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Isuzu VehiCROSS

The **Isuzu VehiCROSS** (Japanese: いすゞ ビークロス, *Isuzu Bīkurosu*) is a Original Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya in May 1997.

It was based on the compact SUV of the same name by Isuzu.

## General info

The VehiCROSS features the sporty 3-door crossover vehicle body design that has the aggressive styling, with black part cladding over the entire lower half of the vehicle. It was mainly in silver.

It was equipped with the silver, 4-spoke VehiCROSS wheels paired with the black RV radial tires. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in black.

## About the Isuzu VehiCROSS

Originally unveiled as a concept vehicle at the 1993 Tokyo International Auto Show and entered production in 1997, the VehiCROSS is a compact SUV manufactured by Isuzu.

Powering the car is the Isuzu V series engines, with the 3.2 liter 6VD1 natural-aspirated V6 petrol engine and a 3.5 liter 6VE1 natural-aspirated V6 engine. The engine is mated to a 4-speed automatic gearbox. The VehiCROSS is offered in either the 2WD or the 4WD configuration, and for the latter, Isuzu combined a computer-controlled AWD system for on-road driving and a low-gear 4WD system for off-road driving, and with up to 12 independent sensor (in the US model), the car can detect wheel spin and redirect power to the wheels with the most traction, giving it a high level of traction on road with inconsistent tractions.

Supporting its body-on-frame chassis is the front double-wishbone suspensions and the rear multi-link suspensions. Braking power is provided by the ventilated disc brakes on all four wheels.

## See also

* Isuzu MU
* Isuzu VehiCROSS Team GEOLANDAR Baja 1000

## External link

### Tamiya Japan

* Isuzu VehiCROSS at Tamiya Japan (Japanese) (Archived)
Dash-05 Dame the Dancing Doll

## In Fictional Media

### **Owner**

Rinko Sumeragi

The **Dash-05 Dame the Dancing Doll** (Japanese: ダッシュ０５号 D.D.D.ディム・ザ・ダンシングドール, *Dasshu Zerogo-gō Dimu za Danshingu Dōru*) is a fictional Mini 4WD car that appears in the manga *Shin Dash! Yonkuro* as the primary Mini 4WD car for Rinko Sumeragi.

It was never released as the Mini 4WD car kit.

## General info

The Dame the Dancing Doll featuring the curved, open wheel bodyshell design that has the large blue canopy that occupies the bodyshell from the front to the middle.

Instead of one fan, the car has 3 fans to provide more downforce effect.

The headlights were also moved from the middle to the front.

The bodyshell is mainly in red.

## In media

### *Shin Dash! Yonkuro*

In the poster manga, Rinko, along with Shinkuro and Punkuro, receives their new machine from her brother Kaidanji, much to Yonkuro and Tankuro's dismay as Mr. Sumeragi didn't made the new cars for them.

## Trivia

* Interestly, the Dame the Dancing Doll shares the initials with Dancing Divine Doll, another Mini 4WD car that Rinko owns in *Hyper Dash! Yonkuro*.

## See also

* Dash-5 Dancing Doll
* Dancing Divine Doll
Boomerang Gamma

The **Boomerang Gamma Black Special** (Japanese: ブーメランガンマ ブラックスペシャル, *Būmeran Ganma Burakku Supesharu*), also known as **Boomerang Gamma** in the manga, is a Super Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on November 28, 1995.

It was featured in the manga *Dash Boy! Ten* as Rei Ganma's second machine, modified from her Black Boomerang. It was replaced by the Rayhawk-Gamma in two of the manga's storylines.

## General info

The Boomerang Gamma is essentially a Boomerang-10 with few design changes: The bodyshell color was changed from white to black, the vertical fins were replaced by a rear spoiler and the blocky front nose headlamps were replaced by the semi-cup-type headlamps. The yellow color on the bodyshell has the darker toon compare to the Boomerang-10.

It was the only Super Mini 4WD car to have the yellow, large diameter 3-spoke lightweight wheels equipped, which were paired with the black Avante-type slick tires. The chassis frame, the A parts and the normal-type sideguard were molded in gray, smoke and green respectively. It doesn't come with a standard motor.

The Boomerang Gamma also came with the much smaller version of the car, whose chassis can be swapped with Tamiya's MiniMini Racer's chassis. (although it has no use in Mini 4WD races whatsoever.)

## In media

### *Dash Boy! Ten*

In all versions of the manga's storylines, Rei modified her Black Boomerang into the Boomerang Gamma. Compare to Ten's Boomerang-10, the Gamma has better cornering performance thanks to its rear spoiler. It was implies that Rei has cloned multiple of them in case the current one was destroyed. Rei's younger sister, Shoko, had borrowed the car once.

In *Ten 3-2*, Rei had once modified the Gamma into the **Boomerang Gamma Kai**, which is similar to the Black Boomerang, but was later revert back to the normal Gamma.

Unfortunately, the Gamma got destroyed at some point of the manga's run, with one of the stories where the Gamma got sliced in half by Seki Taiga's Shadow Boomerang. Two of the stories had it replaced by the Rayhawk-Gamma.

## Trivia

* Despite having the 'Black Special' moniker on the car name, it wasn't a limited edition Mini 4WD release.
* The name Gamma was taken from its owner's family name, Ganma.

## See also

### Related

* Boomerang-10
* Rayhawk-Gamma

## External link

### Tamiya Japan

* Boomerang Gamma Black Special at Tamiya Japan
Dash-04 Cannonball Wail

## In Fictional Media

### **Owner**

Kouji 'Punkuro' Jimi

The **Dash-04 Cannonball Wail** (Japanese: ダッシュ０４号 C.B.ウェイルキャノンボールウェイル, *Dasshu Zeroyon-gō Kyanonbōru U~eiru*) is the evolution of the famous Dash-4 Cannonball.

