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TRF-Racer Jr.

* Original
* Limited
* Black SP

The **TRF-Racer Jr.** (Japanese: TRFワークスJr., *Tīāruefu Wākusu Junia*) is a Mini 4WD PRO car released by Tamiya on April 29, 2006. It was based on the custom R/C car made by Tamiya Racing Factory R/C racing team, hence there's no base R/C model.

It was featured in the manga *Mini 4WD Racer Kakeru* as Tsugumi Shinozaki's machine, which was later replaced by the Manta Ray Mk.II. It was also featured as a one-scene cameo in the manga *Hyper Dash! Yonkuro*.

## General info

The TRF-Racer featuring the two-door, touring car body design, with the flat rear cowl. Tamiya and TRF decals can be found on all over the bodyshell.

The bodyshell, unlike other Mini 4WD cars, was made of clear polycarbonate with plastic mounting attached, meaning it can be painted in any color with spray paint (using special paints for polycarbonate). Because cutting is also required, this makes the assembly of the car harder for those not used to this.

Most variants, except the Limited variant, were equipped with the small diameter 3-spoke VS type wheels paired with the black X-type narrow slick tires. With the exception of the Black Special variant, they were equipped with N-01 nose unit.

### Standard variant

The standard variant use white as its preferred color, with the splash-style decals that has blue highlights with cyan and pink trims.

It was equipped with the white wheels paired with black tires, and is equipped with the N-01 and T-01 units for its MS Chassis. The nose, center and tail parts were molded in black, while the A parts were molded in gray. It comes with the standard, light gray 16 mm lightweight plastic rollers.

### Limited model

The limited model is mostly the same as the regular model, but with few key differences.

Both the chassis parts and the bodyshell plastic mounting were molded in glass fiber-mixed plastic, with the chassis sub-parts molded in black.

The wheels and tires were changed to the glass fiber-mixed small-diameter dish-type low profile wheels and low profile slick tires. The polycarbonate was pre-painted in white, however cutting is still required.

### Black Special variant

The Black Special variant is mostly the same as the regular model, but with few key differences. Whereas the standard model comes with the uncut polycarbonate bodyshell, the Black Special variant comes with the bodyshell with wheel arches precut.

The wheels and the tires were the same as the standard model, but with the white wheels being replaced by the silver plated wheels. It was equipped with the N-02, normal center and T-01 units for its MS Chassis, and were molded in super light gray with black A parts. Unlike other models, it comes with the 13mm Set-Up Rollers.

## Gallery

### Boxart

Boxart of the standard variant.Boxart of Black Special.
## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* TRF-Racer Jr. on Tamiya Japan
* TRF-Racer Jr. Limited on Tamiya Japan
* TRF-Racer Jr. Black Special on Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* TRF-Racer Jr. on Tamiya America
* TRF-Racer Jr. Black Special on Tamiya America
Proto-Saber JB

The **Proto-Saber JB** (Japanese: プロトセイバー JB, *Puroto Seibā Jei Bi-*) is a Fully Cowled Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on July 20, 1995.

It was featured in the manga and anime *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!* as J's first machine. It was replaced by the Proto-Saber Evolution in the series. Jun Sagami also has her own Proto-Saber in *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! Return Racers!*.

## General info

The Proto-Saber is essentially a Super Avante with additional fenders, enlarge side cowls and rear spoiler similar to the design of the Super-1 Saber series. It features the red flame-like body decals on it. The 'JB' on the front nose, '01' on the rear end of the front fenders, and 'Proto-Saber JB' on the spoiler are also decals.

### Standard model and Special kit

The standard Proto-Saber features a dull metallic blue body color, with silver cockpit, red headlamps.

It is equipped with red, small diameter 3-spoke wheels paired with high profile slick tires. The chassis frame, A parts, and normal-type side guard are molded in gray, green and blue respectively.

The Special Kit (Bundled with the bodyshell of Spin-Axe) includes the chassis and battery clip molded in reinforced fiberglass-mixed ABS plastic.

Only the Special Kit comes with a standard motor.

## In media

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

In the series, the Proto-Saber JB was a Mini 4WD car created by Professor Ogami, designed to surpass Professor Tsuchiya's own creations. The front roller angle, gear ratio and various body parts can be adjusted via J's own remote-control brace. The adjustable body parts allows the Proto-Saber to do air brakes, but also allows it to fire concentrated burst of air to blow any Mini 4WD cars away.

   During the Tokichi Cup, J renounced his battle racing ways and destroyed the remote-control brace on his own after he recovered his Proto-Saber from the sea in which he was almost drowned. The Proto-Saber no longer worked as J had stripped off its battle race components, but was later restored as a normal race car with parts from Go and his co. It was later revealed in the series that Ogami created not one, but multiple Proto-Sabers, and even made a mass-produced version of the car.

It is unknown what happened to J's Proto-Saber after it was replaced by the Proto-Saber Evolution.

In *Return Racers!*, Jun was seen using her own Proto-Saber to race against Tsubasa's Wing Magnum. Jun's Proto-Saber has the 'JUN' on the rear spoiler.

## Gallery

### Boxarts

Boxart of the Proto-Saber JB.Boxart of the Special Kit.
## See also

* Super Avante
* Proto-Saber Evolution
* Proto-Saber Evolution Stage-3

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Proto-Saber JB at Tamiya Japan
* Proto-Saber JB Special Kit at Tamiya Japan (Archived)

### Tamiya America

* Proto-Saber JB at Tamiya America
* Proto-Saber JB Special Kit at Tamiya America
Night Seek Rod

## In Fictional Media

### **Owner**

Comp Crow

The **Dark-3 Night Seek Rod** (Japanese: ダーク３号 ナイトシークロッド, *Dāku San-gō Naito Shīku Roddo*) is a fictional Mini 4WD car that appear in the manga *Hyper Dash! Yonkuro*.

