic Tune-Up Parts Set Vol.3 (reissue) at Tamiya America