It only appear in the manga *Shin Dash! Yonkuro* and in a Tamiya catalogue but only custom were made, and is officially not made yet. The motor is front like in the Neo Burning Sun.

## General info

The Cannonball Wail's body design was largely the same as the original Cannonball, except with few key differences; The headlights was changed from cone-type to rectangle-shaped, the rear spoiler is removed and the bodyshell has more blocky body line. As it is a front-motor car, the gearbox is clearly exposed.

It is mainly in green, with yellow trims on it.

## In media

### *Shin Dash! Yonkuro*

In the poster manga, Punkuro, along with Rinko and Shinkuro, receives their new machine from Kaidanji Sumeragi, much to Yonkuro and Tankuro's dismay as Mr. Sumeragi didn't made the new cars for them.

## Gallery

### Tamiya catalog

Dash-04 Cannonball Wail in a Tamiya catalog.New Dash machines including the Cannonball Wail.
## References

1. ↑ Official English name from All That Zaurus feature in *Hyper Dash! Yonkuro* volume 2.

## See also

* Dash-4 Cannonball
* Cannon D Ball
Geo Glider

* Original
* Black SP

The **Geo Glider** (Japanese: ジオグライダー, *Jio Guraidā*) is a Mini 4WD REV car that was released on December 18, 2018.

Prior to its general release, it was made available as a event-exclusive at Tamiya's Chrismas Festa 2018 tournament (Located at Twin Messe Shizuoka) and Mini 4WD Championship tournament (Located at Tamiya Japan HQ) that were held on December 8 to 9 and December 9 respectively.

One of the winner designs in the 2018 Mini 4WD design contest, it was designed by Mikio Yajima.

It was featured in *Let's & Go! Tsubasa: The Next Racers* as Yuzuo's machine.

## General info

The Geo Gilder features the aerodynamic, sharp open-wheel body design, with a pair of angled fins on the rear and a cross-shaped parts that covers the canopy.

### Standard variant

The bodyshell of the standard variant was mainly in pearl white, with green, purple and black trims on it.

It was equipped with the purple, large diameter V spoke narrow wheels paired with the black arched tires. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in olive gray and black respectively.

### Black Special

The Black Special features the smoke bodyshell with altered body decals.

It was equipped with the large diameter V spoke narrow wheels molded in carbon-mixed nylon and paired with the maroon, low-friction arched tires. The polycarbonate-mixed ABS chassis frame and POM A parts were molded in white and purple respectively.

## Gallery

### Boxart

Boxart of standard variant.Boxart of Black Special.
### Artworks

#### Concept arts

Concept art 1 by Mikio Yajima.Concept art 2 by Mikio Yajima.
## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Geo Glider at Tamiya Japan
* Geo Glider Black Special at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Geo Glider at Tamiya America
* Geo Glider Black Special at Tamiya America
Mini 4WD Starter Pack AR Speed Spec

The **Mini 4WD Starter Pack AR Speed Spec** (Japanese: ミニ四駆スターターパック ARスピードタイプ, *Mini Yonku Sutātā Pakku Ēāru Supīdo Taipu*) is a Mini 4WD car bundle pack that was released by Tamiya on July 18, 2015.

Originally a limited edition model, it was later released as a regular model as of February 18, 2017.

## General info

The bundle includes the Aero Avante with black chassis frame, blue A parts and cyan wheels.

It also includes the FRP Wide Front Plate and Wide Rear Plate, the black super hard low-profile tires, the side mass damper set (sans the cylinder weight parts), the brake set molded in black, six stabilizer balls molded in blue, a pair of 30mm, 25mm and 5mm screws, eight 6.7mm aluminum spacers, six roller stoppers, six 2mm nuts, six washers, six spring washers and finally, the Rev-Tuned 2 Motor. Setting-wise, it was tuned for the speed-type race circuits.

With the exceptions of the base car, motor and the side mass dampers, this set shares most of the parts with the MA Power Spec and FM-A Balanced Spec.

As it is a starter pack, it also includes a plus screwdriver, a wrench and a rubber tube to make assembly of the kit easy for beginners.

## See also

### Related

* Mini 4WD Starter Pack MA Power Spec
* Mini 4WD Starter Pack FM-A Balanced Spec
* Neo-VQS Advanced Pack

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Mini 4WD Starter Park AR Speed Spec (Aero Avante) (Limited release) at Tamiya Japan
* Mini 4WD Starter Park AR Speed Spec (Aero Avante) (Regular release) at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Mini 4WD Starter Park AR Speed Spec (Aero Avante) (Limited release) at Tamiya America
* Mini 4WD Starter Park AR Speed Spec (Aero Avante) (Regular release) at Tamiya America
Endurance race

* 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 **Endurance Race** is a type of race category in the Mini 4WD racing. It emulates the Endurance Race for the real-life racing.

## How the race category works

Unlike most race categories, most of the endurance race requires two or more people for a team. Depends on the race events, a team can have only one Mini 4WD car or have two or more Mini 4WD cars. In case of having two Mini 4WD cars, only one Mini 4WD car can be used on the track at a time. Usually, the Mini 4WD car used in the endurance race has to be the stock ones.

During the endurance race, a race team can catch their car in the designated pit stop zone after they make a request to the referee for permission to do the pit-in. They then can either replace the drained batteries or replace the car itself, then resume from the start line after that.

However, a race team can catch their car without asking referee for pit-in if:

* Their car has been coursed out.
* Their car has stopped running.
* Their car has jumped onto other lane(s).
* Other team's car is getting too close to their car.

The duration of the race is determined by either laps or time; A time-based endurance race typicially last about 8 hours, while a lap-based endurance race is typically last up to 80 laps. In time-based endurance race, the positions of the teams were determined by the amount of laps they did throughout the race.