A deviative from the Night Seek, it was Comp Crow's machine in the series.

## General info

The Night Seek Rod has most of the features of its base car. The knife-shaped canopy, the black body color and the sharp body design were remains untouched. The Rod, however, has some key differences; In place of the rear vertical fins is a jet parts with a pair of fin protruded from it. Additional parts was added to the front nose of the car.

It was mainly in black, with neon yellow highlights on it.

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

## In media

### *Hyper Dash! Yonkuro*

The Night Seek Rod was one of the Dark Dominion's machines. Like the rest of the Night Seek-based machines, it was equipped with the MA Chassis made of Tungsten metal, the high-output batteries and high torque motor. It also has a tiny, yet destructive bomb built into the car.

Unlike other Dark machines, it doesn't have any special equippment. Instead, it relies on Comp's perfect prediction ability to predicts what will happen next. Comp have won against Punkuro (and, in the process, destroyed his Cannonball) but lose against Shinkuro and his Shooting Proud Star.

It was later revealed by Hell Crow that the Dark Machines are no more than the prototypes, and the data gather from them was used to create the Black Dash Machines.

## See also

### Dark machines

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

### Related

* Shooting Billion Star - Comp Crow's next machine.

## References

1. ↑ PHASE 13 of *Hyper Dash! Yonkuro*
Night Hunter

The **Night Hunter** (Japanese: ナイトハンター, *Naito Hantā*) is a Mini 4WD REV car that was released by Tamiya on January 20, 2018.

## General info

The Night Hunter features the long-nose, short-end 2x2 coupe body design, with the spoiler protruding from the rear bonnet. It resembles a Mazda RX-8 sports car.

On the front nose and on the spoiler, there's the white, weapon target mark. The 'FM-A' decals and the 'Tamiya' decal can be seen on the sidedoors and on the front window respectively.

### Standard model

The standard Night Hunter features the black body color, with red and pink stripes and carbon patterns.

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

* Std.
* BlackSP

The **Poseidon-X** (Japanese: ポセイドンX, *Poseidon Ekkusu*) is a Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya in November 1993 as an add-on body parts set for existing Super Mini 4WD cars and later released as a standalone kit in the limited Black Special variant. It was a winning entry in the Super Mini 4WD design contest held on *CoroCoro Comic* magazine in 1993.

The Poseidon-X is considered a very rare model by many enthusiasts, and has been re-released since.

It was featured in the manga *The Wind Racer! Otokogi a*s Ryou Hayami's machine.

## General info

The Poseidon-X features a much different design compared to the other machines appearing in *The Wind Racer! Otokogi*. It features a small rear spoiler and an air-duct placed behind the canopy. There's also the front section which acts as a spoiler which is a recurring theme in the series.

### Body Set / Standard variant

Due to the fact that Ryou Hayami is an aqua racer, the limited body set was colored in navy blue.

The body can be attached to any rear-motor chassis, though the Super-1 Chassis and Super-II Chassis are recommended.

### Black Special variant

The Black Special variant featuring the black body color.

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

## Technical info

***Note: The infomation listed here is from the Black Special version of Poseidon-X. Different chassis with Poseidon-X body attached might have different specifications.***

## Gallery

### Images

A Poseidon-X with Super-II Chassis and aluminium wheels.
## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Poseidon-X Black Special at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Poseidon-X Black Special at Tamiya America
Toyota Hilux 4x4

The **Toyota Hilux 4x4** (Japanese: トヨタ・ハイラックス4WD, *Toyota Hairakkusu Yondaburudī*), also known as **Toyota Pickup 4x4** in the US, is a Original Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on October 14, 1982.

It was based on the third-generation Toyota Hilux pickup truck that was produced from 1978 to 1983.

## General info

The Toyota Hilux features the 4x4 pickup body design, with the rectangle-shaped air intake with circle-shaped headlamps on the front and the vertical rectangle-shaped tall lamps on the rear. There's the flaresides around the rear wheels and the bullbar that is attached to the front bumper. There's also a non-removable tray shell on the rear of the car.

In addition to the 3-color stripes around the bodyshell, it has several manufacturer and OEM decals. It was mainly in orange.

It comes with the metallic gray Origin-2 wheels with the black Origin radial tires.

## About the 3rd-generation Toyota Hilux

Introduced in August 1978, the third-generation Toyota Hilux is a pickup truck produced by Toyota. It is available in 2-door and 4-door body designs and has 2WD and 4WD variants.

Powering the pickup truck is either the Toyota R-series straight-4 SOHC natural-aspirated petrol engines (available from 1.6 liter to 2.4 liter) or a 2.2 liter Toyota L-series straight-4 diesel engine that were mated to either the 4- or 5-speed manual transmission or 3-speed automatic transmission. The N40 models has longer wheelbase than that of the N30 models.

It was later replaced by the fourth-generation Hilux in August 1983.

## See also

### Toyota cars

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

## External link

### Tamiya Japan

* Toyota Hilux 4x4 at Tamiya Japan (Japanese) (Archived)
Turbo-Dash Motor

The **Turbo-Dash Motor** (Japanese: ターボダッシュモーター, *Tābo Dasshu Mōtā*) is a limited edition Mini 4WD motor manufactured by Mabuchi Motor and released by Tamiya in 1994.

