Max Breaker

* Std.
* Black SP
* TRF
* CX09

The **Max Breaker** (Japanese: マックスブレイカー, *Makkusu Bureikā*) is an Aero Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya in December 1997. It is the first MIni 4WD car in the line-up. The TRF version of the car was also released in June 1999.

It was featured in the manga and anime *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! MAX* as Gouki Ichimonji's machine. It was superseded by Blazing-Max in the series.

## General info

The Max Breaker features a mostly flat, low-drag, front open-wheel body design.

### Standard model

The standard Max Breaker feature the white body color, with blue and red accents on it. It has the black cockpit.

It has a large flat spoiler with tiny winglets that was attached on the rear of the bodyshell. The straight-and-curve decal pattern on the front and the flame-like decal pattern on the rear can be seen on the bodyshell.

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

### Max Breaker TRF

The TRF variant features the white body color with with blue and red accents on it.

Its bodyshell has opened holes in certain parts of the bodyshell, including the cockpit, similar to those used in Fighter Magnum VFX and Cyclone/Beat Magnum TRF. The wheel arches had been modified to accommodate the large diameter wheels and tires. Unlike the standard model, the TRF has the V-shaped spoiler. Part of the front headlight parts was also removed.

It was equipped with the yellow, large diameter 5-spoke TRF-type wheels with the black Avante-type slick tires. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in black. It doesn't come with a motor.

### Limited Special variant

Based on the standard model, the Limited Special variant comes with a silver plated bodyshell. Other than that, it's mostly the same as the standard model.

### Clear Purple Special variant

Based on the standard model, the Clear Purple Special variant comes with the clear purple bodyshell, white chassis frame and white A parts. Other than that, it's mostly the same as the standard model.

### TRF Clear Green Special variant

Based on the TRF variant, the TRF Clear Green Special variant comes with the clear green bodyshell, white chassis frame and white A parts. Other than that, it's mostly the same as the standard model.

### CX09 Black Special variant

Based on the TRF variant, the CX09 variant comes with the black bodyshell, with special, multi-tone orange body decals on it.

It was equipped with the carbon-mixed nylon large diameter TRF-type wheels paired with the white, hard-compound Avante-type slick tires. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in carbon-mixed nylon.

### Black Special variant

Based on the standard variant, the Black Special comes with the black smoke bodyshell, with special body decals. It was the first model to be equipped with the Super XX Chassis.

It was equipped with the dark silver, small diameter 3-spoke X wide-type wheels with the red, X wide-type tires. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in black and metallic gray.

### XX-13 Violet Special variant

Based on the TRF variant, the XX-13 features the pink bodyshell with blue and red accents on it.

It was equipped with the dark violet, large diameter dish-type wheels paired with the rose pink, hard-compound low-profile tires. The chassis frame and A parts of its Super XX Chassis were molded in dark purple.

## In media

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

In the original manga, the Max Breaker started out without decals and lacked air intakes on the front cowl. In the anime adaptation, however, it already has the decals and special air intakes on it.

In both media, the Max Breaker, codenamed Z-2, was developed by Masamune Ichimonji along with the other Z Number cars. It was given to his eldest son Gouki, who keeps it even after being kicked out of the Borzoi School due to want to race fairly rather than engage in battle racing.

In the manga, Gouki had tuned the original Max Breaker to the point it was losing balance, as it lost to Beat-Magnum TRF in a race inside Dr. Tsuchiya's underground lab. With help from Dr. Tsuchiya, the car was redeveloped to fix these issues, with the decals and air intakes added.

In the anime, the Max Breaker has the special technique known as 'Max Storm', in which the car creates an aero barrier to give the car a boost in speed and acceleration. However, it cannot be used during cornering as higher speed is required to create the aero barrier and cornering is very difficult while initiating Max Storm.

The Max Breaker was eventually replaced by the Blazing-Max, but the situations in the manga and anime are different; In the manga, shortly after the Ichimonji brothers' cars lost to Ryo Takaba's Rising-Trigger, Gouki immediately upgraded the car to Blazing-Max, while in the anime, however, the Max Breaker was destroyed by Marina Ogami's Phoenix Stinger under her father's order, forcing Gouki's father, Masamune to develop the Blazing-Max.

## Trivia

* Unlike the TRF variants of the Cyclone Magnum and Beat-Magnum the Max Breaker TRF sports on its cockpit the pilot name "Gouki", hinting that after redeveloping the original Max Breaker Z-2 in the manga, Professor Tsuchiya made the TRF model for Gouki himself as the first real model upgrade to the Z-2 but still was nonetheless superseded by the Blazing-Max which utilized the new chassis shared with the prominent members of Tsuchiya's TRF Victorys.

## Gallery

### Boxarts

Boxart of the original Max Breaker.Boxart of the TRF.Boxart of CX-09 Black Special.

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Max Breaker at Tamiya Japan
* Max Breaker TRF at Tamiya Japan
* Max Breaker CX09 Black Special at Tamiya Japan
* Max Breaker Black Special at Tamiya Japan
* Max Breaker CX09 Black Special (reissue) at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Max Breaker CX09 Black Special at Tamiya America
* Max Breaker Black Special at Tamiya America
* Max Breaker CX09 Black Special (reissue) at Tamiya America

### Bunka

* Max Breaker XX-13 Violet Special at Bunka (Japanese)