Usually, team members must use the supplied batteries (usually the manganese batteries or alkaline batteries) gave by the event organizer.
Fujitsu Lite

The **Fujitsu Lite** batteries refers to the pink-colored, low-capacity rechargeable batteries that was released by Fujitsu outside of Japan in May 2016.

## General info

Similar to NeoChamp, the Fujitsu Lite is a rebadged Eneloop lite in pink packaging with Fujitsu branding.

Due to being sourced from FDK Corporation, its performance is similar to that of the NeoChamp and Eneloop lite batteries. While it has less battery capacity than the standard capacity Fujitsu Standard battery, its lightweightness makes the Mini 4WD cars lighter.

It is also more environmentally friendly than nickel-cadmium batteries, and has a lower self-discharge capacity. While it has the 'memory effect' problem, it is often temporary and is reversible through charge cycling.

Because of the similarity, the Fujitsu Lite battery is usually used as a substitute to NeoChamp outside of Tamiya's official race events, but there are few exceptions as well.

## See also

* NeoChamp
Mitsubishi Pajero Wagon 2000 Turbo XL

The **Mitsubishi Pajero Wagon 2000 Turbo XL** (Japanese: 三菱 パジェロ ワゴン 2000 ターボ XL, *Mitsubishi Pajero Wagon Nisen Tābo Ekkusueru*) is an Original Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on March 22, 1984.

It was based on the 3-door variant of the first-generation Mitsubishi Pajero in the Turbo XL trim.

## General info

The Pajero Wagon has the more compacted, super-deformed form of that of the real-life Pajero. It sports a 3-door sport utility vehicle body design. with a pair of square-shaped headlamp and a large bumper on the front.

It was mainly in black with orange and white sprites. Oddly, it has the Ralliart logo on the bodyshell, which is not presented on the real-life Pajero Wagon.

It was equipped with the standard gray Comical-1 wheels paired with the black Comical Block-1 tires.

## About the 1st-generation Mitsubishi Pajero

Debuted in the Tokyo Motor Show in October 1981, the very first, NA-based Pajero is a sport utility vehicle produced by Mitsubishi Motors. It was initially available only in 3-door body, but the 5-door models were later added. The Pajero lineup replaced the Mitsubishi's own Willys CJ-3B-deviative Mitsubishi Jeep.

Powering the Pajero 3-door hardtop in the 2000 Turbo XL trim is a 2.0 liter, Mitsubishi Sirius G63B SOHC turbocharged Inline-4 petrol engine that is capable of producing 145hp of power at 5,500 rpm and 216 Nm of torque at 3000 rpm. The engine is mated to either a 5-speed manual or a 4-speed Aisin-sourced automatic gearbox, which sends the torque to all four wheels through the part-time four-wheel-drive drivetrain. The body-on-frame chassis is supported by the double wishbones suspensions (with torsion bar springs) on the front and leaf springs on the rear. Breaking power is provided by the front disc brake and the rear drum brake.

The first generation Pajero was later replaced by the second-generation V20-based Pajero in 1991.

## See also

### Mitsubishi cars

* Mitsubishi Pajero Metaltop Wide
* Mitsubishi Pajero V6 3500
* Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII WRC

## External link

### Tamiya Japan

* Mitsubishi Pajero Wagon 2000 Turbo XL at Tamiya Japan (Japanese) (Archived)
Basic:Degreasing

* 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 **degreasing** is an advanced technique to improve performance of a Mini 4WD car.

## How it works

The ball bearings from some of the Grade-Up Parts are usually used to reduce power loss on the drive train and smoothing out the car during cornering. However, in their out-of-box state, the ball bearings still have some resistance caused by the imperfection of the bearings' internals and the grease inside of them.

This is where the degreasing comes in; By removing the grease inside, the bearings can spins even more freely than when in the out-of-box state. Usually, this is done by submerging the bearings (with their seals removed) in a small bottle full of lighter oil and shake the small bottle.

One major drawback for degreasing is the reduced durability of the bearings due to lack of lubricant inside of them. Because of this, it is advised to periodically put a tiny amount of lubricant into the bearings, preferably right after the bearings were degreased.
Mini 4WD Ni-Cd Battery

* Battery
* AC Fast Charger Set

The **Mini 4WD Ni-Cd Battery** (Japanese: ミニ四駆 ニカドバッテリー, *Mini Yonku Nikado Batterī*) is the rechargeable battery manufactured by Sanyo (A subsidary company of Panasonic) and released by Tamiya in 1988. Based on Sanyo and later Panasonic's Cadnica battery, it is the very first rechageable battery made specifically for Mini 4WD racing.

The battery was available in 2 battery pack, the bundle with the Ni-Cd Battery Charger and the bundle with the Ni-Cd AC Fast Charger Set (40 min. type).

## General info

The external of the battery was mostly in yellow with 4WD racer and Tamiya labels on it. later revision of the same battery has the green recycle label on the lower part of the battery.

It has higher output compare to the regular, non-rechargeable batteries, and its power delivery is very consistent. Since it is the rechargeable battery, it can be recharged with the specialized charger(s).

However, like other nickel-cadmium batteries (regardless of what brands is), it has high self-discharge rate and contains cadmium, the use of which has declined in recent years due to its toxicity. Memory effect is also likely to occurs on this type of rechargeable battery and is permanent compared to the nickel–metal hydride battery like the NeoChamp battery.

It was superseded by the Mini 4WD Ni-Cd 1000 battery, the larger capacity version of the battery.