## General info

The Turbo-Dash Motor has the milk-colored endbell cap and the black metal housing.

Performance-wise, it features the same performance characteristic as the ZEN-Tuned Motor that was released two years prior.

The Turbo-Dash Motor, however, has one major advantage over the ZEN-Tuned Motor: Endurance. The Turbo-Dash Motor used the carbon brushes which provides longer running time.

As it is long discontinued since it is a limited edition GUP, it cannot be used in Tamiya-sponsored race tournaments.
White Night

The **White Night** (Japanese: ホワイトナイト, *Howaito Naito*) is a fictional Mini 4WD car that appeared in *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! WGP*.

It was belongs to the Odins team.

## General info

The White Night features the low-height, fully-cowled body design, with a large spoiler on the rear. It has a two-tone color of white and either red (for most members) or blue (Nieminen).

## In media

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

The White Night is the main race machines of team Odins. Just like the Omega, it is stable when running in cold weather, nevertheless it is also an all-rounder machines just like the Buck Blader.

Much like what NA Astro Rangers did to their Buck Bladers, the member of team Odins have tuned their White Night to have distinctive performance characteristics from each others. Nieminen Snootroosa's White Night is a special case however, as he repainted his car to the two-tone white and blue color scheme.

Later in the series, the White Night were equipped with a special Transgear System, a type of variable speed gearbox.
Toyota Hilux Monster Racer Jr.

The **Toyota Hilux Monster Racer Junior** (Japanese: トヨタ ハイラックス モンスターレーサー Jr., *Toyota Hairakkusu Monsutā Rēsā Junia*) is a Wild Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on July 16, 1991.

It was based on Tamiya's 1/10 scale RC truggy Toyota Hilux Monster Racer, which in turns based on PPI Motorsports's heavily modified Toyota Hilux truck drove by Ivan "Ironman" Stewart in the Mickey Thompson Grand Prix Circuit Off-Road Championship in 1990.

## General info

The Monster Racer features the typical pick-up truck body design on a monster truck chassis, with the flat plates placed behinds the cab. Several sponsor decals, including Toyota, Denso, Eclipse Mobile Sound, Progressive Custom Wheels, Earl's Performance Plumbing and Yokohama. It was mainly in white, with red, orange and yellow stripes on it.

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

## About the 1/10 truggy Toyota Hilux Monster Racer

Released on August 8, 1990, the Hilux Monster Racer is Tamiya's electric-powered RC truggy.

The dubbed King Cab chassis, carried from the Nissan King Cab, featuring the bathtub chassis frame, supported by the independent double-wishbone suspensions with the CVA long stroke dampers on all four-wheels, with an addition anti-roll bar at the front. The 540-size RS-540S motor was mounted onto the rear of the car along with a closed gearbox, which sends power to the rear wheels. For the speed controller, it comes with a 3-step forward mechanical speed controller.

For the Monster Racer, it was equipped with the oversized wheels with the front grooved tires and rear racing monster spike tires.

## See also

### Toyota cars

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

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Toyota Hilux Monster Racer Jr. at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Toyota Hilux Monster Racer Jr. at Tamiya America
Type-5 Chassis

The **Type-5 Chassis** (Japanese: タイプ５シャーシ, *Taipu Faibu Shāshi*) is a Mini 4WD chassis released by Tamiya in March 1992 with the release of Bear Hawk Jr..

## General info

This chassis fixed the chassis structure problem that plagues the previous Type series chassis. The chassis's structure is now strengthen despite being lightweight. The chassis's wheelbase is 82 mm long.

The rear hardpoint design layout was changed and is compatible with the rear roller stays that are made to later chassis.

However, there's one weakness: due to using the wider 2 mm width propeller shaft and orange straight crown gears (whose material is harder than the pink helical crown gears, thus requires more time for gear break-in) , the chassis has mild power losses compared to the other chassis at that time.

The chassis was overshadowed by the Zero Chassis which was released earlier than the Type-5, and the chassis was not well-known until the release of Super Avante, which was featured in the manga and anime series *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!* that was serializes during the second Mini 4WD boom.

## Colors

### Chassis frame

* Dark green - Common color for most Type-5 Chassis cars. First equipped with Bear Hawk Jr.
* Black - First equipped with Top-Force Evolution Jr.
* White - First released as a Grade-up Parts.
* Fluorescent Green - First released as a Grade-up Parts.
* Fluorescent Yellow - First released as a Grade-up Parts.
* Fluorescent Orange - First released as a Grade-up Parts.
* Fluorescent Pink - First released as a Grade-up Parts.

### A parts

* Dark green - Common color for most Type-5 Chassis cars. First equipped with Bear Hawk Jr.
* Black - First equipped with Top-Force Evolution Jr.
* White - First released as a Grade-up Parts.
* Fluorescent Green - First released as a Grade-up Parts.
* Fluorescent Yellow - First released as a Grade-up Parts.
* Fluorescent Orange - First released as a Grade-up Parts.
* Fluorescent Pink - First released as a Grade-up Parts.

## Gallery

Chassis construction view (Top-Force Evolution Jr.)
## Trivia

* It is the last chassis to use the orange crown and the 2 mm propeller shaft until the release of Super-FM Chassis.
	+ It is also the last Type series chassis to be released.
Shogakukan

**Shogakukan Inc.** (Japanese: 株式会社小学館, *Kabushikigaisha Shōgakukan*) is a Japanese publisher company currently based in Chiyoda, Tokyo. The company was founded by Takeo Ōga in 1922.