### Ni-Cd AC Fast Charger Set (40 min. type)

This Ni-Cd AC Fast Charger Set, which included in one of the Mini 4WD Ni-Cd battery sets, was designed to recharge a pair of Mini 4WD Ni-Cd batteries (or a pair of Ni-Cd Battery) in approximately 40 minutes. There's a light indicator in between the battery slots for showing the charging status, letting user know when the batteries are fully-charged.

Due to its fast charging capability, it potentially put stress on the batteries and having a risk of over-charging, which potentially shorten the batteries' life.

## See also

* Ni-Cd Battery
* Mini 4WD Ni-Cd 1000
* NeoChamp
Dual Ridge Jr.

* Std.
* JC2021

The **Dual Ridge Junior** (Japanese: デュアルリッジJr., *De~yuaru Rijji Junia*) is a Racing Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on August 29, 2020.

It was based on the 1/10 R/C buggy Dual Ridge by the same company.

## General info

The Dual Ridge featuring the futuristic, open-wheel buggy bodyshell, with a large, curved 3-window cockpit on the front and a large sharp rear spoiler on the rear. Four damper props can be found near the wheels.

For the Mini 4WD version of Dual Ridge, 6 small hole has been opened on the bodyshell, located where the motor is. This helps dissipates heat from the motor and batteries.

### Standard variant

The standard variant featuring the silver body color with blue highlights.

It was equipped with the silver plated, small diameter 5-spoke Saber-type wheels paired with, for the first time in a regular Mini 4WD kit, the black super-hard low-profile slick tires. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in black.

### Japan Cup 2021 variant

Just like the previous Japan Cup car, the annual Japan Cup 2021 variant of Dual Ridge features the polycarbonate bodyshell with plastic mounting.

It was equipped with the blue, small diameter low-profile A-spoke wheels paired with the black super-hard low-profile slick tires. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in dark blue.

## About the 1/10 R/C Buggy the Mini 4WD car is based on

The Dual Ridge, based upon the TT-02B Chassis, was released on October 1, 2014. Its polycarbonate bodyshell was designed by Takayuki Yamazaki of pdc\_designworks, who would later go on to design the DCR-01, DCR-02 and oversees the design of the Dual Ridge Jr.

The TT-02B is a modified version of the on-road-focused, shaft-driven TT-02, modified to be used in R/C buggies. Wheel tracks has been widened thanks to its longer double-wishbone arms, and is equipped with the new damper mounts and longer CVA dampers. It comes with the dust covers for the ESC and standard buggy wheels and tires by default. Due to the TT-02 series chassis being a versatile platform, many hop-up parts designed for TT-02 cars are compatible with the TT-02B.

## Trivia

* The Dual Ridge Jr.'s design was oversaw by Takayuki Yamazaki, who designed the original R/C buggy.
* The Japan Cup 2021 variant of the car was chosen as a cover car for the 2021 Japan Cup season.

## See also

* DCR-01
* DCR-02
* Ray Spear

## External link

### Tamiya Japan

* Dual Ridge Jr. at Tamiya Japan
* Dual Ridge Jr. Japan Cup 2021 at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Dual Ridge Jr. at Tamiya America
* Dual Ridge Japan Cup 2021 at Tamiya America

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

* Dual Ridge (TT-02B) at Tamiya Japan
* Dual Didge (TT-02B) at Tamiya America
Grease Mackenzie

**Grease Mackenzie** (Japanese: グリス・マッケンジー, *Gurisu Makkenjī*) is the character in the manga series *Mini4King*.

## Biography

Spotting a long, cyan-colored regent hairstyle with the long back hair, Grease is a student who is in the same class as Mota.

Grease's skill lies in him calculating how his car went through sections of race track. However, Grease is known to have social phobia, fearing that he would mess up his calculation in front of many people around.

## Synopsis

Grease initially brushed off Mota's transferring to his school, and thinks he's being stupid by getting on Futoshi's nerves but is surprised to see him beat Futoshi even after his Mini 4wd Lord Spirit got destroyed.

A day after the race, Grease pay a visit to the Tatsu no Yu onsen and tells Mota about the rumored Laser Parts. He and Mota visit the abandoned shopping mall, but as soon as he enter the mall, he was scared by a flying mannequin that was almost hit him. There, they met Giato, one of the Yonkdom's members. Grease was surprised by the extraordinary skill that Mota has when the latter takes part in the Demon's Trial.

Having seen through Mota and Giato's race, he quietly left the scene in an attempt to bait himself out, but was later captured by both Mota and Tamiko and was taken to a shop, where he was tasked by Tamiko to have his Lord Knight race through the race track consist of complicated curves. Unable to hold his composure due to having surrounded by many kids, he retreat to the toilet room and closed himself in. It is there he admit to Mota that he can't do his calculation while in front of people, fearing that he would mess it up. Having convinced by Mota, Grease takes the Laser Parts given by Mota and realized that, with these Lazer Parts, it is possible for him to calculate his way out through the track. Thanks to his calculation and the power of Laser Parts, Grease's Lord Knight managed to went through the track with ease. After that, Grease and Mota practices with their cars at the top of Tatsu no Yu onsen before the day Atami Mini 4WD Festival starts.

Grease, still feel uneasy around many people, enter the Atami Mini 4WD Festival with Mota. During the qualifier race, his and Mota's cars were smashed away by Jin's Jadow Ace, causing the two to run at the last positions. The two managed to catching up with the two Yonkdom members with the combination teamwork. In the end, Grease takes the 4th place in the qualifier.

During the time when Mota was taken to a secret race club, Grease was taken to a secret room by Tamiko's underlings, and was tasked by Tamiko to race against a supercomputer and its virtual replica of his car for training.

Eventually, Grease figured out how to get his Lord Knight better by eliminating the "noises" of his car: The speed loss of his car's rollers. This allows him to perform the "Dark Star" driving technique at the spiral section of the track at the second race.

## Trivia

* The Grease in Grease's name refers to a form of lubricant used for cars.
Electric Handy Drill

The **Electric Handy Drill** (Japanese: 電動ハンディドリル, *Dendō handi Doriru*) is a craft tool released by Tamiya on May 27,1999.

## General info

The Electric Handy Drill is a electric-powered, compact hand drill, allowing user to drills holes with ease. It can be use to either drilling a hole to attach a screw or opening up holes on the bodyshell of a Mini 4WD car. It was powered by two AA batteries.

Inside the drill, there's multiple, high-torque gears since higher torque is required for a electric drill. On the right side of the drill, there's two locking mechanisms; One for when attaching the drill bit and one for locking the trigger when the drill is not in use.

The drill comes with two chuck; One for 1 to 2 mm drill bits and one for 2 to 3 mm drill bits. It is compatible with the drill bits for Tamiya's pin vises.

By default, it was equipped with the Mabuchi-sourced 130-size motor, two 1150-size plastic bearings and the copper X-type terminal, but those can be replaced with the Torque-Tuned Motor (or any other Mini 4WD motors), ball bearings and the gold plated terminal set. Prior to 2007, it was formerly equipped with Jet-Dash Motor.

Unlike the more expensive, lithium-ion-powered hand drills, the Electric Handy Drill is only available as an assemble kit, thus requires user to assemble the drill before using it for the first time. The kit also comes with one 2 mm drill bit.

Due to being powered by a 130-size motor and a pair of AA batteries, as well as using a drill bit made out of steel, it can be only used on woods and plastic.
Falcon Jr.

**The Falcon Junior** (Japanese: ファルコンJr., *Farukon Junia*) is a Racing Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on June 27, 1987. It was based the 1/10 The Falcon R/C buggy by the same company.

A customized version of the Falcon Jr., known as the **Turbo Falcon**, was featured in the manga and anime *Dash! Yonkuro* as Shinkuro Minami's machine. It was replaced by the Dash-3 Shooting Star in the series. In the same series, Kouji 'Punkuro' Jimi borrowed a spare Falcon Jr. from Shinkuro when his Super Dragon Jr. got sloten by the thugs.

## General info

As its name implies, the Falcon has the open-cockpit body design that was inspired by a falcon. The bodyshell is in the two-tone colors. Cone-type headlights were attached just on the front of the cockpit and the absorber props can be found on near the wheels. The decals can be seen on the bodyshell, such as car number 5 on the front nose and a 'Born to be Wild' decal on the rear spoiler.

It is mainly in black and red, with orange and yellow trims on it.

It is equipped with the white, meduim diameter 4-spoke Hotshot-type wheels with the black spike tires. The chassis was molded in black.

### About The Falcon 1/10 R/C buggy

Released in 1986, The Falcon is a entry-level RWD R/C buggy released by Tamiya.

Unlike the Grasshopper and the Hornet, The Falcon has individual dampers on each wheels. It has the ABS-made, bathtub monocoque chassis, supported by the front double-wishbone suspensions and the rear full-trailing arm suspensions. It is powered by a Mabuchi-made RS-540S motor.

It has the front 4-groove tires and the rear spike tires by default.

## In media

### *Dash! Yonkuro*

In the series, Shinkuro has a Falcon Jr. which was heavily customized to includes a counter gear in between the two short-length propeller shafts (to stabilize the car during landing), and four N-size batteries.

## See also

### Mini 4WD New Year's limited editions

* New Year Mini 4WD 2003 (Sheep)
* Year of the Rooster 2005
* Year of the Rat 2008
* Year of the Tiger 2010

## External link

### Tamiya Japan

* Falcon Jr. at Tamiya Japan
CoroCoro Ichiban!

***CoroCoro Ichiban!*** (Japanese: コロコロイチバン！, *Korokoro Ichiban!*) is a Japanese manga magazine created by Shogakukan as a sister magazine to *CoroCoro Comic* magazine. It is currently published monthly. (Formerly bi-monthly.)

## About the magazine

While targets at child readers just like what *CoroCoro Comic* does, what set *Ichiban!* apart from it is that it mainly publishes gag and comedy manga.

A spin-off to *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! Return Racers!* (Currently serializes on *CoroCoro Aniki*), titled *Let's & Go! Tsubasa: The Next Racers*, was serializes on this mangazine.

## External link

* CoroCoro Ichiban! special site on CoroCoro official website (Japanese)
Liberty Emperor (Dash! Yonkuro)

## In Fictional Media

### **Owner**

Yonkuro Hinomaru

The **Liberty Emperor** (Japanese: 自由の皇帝リバティエンペラー, *Ribatī Enperā*) is a fictional Mini 4WD car that appear in the manga *Dash! Yonkuro*. It is Yonkuro's 5th machine and is also his final car in the original series.

## General info

Being a successor to the Great Emperor, it retains many featuring from its predecessors. The decal patterns was changed, and the number decal was missing. The absorber props were also redesigned.

## In media

### *Dash! Yonkuro*

With the Emperor melted and the Great Emperor damaged, Yonkuro decided to bring out the new machine for the final stage of the Hell Caravan rally.

Like Reppu's Black Mistral, it was powered by the oil-jet drivetrain, where the motor is connected to a pump to move the oil inside a loop of tube that was connected the turbines that were connected to each wheels, and the flowing of the oil in the loop makes those turbines spins, and so is the wheels. As Mr.Sumeragi later noted however, the oil-jet drivetrain is also a double-edge sword, as in a very hot temperature environment (such as inside the Mt. Aso), the oil will become thinner and thus the car will have reduced torque as a result.

It was implied that it was destroyed along with Black Mistral in the lava race track as they were disappeared into the lava before both cars can reach the finish line. All the Hell Caravan's participants (including Yonkuro, Reppu and Genkuro) were got out of the lava track unharmed after that.