Shogakukan was mainly known for publishes manga, light novels as well as educational books. The company had also founded Shueisha in 1949, which later founded Hakusensha in 1979. Together, they were known as the Hitotsubashi Group, one of the largest publishing groups in Japan.

Shogakukan was currently one of the main sponsors for Tamiya-organized events since the first Japan Cup.

## List of Mini 4WD-related manga magazines

* *CoroCoro Comic*(Since 1977)
* *Shogaku Years* (Currently only *Shogaku Year 1* and *Shogaku Year 8* are on-going) (Since 1922)
* *CoroCoro Ichiban!* (Since March 25, 2003)
* *CoroCoro Aniki* (Since 2014)

## List of Mini 4WD media works published on Shogakukan's magazines

* *Dash! Yonkuro* (Serialized on *CoroCoro Comic*) (1982 to 1992)
* *Mini 4 Top* (Serialized on *Shogaku Years*) (1988 to 1991)
* *Bakusou! Dash Club* (Serialized on *CoroCoro Comic*) (1989 to 1990)
* *Moero! Avante Kyoudai* (Serialized on *CoroCoro Comic*) (1989 to 1990)
* *Go! Go! Mini 4WD Fighter* (Serialized on *CoroCoro Comic*) (1989 to 1991)
* *The Wind Racer! Otokogi* (Serialized on *CoroCoro Comic*) (1993)
* *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!* (Serialized on *CoroCoro Comic*) (1994 to 1999)
* *Dash Boy! Ten* (Serialized on *Shogaku Years*) (1995 to 1997) nc
* *Mini 4WD Fighter V* (Serialized on CoroCoro Comic) (1995 to 1999)
* *Winning Ran* (Serialized on *Shogaku Years*) (1997) nt
* *Mini 4 Kids* (Serialized on *Shogaku Years*) (1998 to 1999)
* *Mini 4WD New Generation BREAK IN* (Serialized on *Shogaku Years*) (1998 to 1999) nt
* *Future Racer V-Twin* (Serialized on Shogaku Years) (1999 to 2000) nt
* *Mini 4WD Racer Kakeru* (Serialized on *Shogaku Years*) (2006 to 2007) nc
* *Hot-Blooded! Mini 4WD School* (Serialized on *Shogaku Years*) (2009 to 2011) nt
* *Mini 4 Battler Kiba* (Serialized on *Shogaku Years*) (2010 to 2011) nt
* *Mini 4WD Exploration Team* (Serialized on *Shogaku Years*) (2011 to 2012) nt
* *Gattsuri! Mini 4WD Theater* (Serialized on *Shogaku Years*) (2011 to 2012) nt
* *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! Return Racers!* (Serialized on *CoroCoro Aniki*) (2014 to 2021)
* *Hyper Dash! Yonkuro* (Serialized on *CoroCoro Aniki*) (Since 2015)
* *Let's & Go! Tsubasa: The Next Racers* (Serialized on *CoroCoro Ichiban!*) (2017 to 2021)
* *Mini4King* (Serialized on *CoroCoro Comic*) (SInce 2021)

\*The nt mark indicating that the manga does not has tankoubon release.
\*The nc mark indicating that the manga has the tankoubon release but not completed. This does not includes on-going manga series.
Strato Vector

The **Strato Vector** (Japanese: ストラトベクター, *Sutorato Bekutā*) is a Super Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on July 16, 1996. It was the one and only FM machine in the Super MIni 4WD lineup.

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

## General info

The Strato Vector featuring the open-wheel body design, with the front wheel guards protruded from the side cowls and a pair of rear wide fins sandwiched the silver-colored canopy. The rear arch parts, which covers the rear bodycatch, can be removed. There's the air-intakes on the front to dissipate heats from the motor. The 'Strato Vector' decals and the 'Iota J' decals can be found on the bodyshell.

### Standard variant

The standard Strato Vector features blue body color, with white and red stripes on it.

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

### Lil's Hobby Center Limited

The Lil's Hobby Center-exclusive model, which was released in Philippines, features the clear blue bodyshell and special decals.

It was equipped with the silver-plated, large diameter 6-spoke Manta Ray-type wheels paired with the clear, soft-compound Avante-type slick tires. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in white. It doesn't come with a standard motor.

## In media

### *Dash Boy! Ten*

The Strato Vector has the unique aerodynamic design and has super-low center-of-gravity chassis design. Not only it was fast on cornering, but it was also fast on off-road surfaces. According to Iota, the machine's design was completed after few millions times of Mini 4WD simulations via the computer.

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Strato Vector at Tamiya Japan
* Strato Vector (With 13mm Ball Bearing, 4 pcs.) at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Strato Vector (With 13mm Ball Bearing, 4 pcs.) at Tamiya America
The Fox Jr.

**The Fox Junior** (Japanese: フォックスJr., *Fokkusu Junia*) is a Racing Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on September 25, 1986. It was based on the 1/10 scale The Fox R/C buggy by the company.

It was featured in the manga and anime series D*ash! Yonkuro* as the racing machines of Hiroshi and Masashi Daidou of the Team Hell's Kids.

## General info

The Fox featuring the flat long-nose, short-rear buggy body design. with a partially-exposed canopy with driver figurine in it. It has the front monoshock prop with upper arm props, and the rear damper props. It also has a rear spoiler. There are a decal of a fox's head on the roof, and the 'Fox Racing Team' decals can be found around the bodyshell.