## Trivia

* Its implied demise in the original series was later shares with Magnum Saber, Sonic Saber (Both in the anime and manga) and Shadow Breaker Z-3 (In the anime only) in *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!* series, though the latter's circumstances of how they met their demise are different.

## See also

* Dash-1 Emperor
* Dash-01 Super Emperor
* Dash-001 Great Emperor
* Dash-CB1 Geo-Emperor
* Rise-Emperor
Bootlegs

A **bootleg** or a **knockoff** is a product similar or identical to a product of one company, but made by another without the authorization of the original manufacturer. While non-Tamiya Mini 4WD cars have existed since the 80s, notably Hasbro's *Record Breakers*, bootleg Mini 4WD cars became popular in the late 90s to early 2000s back when the toy line saw a surge in popularity in certain Asian countries where legitimate Mini 4WD cars are seen as an expensive luxury by lower-income families.

## Knockoffs

A majority of knockoffs such as those from Chinese manufacturers like Jiada, Gokey and VC Model are close reproductions of existing Tamiya models (either with a close copy of the original artwork or a photocopy thereof, along with a logo blatantly imitating the blue-and-red twin star Tamiya logo). Others such as those from Auldey are based on original designs, if not for them still sharing the same underpinnings as the ones they imitate; Auldey did for a time manufacture 1:1 copies of Tamiya models under their branding, but they have since transitioned to wholly original bodyshells and chassis likely for them to further distinguish themselves rather than be remembered more as a mere imitator.

Most of these knockoffs tend to be made using cheaper materials and molds copied off legitimate Tamiya Mini 4WDs, often if not always with defects inherent with counterfeit products such as cheaper plastic, flashing, misaligned seams and imprecise dimensions leading to poorly-fitting parts and weaker assembly. Another sign of a bootleg is with the rubber used on tyres: with the exception of some such as with Auldey, whose tyres are notably similar to Tamiya's, most bootleg cars typically come with hard compound tyres which may not stick to the track as much as with a real Tamiya.

## Legality

Regardless of their popularity with children and collectors from lower-income groups and/or developing countries, bootleg Mini 4WD cars are *still of illegal origin* (and especially concerning considering the manufacturing backgrounds of most of these cars, where labour conditions are dubious at best and downright immoral at worst). However, such legal concerns are for the most part glossed over by collectors who would occasionally use knockoff cars and/or grade-up parts for their builds, though Tamiya has indirectly mentioned them in their notices warning collectors against the use of bootleg cars and/or parts in officially-sanctioned races.

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Original Mini 4WD

The **Original Mini 4WD** (Japanese: ミニ四駆, *Mini Yonku*) series, simply known as **Mini 4WD**, **Comical Mini 4WD** and **RV Mini 4WD** by Shogakukan's magazines, is the first Mini 4WD car line-up introduced by Tamiya on July 13, 1982.

Unlike the rest of the Mini 4WD series, the mini cars in the Original Mini 4WD line-up wasn't designed for racing as they uses the combination of worm gears and spur gears. All the mini cars in this line-up are licensed real-life vehicles. Featuring in this line-up is the long-wheelbase Origin Chassis and Origin-2 Chassis, the short-wheelbase Comical Chassis, the temporary Cruiser Chassis and the final RV Chassis.

The first four of the Origin Chassis vehicles were also released under the name of **Sand Scorchers** in the United States, distributed by Model Rectifier Corporation (which also distributed early Racing Mini 4WD cars).

## List of Mini 4WD cars

* Ford Ranger 4x4 Pickup (Origin Chassis) (Released on July 13, 1982)
* Chevrolet Pickup 4x4 (Origin Chassis) (Released on July 13, 1982)
* Toyota Hilux 4x4 (Origin-2 Chassis) (Released on October 14, 1982)
* Nissan Safari (Origin-2 Chassis) (Released on November 16, 1982)
* Range Rover (Origin-2 Chassis) (Released on November 16, 1982)
* Honda City Turbo (Comical Chassis) (Released on February 25, 1984)
* Mitsubishi Pajero Wagon 2000 Turbo XL (Comical Chassis) (Released on March 22, 1984)
* Mercedes-Benz 280 GE (Comical Chassis) (Released on April 18, 1984)
* Mercedes-Benz Unimog (Comical Chassis) (Released on June 4, 1985)
* Wild Willy Jr. (Comical Chassis) (Released on July 11, 1985)
* Suzuki Jimny (Comical Chassis) (Released on August 8, 1985)
* Toyota Land Cruiser (Team ACP) ('89 Paris-Dakar version, '90 Paris-Dakar version) (Crusier Chassis) (Released on July 29, 1989)
* Mitsubishi Pajero Metaltop Wide (RV Chassis) (Released on December 20, 1994)
* Toyota Rav4 (RV Chassis) (Released on December 20, 1994)
* Isuzu MU (RV Chassis) (Released on April 18, 1995)
* Toyota Hilux Surf SSR-G (RV Chassis) (Released on January 23, 1996)
* Toyota Ipsum L-Selection EX (RV Chassis) (Released on July 30, 1996)
* Toyota Land Cruiser Prado RZ (RV Chassis) (Released on August 21, 1996)
* Isuzu VehiCROSS (RV Chassis) (Released in May 1997)
* Toyota Land Cruiser 100 Wagon (RV Chassis) (Released in January 1998)
* Suzuki Jimny Wide (RV Chassis) (Released in July 1998)
* Mitsubishi Pajero V6 3500 (RV Chassis) (Released in September 1999)

## Gallery

The back of the original Mini 4WD car packages distributed by Model Rectifier Corporation.
Mini 4WD Ni-Cd Battery Charger

* 1st ver.
* 2nd ver.

The **Mini 4WD Ni-Cd Battery Charger** (Japanese: ミニ四駆 ニカドバッテリー 単３型専用充電器, *Miniyonku Nikado Batterī Tan san-gata Sen'yō Jūden-ki*) is a battery charger released by Tamiya in 1988.

## General info

The Mini 4WD Ni-Cd Battery Charger features the yellow charger body. Unlike the regular Ni-Cd Battery Charger, the Mini 4WD Ni-Cd charger doesn't have any dial and switch, as the charger can automatically detect how many batteries were inserted into. It can charge up to 4 batteries at once.

The charger had went through a revision where, in addition to the design changes, the light indicators were added.

The charging time, when charging 4 Mini 4WD Ni-Cd batteries, is approximately 10 hours.

## See also

* Mini 4WD Ni-Cd Battery
Beams Integra

The **Beams Integra** (Japanese: ビームスインテグラ, *Bīmusu Integura*) is a R/C Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on November 26, 2002.

It was based Beams Racing's own 4th-generation Honda Integra Type-R endurance race car that was used in the Super Taikyu Series.

## General info

The Integra features the coupe body design, with a GT-styled rear spoiler on the rear. Various sponsors can be found on the bodyshell, they are: Tochigi Fuji Sangyo (Now GKN Driveline Torque Technology KK), Mugen, Yokohama and Beams. It was colored in white.

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 Beams Racing's Honda Integra Type-R

The Beams Integra is a modified Honda Integra Type-R used by the Beams Racing Team in the 2001 Super Taikyu Series of endurance race championship.

As with the road-legal car, the Integra has a modified K20 series inline-4 DOHC engine, mated to an unspecified manual gearbox which sends the power to the front wheels. It has the MacPherson struts on the front and trailing arm type suspension on the rear.

## See also

### Honda cars

* Honda City Turbo
* Raybrig NSX 2002
* Honda e
Copperfang

* std.
* Black SP

The **Copperfang** (Japanese: カッパーファング, *Kappāfangu*) is a Mini 4WD REV car that was released on February 9, 2019.

One of the winner designs in the 2018 Mini 4WD design contest, it was designed by Shojiro Morio.

## General info

The Copperfang featueres the open-wheel body design that was inspired by the long nose sports car and the head of the copperhead snake. On the front, there's a pair of vertical headlamps that sandwiching a large air intake. There's also a GT wing on the rear.

### Standard variant

The standard model has the metallic orange bodyshell, with white and black stripes on it.

It was equipped with the silver plated, small diameter low-profile A-spoke wheels paired with the black super-hard low profile tires. Both the chassis frame and the A parts were molded in black.

### Black Special

The limited Black special variant has the black smoke bodyshell, with green and white stripes on it.

It was equipped with the large diameter 4-spoke MS II wheels molded in carbon-mixed-nylon and were paired with the green Avante-type slick tires. The polycarbonate-reinforced chassis frame and POM A parts were molded in black and green respectively.

## Gallery

### Artworks

#### Concept arts

Concept art 1 by Shojiro Morio.Concept art 2 by Shojiro Morio.Concept art 3 by Shojiro Morio.Concept art 4 by Shojiro Morio.
## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Copperfang at Tamiya Japan
* Copperfang Black Special at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Copperfang at Tamiya America
* Copperfang Black Special at Tamiya America
Dash Boy! Ten

***Dash Boy! Ten*** (Japanese: ダッシュボーイ天, *Dasshu Bōi Ten*) is a manga series created by Zaurus Tokuda and serialized on Shogakukan's *Shogaku Years* magazines (Specifically the *Shogaku Year 2*, *Year 3* and *Year 5*) from 1995 to 1997.

## Overview

*Dash Boy! Ten* follows Taihei Tenka, nicknamed Ten, as he races against many opponents throughout the series.

LIke *Mini 4 Top*, it has several versions of the storyline with similar premise. Unlike Tanaka's manga, however, one story usually 'reboots' itself after its conclusion.

Due to Tokuda's declining health, the manga was put in hiatus, and was later canceled following Tokuda's death.

## Characters

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* Taihei Tenka
* Rei Ganma
* Souichiro Iota
* Jou Burado
* Seki Taiga

## List of Mini 4WD cars

* Liberty Emperor (Taihei 'Ten' Tenka's machine)
* Boomerang-10 (Taihei 'Ten' Tenka's machine, repaints of the Black Boomerang)
* Black Boomerang (Rei Ganma's machine)
* Big Bang Ghost (Hayate Kazeno's machine and later as Kurosawa's machine)
* Dash-CB1 Geo-Emperor (Dr. Tsuchiya's machine and later as Sanma brothers' machines)
* Shao Bai Ron (Shunsuke Hazama's machine)
* Boomerang Gamma / Boomerang Gamma Kai (Rei Ganma's machine)
* Astro-Boomerang (Taihei 'Ten' Tenka's machine)
* Dash-02 Neo Burning Sun (Rinsaku Shiguma's machine)
* Crimson Glory (Souichirou Iota's machine)
* Strato Vector (Souichirou Iota's machine)
* Black Stalker (Jou Burado's machine)
* Thunder Boomerang W10 (Taihei 'Ten' Tenka's machine)
* Rayhawk-Gamma (Rei Ganma's machine)
* Tiger Zap (Seki Taiga's machine)

## Trivia

* Unlike his previous manga where pages were made by hand, *Dash Boy! Ten*'s pages were made using computer with graphics tablet.
Mini 4WD Bearing Lubricant Oil

The **Mini 4WD Bearing Lubricant Oil** (Japanese: ミニ四駆 ベアリングオイル, *Miniyonku Bearingu Oiru*) is a lubricant released by Tamiya on December 11, 2021.