It is mainly in deep blue, with cyan and silver highlights with red trims.

It was equipped with the white medium diameter 4-spoke Hotshot-type wheels paired with the black high-profile spike tires. The chassis was molded in black.

### Special version

The special version, which was released in the same year as is the original model, has the clear chassis and blue tires.

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

Released in 1985, The Fox is a 1/10 scale, rear-wheel-drive R/C buggy produced by Tamiya.

The Fox's chassis borrows most of the chassis design from the Hotshot; The compact, fully-enclosed monocoque chassis, the transversely-placed battery and the fully independent suspensions with front monoshock and rear independent oil-filled dampers. The 540-size motor was mounted onto the rear and paired to the gearbox, which transfer power to the rear wheels. It was equipped with the front grooved tires and rear block-spike tires.

Due to its chassis being based on the Hotshot's, it also inherited its weakness as well; due to the enclosed chassis frame, it is impossible to access to the internal components without breaking up the frame parts firsthand. Furthermore, the front suspension travel is very short, causing the front supensions to bottom out, which can be a problem on rough track.

In 2013, the updated version of The Fox, known as the Novafox, was released. The updated version featuring the improved mechanics, such as better steering layout and the dog bone driveshafts.

## See also

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

* Year of the Dog 2006
* Year of the Ox 2009

## External links

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

* Novafox (2013) at Tamiya Japan
* Novafox (2013) at Tamiya America
PowerChamp GT

The **PowerChamp GT** (Japanese: パワーチャンプGT, *Pawāchanpu Jītī*) is the Alkaline battery produced by FDK Corporation, the subsidiary company of Fujitsu and released by Tamiya in 2012. It is the 9th generation PowerChamp batteries specifically made for Mini 4WD races.

The PowerChamp GT has ceased its production as it was superseded by the PowerChamp RS in 2016.

## General info

Compare to its predecessor, the PowerChamp FD, the GT is much more powerful and last-longer. However it is also the main reason why the minicars are prone to course-out due to massive power.

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

Despite this, it is no more powerful than Fujitsu's own Premium G Alkaline battery, which can be used in Tamiya Japan Cup since 2012.

## External links

#### Tamiya Japan

* PowerChamp GT batteries on Tamiya official website
Retsu Seiba

* OG Manga
* WGP Manga

**Retsu Seiba** (Japanese: 星馬 烈, *Seiba Retsu*) is one of the twp protagonists of the *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!* series.

In the WGP Arc, he is the captain of the "TRF Victorys", Japan's representative for the Mini 4WD Grand Prix.

## Biography

Retsu is Go's older brother who is his opposite being more patient and level-headed, but still lets out his annoyance with someone once in a while, especially those who anger him. Retsu is portrayed by his red-colored theme on his hair, eyes, gloves, shirt and the coloring of his vehicles, while sporting a green hat as his trademark.

In *Return Racer*, Retsu is now working as a space development engineer and had been working on several space projects, with one of the space probes named after one of his Mini 4WD cars.

## Synopsis

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## Other Appearance

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

Since the game's launch, Retsu, along with his Sonic cars, can be fought in various World Maps.

Note that his appearance and the car he use varies depending on which stage the player race against him.

## Mini 4WD cars

* Super Astute Jr.
* Sonic Saber
* Vanguard Sonic
* Hurricane Sonic
* Buster-Sonic
* Blitzer-Sonic
* RodeoSonic
* Great BlastSonic
* Cosmosonic

## Trivia

* Retsu's name is based on the Japanese homonym of the English word "Let's (レッツ, *Retsu*)" .
Plasma Dash Brush Holder Set

The **Plasma Dash Brush Holder Set** (Japanese: プラズマダッシュブラシホルダーセット, *Purazuma Dasshu Burashi Horudā Setto*) is a AO parts released by Tamiya in January 1997.

## General info

This AO parts is the replacement carbon brushes made exclusively for the Plasma-Dash Motor. It replaces the worn out brushes of the motor.

## External link

### Tamiya Japan

* Plasma Dash Brush Holder Set at Tamiya Japan (Japanese)
Rei Ganma

**Rei Ganma** (Japanese: 岩魔 零, *Ganma Rei*) is the supporting character in the manga series *Dash Boy! Ten*.

## Biography

A family member coming from a rich Ganma family, Rei is the one who designed the Boomerang cars. She is a friendly rival to Ten.

She is also the one who gave Ten the Boomerang-10, following a race against him.

## Synopsis

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## Other appearance

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

Rei, along with her Boomerang Gamma, can be fought in Map 4 and Map 5 following the game's August 12, 2021 update and February 3, 2022 update respectively.

## Mini 4WD cars

* Boomerang-10 (temporarily)
* Boomerang Gamma
* Rayhawk-Gamma

## Trivia

* Rei's full name is a play on the words Gamma Ray.
Reinforced Gears with Easy Locking Gear Cover

The **Reinforced Gears with Easy Locking Gear Cover** (Japanese: 強化ギヤ&ワンロックギヤカバー, *Kyōka Giya to Wan Rokku Giya Kabā*) is a Grade-Up Parts released by Tamiya on November 19, 2011.

With the exceptions of pinion gears and crown gears, it is exclusively made for Super-II Chassis.

## General info

The set includes two 8t pinion gears and two crown gears that are made of carbon-mixed nylon material. The included carbon crown gears has the same, helical gear design as the pink crown gears and thus cannot be used on chassis with orange crown gears under current race regulations.

Also included is the easy locking gear cover, which allows easy access to the gearbox without having to unscrew the parts that is holding the gear cover.

## Trivia

* The easy locking gear cover comes as standard for some Super-II Chassis cars starting with Dash-1 Emperor Premium due to the complains that the screw hole will become loose after many screws and unscrews.
	+ Unlike the set, the easy locking gear cover that came with Super-II Chassis kits were molded in the same color as the chassis's sub parts.

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Reinforced Gears with Easy Locking Gear Cover at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Reinforced Gears with Easy Locking Gear Cover at Tamiya America
Trairong

The **Trairong** (Japanese: トライロング, *Torairongu*) is a Mini 4WD REV car released by Tamiya on July 7, 2018.

It was based on the winning design in a Mini 4WD design contest that was held in Thailand.

## General info

The Trairong features a unique racing car design that was inspired by the hawk, with hawk eye-shaped headlamps on the front and a GT-style rear spoiler on the rear.

It has a red body color, with blue/white stripes and a black rooftop. There's the 'FM-A' decals on the rear of the front fenders, the 'Trairong' decal on the spoiler, the Tamiya logo decals on the winglets and the unique decal on the front nose that resembles the Thailand national flag.

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

## Trivia

* The coloring of the Trairong was based on the colors of the Thailand's own national flag, which is fitting as it was based on the winning design in the Thailand Mini 4WD design contest.
Toyota Rav4

The **Toyota Rav4** (Japanese: トヨタ RAV4ラヴフォー, *Toyota Ravufō*) is a Original Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on December 20, 1994.

It was based on the 3-door hardtop variant of the first-generation Rav4 by Toyota.

## General info

The Rav4 featuring the compact, 3-door SUV body design. On the front, there's the skewed, rectangle headlamps with turn signal lamp just below it. On the rear, there's a pair of row-type taillamps and a spare tire prop. It also has a black bullbar, which wasn't presented in the real-life vehicle.

It was in the blue body color, with gray bumpers and wheel arches.

It was equipped with the white, 5-spoke Pajero wheels paired with the black RV radial tires. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in black.

## About the Toyota Rav4

Launched in Japan in May 1994 and later in the US in March 1995, the first-generation Rav4 is Toyota's compact crossover sport utility vehicle. Build on a special platform that shares part the chassis designs from the Carina and Corolla, the Rav4 is available in 5-door hardtop, 3-door hardtop and 3-door softtop body configuration.

Powering the SUV are two Toyota S series engines, consists of a 3S-FE engine and a 3S-GE engine, both are 2.0 liter inline-4 petrol engines. The engine is mated to either the 4-speed automatic and 5-speed manual, which sends the power to either the front wheels or all four wheels depending on the models. There's even an electric vehicle model with the 50 kW motor, which only produced in small quantities and was only sold in California, US. Supporting the chassis are the front Macpherson struts and rear double-wishbones suspensions with coil springs on all four.

The first-generation XA10 Rav4 was later superseded by the second-generation XA20 models in July 2000.

## See also

### Toyota cars

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

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Toyota Rav4 at Tamiya Japan (Japanese) (Archived)
Proto-Emperor Coretank

## In Fictional Media

### **Owner**

Jin Kidouin

The **Dash-CBX Proto-Emperor Coretank** (Japanese: ダッシュCBX プロトエンペラーコアタンク, *Dasshu CBX Puroto Enperā Koatanku*) is a the fictional minicar that appear in *Shin Dash! Yonkuro*. It was owned by Jin Kidouin.

## General info

Despite bearing the name 'Proto-Emperor', it doesn't resembling the Emperor-type Mini 4WD car and what's more, it is not the true Mini 4WD car, but rather the tank-wheel minicar.

It was mainly in purple color.

## In media

### *Shin Dash! Yonkuro*

In *Shin Dash! Yonkuro*, it is one of the Dash Combine machines along with Geo-Emperor, Blazing Sun and Command Saurus. It is the core part of the Dash Combine.

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

## See also

* Dash-X1 Proto-Emperor
* Proto-Emperor ZX
Sliding Damper Roller

The **Sliding Damper Roller** (Japanese: スライドダンパーローラーセット, *Suraido Danpā Rōrā Setto*) is a Mini 4WD Grade-Up Parts released by Tamiya on July 5, 1995.

## General info

As its name implies, the main purpose of the this parts is to provide smooth cornering in circuits with many S-style corners, as well as absorbing shocks while hitting the fences of the circuit. The Sliding Damper Roller set was mount onto the bodyshell's rear spoiler attachment.

However, the way the parts 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.

By default, it comes with two springs; using the soft spring, the sliding damper's main plate will slides upon collides with the fences. With the hard spring however, the sliding damper will behaves like the normal rear stays.

The set also comes with the ball diff grease, but the sliding damper's responsive rate can be adjust using the Sliding Damper Grease Set or the HG Sliding Damper Grease Set.

## See also

* Front Sliding Damper Roller
* Rear Sliding Damper and Brake Set
* Wide Sliding Damper
PowerChamp RX

The **PowerChamp RX** (Japanese: パワーチャンプRX, *Pawāchanpu Āruekkusu*) is the Alkaline battery produced by FDK Corporation, the subsidiary company of Fujitsu and released by Tamiya on November 28, 2020

Based on Fujitsu's own Premium S batteries, it is the 11th generation PowerChamp batteries specifically made for Mini 4WD races.

## General info

On the outside, the PowerChamp RX's battery's body is dominated by the white color, with black highlight that has the chequered flag pattern. It has a gold-plated 'PowerChamp' label with a large red 'RX' label below. It has the silver terminal buttons.