## General info

The Bearing Lubricant Oil, as its name suggest, was made specifically for maintaining the metal ball bearings on the axis or on the aluminum ball bearing rollers. It has the synthetic hydrocarbon oil as base oil.

Compare to the normal greases like the F Grease, the Bearing Lubricant Oil has much higher viscosity, allowing it to get into the inner part of the ball bearings through the slits. Its high viscosity, however, also limited its use to only the ball bearings (as applying to gears will result in oil leaks out of the gear compartment and thus spilling oils onto the track surface, violating the race regulations), and excessive oils must be wiped off.

## See also

* Ceramic Grease
* Titanium Grease
* Sliding Damper Grease Set
* Anti-Wear Grease
* Mini 4WD F Grease
* Mini 4WD Oil Applicator

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Mini 4WD Bearing Lubricant Oil at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Mini 4WD Bearing Lubricant Oil at Tamiya America
Lotus type 102B

The **Lotus type 102B** (Japanese: ロータス タイプ 102B, *Rōtasu Taipu Ichimaruni-Bī*) is a Mini-F car released by Tamiya in December 1991. It is the first car in the Mini-F series.

It was based on the Lotus 102B Formula One car that was used in the 1991 Formula One World Championship season. Specifically, the one during the Japan Grand Prix.

## General info

The 102B features the low-height, open-wheel body design that is mostly shared with other Mini-F cars that were based on Formula One cars. The bodyshell has the non-removable driver figurine.

The bodyshell is mainly white with green highlights. Various sponsors, including Good Year, Yellow Hat, BP, Phenix, Komatsu, Nichibutsu and of course, Tamiya, 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 Lotus 102B

The Lotus 102B was Team Lotus's Formula One car for the the 1991 season. While almost completely redesigned with about 800 new components made into the car, it was not much different from the 102 and as a result, it didn't get the new type designation.

The 102B features the carbon fiber monocoque chassis, being supported by the 4-wheel independent double wishbones suspension with push-rod dampers. The car is powered by a Judd EV 3.5 liter V8 engine, replacing the unreliable Lamborghini engine used in the previous season. The engine was mated to a Lotus-made 6-speed manual gearbox, which sends torque to the rear wheels.

Although it was mostly redesigned, it is still not up to the quality standard and in one instance, the steering wheel of the 102B driven by Mika Häkkinen came off during the race. The quality control issue also prompted Julian Bailey to departs from Team Lotus after he failed to quality in Monaco Grand Prix, and was replaced by test driver Johnny Herbert for the remainder of the season. In the end, Team Lotus only get 3 points at the end of 1991 season.
Cosmosonic

The **Cosmosonic** (Japanese: コスモソニック, *KosumoSonikku*) is a Fully Cowled Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on March 14, 2020.

It was featured in the manga *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! Return Racers!* as the teenage Retsu Seiba's machine. It was also featured in *Let's & Go! Tsubasa: The Next Racers* where the older Retsu entrusted it to Shun Daichi.

## General info

The Cosmosonic has the fully cowled body design that is similar to the Great Magnum R, but sharper. It retain the rear spoiler from the Great BlastSonic. As with the rest of Retsu's Sonic machines, it has white bodyshell, with red and green stripes mixes onto it. it has white bodyshell, with red and green stripes mixes onto it.

It was equipped with the yellow, small diameter 5-spoke A-spoke wheels paired with the black low-profile tires. Both the chassis frame and A parts were molded in black.

## In media

### *Let's & Go!* series

Following the defeat at the hand of Lydia (who borrows Go's Great Magnum R) in a race, the teenage Retsu went to develop a new Sonic for a rematch. Retsu seems to have trouble developing the new machine at first as he can't get any ideas for, but after having a dream where his past self told him that 'Just remember how exciting and thrilling it was back then.', Retsu managed to create the CosmoSonic. In the end, Retsu managed to beat Lydia in the rematch.

Decades later, the CosmoSonic is displaying at the Sagami Hobby Shop. When Shun is looking for a new machine to replace his busted Super Avante RS, the CosmoSonic caught his eyes. Despite the adult Retsu said that it is a decades-old machine, once switched on, Shun, Retsu, as well as members of Team Pegasus and those who're in the shop (Go, Jun and Jun's father Tamotsu) were surprised that CosmoSonic is still running well despite not maintained for years. To test if Shun is worthy of his CosmoSonic, Retsu challenge the kid with the Avante Jr. in a race. Following the race where Retsu's Avante Jr. suffers from loosen wheel and lost the race, he entrusted his CosmoSonic to Shun.

## See also

* Sonic Saber
* Vanguard Sonic
* Hurricane Sonic
* Buster-Sonic
* Blitzer-Sonic
* RodeoSonic
* Great BlastSonic

## External link

### Tamiya Japan

* Cosmosonic at Tamiya Japan
Bergmasse

The **Bergmasse** (Japanese: ベルクマッセ, *Berugumasse*) is a fictional Mini 4WD car that first appeared in Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! WGP.

It was one of team Eizen Wolf's race machines, with the other being Bergkaiser.

## General info

The Bergmasse features the low-height, fully-cowled body design has a long, sloped front end on the front and the rear blockly flareside and the horizontal spoiler on the rear. It has the dark gray body color, with red highlights on it.

### In the anime

The Bergmasse is the main race machines of Eizen Wolf's secondary team. Although the machine looks average, its movable rear spoiler can be used as an air brake to slow down the car.

Unfortunately, the secondary team abuses the car's air brake as they engage in battle races. This eventually resulted in all the secondary team's cars being destroyed via self-inflicted crashes in a race against TRF Victorys. Soon after, the secondary team was substituted by the primary team.

## See also

* Bergkaiser