As it is based on the Fujitsu Premium S Alkaline batteries, numerous features were carried over to the PowerChamp RX. The newly-improved anode gel composite material increases its overall performance by 10 percent on average, and also improved its long-term storage by 10 percent. Also new to the battery is the current pickup (also known as collector pin) that is coated with special plated material to reduces gassing inside the batteries and thus prevents battery leakage.

Being made specifically for Mini 4WD racing, the battery's casing has been improved upon and is able to withstand even the higher impact, which in turn also increased a Mini 4WD car's rigidity.

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

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* PowerChamp RX (2-battery pack) at Tamiya Japan (Japanese)
* PowerChamp RX (12-battery pack) at Tamiya Japan (Japanese)
PowerChamp GZ

The **PowerChamp GZ** (Japanese: パワーチャンプGZ, *Pawāchanpu Jīzetto*) is a alkaline battery produced by FDK Corporation, the subsidiary company of Fujitsu and released by Tamiya on December 9, 2006. It is the 7th generation PowerChamp batteries specifically made for Mini 4WD races.

The PowerChamp GZ has ceased its production as it was superseded by the PowerChamp FD in 2008.

## General info

The exterior of the PowerChamp GZ sports the three-tone black, gold and red colors, with the large golden 'GZ' label placed next to the 'PowerChamp' label and the Tamiya label.

Compare to the PowerChamp GX, the discharge-rate and the endurance has been improved. Furthermore, the output inconsistency, which existed in previous PowerChamp batteries, has been minimized with the new battery.
Storm-Cruiser

The **Storm-Cruiser** (Japanese: ストームクルーザー, *Sutōmu Kurūzā*) is an Aero Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya in October 1998. Its bodyshell is the recolor of the Shining Scorpion X bodyshell, which was based on the Shining Scorpion.

It was featured in the manga and anime *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! MAX* as the machine for Tappei Hattori and Daigo Kusunoki (Manga only).

## General info

Being a recolor of the Shining Scorpion X, the bodyshell design remains the same, except the body color and decal designs. It has the blue body color, with red/yellow. white and silver stripes-styled decals and silver canopy. As with Shining Scorpion X, its rear spoiler is fragile and is easily breaks.

It was equipped with the yellow, small diameter 3-spoke X wide-type wheels paired with X wide-type slick tires. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in brown gray and gray respectively. It doesn't comes with a standard motor.

## In media

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

In the manga, the Storm-Cruiser is a Mini 4WD car made by both Tappei and Daigo. In the anime however, it was solely made and owned by Tappei himself, replacing his customized Super Avante Tappei Special in the series. (In the anime, Daigo has the Gun Bluster Silhouette Formula Mini 4WD car.)

The Storm-Cruiser is a all-round, highly balanced machine, and its speed is comparable to Retsuya's Knuckle Breaker.

## See also

### Related

* Shining Scorpion
* Shining Scorpion X

## External links

### Tamiya Online Shop

* Storm-Cruiser at Tamiya Online Shop (Japanese)
PowerChamp

The **PowerChamp** (Japanese: パワーチャンプ, *Pawāchanpu*) is the Alkaline battery produced by FDK Corporation, the subsidiary company of Fujitsu and released by Tamiya in 1989.

It is the very first generation PowerChamp batteries specifically made for Mini 4WD races.

It was superseded by the PowerChamp EX in 1992.

## General info

The PowerChamp sports the 2-tone color labeling of gold upper half and the black lower half, with the Tamiya logo on the upper half and the gold-colored 'PowerChamp' letter on the lower half.

The PowerChamp, compare to the regular alkaline batteries at that time, has higher discharge rate. This however, came at a cost of shortened endurance performance, although it still last longer than the Zinc-Carbon batteries.

As it is a Alkaline battery, it is heavier than the Mini 4WD Ni-Cd Battery and is not cost effective due to being a non-rechargeable battery.
PowerChamp RC

The **PowerChamp RC** (Japanese: パワーチャンプRC, *Pawāchanpu Ārushī*) is the Alkaline battery produced by FDK Corporation, the subsidiary company of Fujitsu and released by Tamiya on March 29, 2008. It was originally made for the R/C system in the R/C vehicle

## General info

The performance in most area is the same as PowerChamp GZ battery, except that RC has the higher discharge-rate than the others. This change was made due to the R/C transmitter that controls the R/C cars, as it requires electricity from four AA batteries. It can also be used as the batteries for glow-engine-powered R/C vehicles and, of course, for Mini 4WD cars.

The downside, however, is that it has high-self-discharge, meaning its shelf-life is shorter than the others.

Unlike the other batteries, it is only available in 12-batteries pack.

It was discontinued as its roles of powering the R/C transmitter and the glow-engine-powered R/C vehicles was supersedes by PowerChamp GT.
Mini 4 Kids

***New Generation Racer Mini 4 Kids*** (Japanese: 新世紀レーサーミニ四キッズ, *Shinseki Rēsā Miniyon Kizzu*), also known as ***Mini 4 Kids*** (Japanese: ミニ四キッズ, *Miniyon Kizzu*), is a manga series created by the manga duo Akira Himekawa. It was serialized on Shogakukan's *Shogaku Year 2* and *Year 3* magazines.

A digital volume release with the total of 2 volumes were later released by publisher OfficeMan on January 24, 2014.

## Overview

The overall story follows two young boys who are the Mini 4WD racers: The self-boasting Kakeru Takagami and his rival Kit Kudou as they races against each other everyday and sometimes teaming up and race against their opponents. Watching over the duo's races is Mr. Kubota, a seemingly normal Tamiya employee with a mysterious past.

What the two didn't know, however, that they would face against a mysterious organization who want to use the Mini 4WDs as weapons.

## List of Chapters

Due to the nature of the manga series serialized on *Shogaku Years* magazines, there are multiple versions of the same storyline and thus, the chapter title are named after the version number to differentiate the two storylines.

### Volume 1

 Note that this is a tankoubon-original chapter.

## List of Mini 4WD cars

* Rayhawk-Gamma (Kakeru Takagami's machine)
* Tiger Zap (Kit Kudou's machine)
* Dyna-Hawk GX (Kakeru Takagami's machine)
* Cross-Tiger VR (Kit Kudou's machine)
* Dash-W1 Wild Saurus (Chimoni's machine)
* Red Blue (Bill's machine)
* Laser-Gill (Jack's machine)
* Kerberos (Mr. Vader's machine)
Origin Chassis

The **Origin Chassis** (Japanese: 元祖シャーシ, *Ganzo Shāshi*) refers to the very first Mini 4WD chassis released by Tamiya in July 1982. It was the very first Mini 4WD chassis in the history.

## General info

The Origin Chassis featuring the bathtub chassis frame, with the motor being mounted longitudinally onto the front and the batteries being placed on the rear. The chassis was designed to have high ground clearance.

The drivetrain consists of one motor pinion gear, one propeller spur gear, two drive worn gears and two driven spur gears. The motor's torques was transfers to the propeller shaft through the motor pinion gear and propeller spur gear, and then transfers to all wheels through the drive worm gears and the driven spur gears. Being having the worn drive gears, the Origin Chassis has extremely high torque, at the expense of the speed.

Currently there are two types of the Origin Chassis: the Origin-1 and the Origin-2. The Origin-1 was only included with Ford Ranger 4x4 Pickup and Chevrolet Pickup 4x4, while the Origin-2 was included with Toyota Hilux 4x4, Nissan Safari and Range Rover. The only difference between the two is the design of the rear bodycatch.

## Gallery

Chassis construction view (Ford Ranger 4x4 Pickup)
Suzuki Jimny

The **Suzuki Jimny** (Japanese: スズキ ジムニー, *Suzuki Jimunī*) is an Original Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on August 8, 1985.

It was based the on the metal half door, soft top variant of the second-generation Suzuki Jimny by Suzuki.

## General info

The Jimny has the more compacted, super-deformed form of that of its real-life counterpart. It has the open-top, half-door body design with roll bar behind the driver seats. The driver figurine and roll bar from Wild Willy Jr. were reused.

It was mainly in black, with red and yellow accents on it. Oddly, a BFGoodrich can be found on the bodyshell.

It was equipped with the standard gray Comical-2 wheels paired with the black Comical Block-2 tires.

## About the 2nd-generation Suzuki Jimny

Introduced in 1981, the second-generation Suzuki Jimny is Suzuki's mini sport utility vehicle.

The Jimny was offered in various body options: soft top (convertible, and the Mini 4WD car is based on), hard top (wagon), cab and pickup, and is available in either 2-door or 3-door in most countries. Various engine options are available for the Jimny, including, but not limited to, a 0.5 liter Suzuki LJ50 2-stroke straight-3 petrol engine, a series of Suzuki F-series petrol engines ranging from 0.5 liter straight-3 up to 1.0 liter straight-4, a Suzuki K6A straight-3 petrol engine and a series of Suzuki G-series straight-4 petrol engines ranging from 1.3 liter to 1.4 liter. The engine is mated to either a 4-speed or 5-speed manual gearbox, which sends the torques to either the rear wheels or all four wheels depends on the models.

Productions of the second-generation Jimny in Japan ended in 1998 and was supersedes by the third-generation model at the same year.

## External link

### Tamiya Japan

* Suzuki Jimny at Tamiya Japan (Japanese) (Archived)
Variatron

The **Variatron** (Japanese: バリアトロン, *Bariatoron*) is a Mighty Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya in July 1999. It is the first Mighty Mini 4WD car to be equipped with VS Chassis.

It was featured in the manga *Future Racer V-Twin* as Bui 'V' Tendou's machine, upgraded and repaired from the damaged V-tron in the series.

## General info

The Variatron features a futuristic, mechanical body design. Compare to the Vtron, only the body color and the canopy design were changed. It retains most features of the Vtron, such as the pair of movable wings on the rear and the Brain Core on the front. There is a rear diffuser which was attached to the center rear hardpoint underneath its VS Chassis.

It was mainly in blue, with silver highlights and red and yellow trims on it.

It was equipped with the white, large diameter flat dish wheels paired with the black Avante-type slick tires. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in black. It doesn't comes with a standard motor.

## In media

### *Future Racer V-Twin*

A moment after V's V-tron crossed the finish line in a race against the owner of the VT-5 by an big jump, the car was damaged, unable to withstand the landing impact. The VT-5 pulls the damaged car to Professor Kubota, who then repair the mini car. This lead to the birth of the Variatron.

Since it is a repaired and upgraded form of V-tron, the Brain Core from the original car was remain untouched. Similar to other VT machines, it has its own consciousness within its AI and is often interacts with its owner.

## Trivia

* The Variatron, along with other cars from the manga, were designed by Zaurus Tokuda rather than the series creator Kouichi Mitaka.

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Variatron at Tamiya Japan
* Variatron (Re-release) at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Variatron (Re-release) at Tamiya America