Beat-Magnum

* Std.
* Premium
* TRF
* Turquoise SP
* GPA

The **Beat-Magnum** (Japanese: ビートマグナム, *Bīto Magunamu*) is a Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya in September 1997. It is the first Fully Cowled Mini 4WD car to uses large-diameter wheels.

It was featured in manga and anime *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! WGP* as Go Seiba's 4th Magnum series after Cyclone Magnum and before Lightning-Magnum.

The TRF version of the same car also appear in video game *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! WGP: Hyper Heat* where it is belongs to the original playable character and in the manga version of *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! MAX* where it's belongs to Dr. Tsuchiya.

It returns in *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! Return Racers!* during Retsu Seiba's flashback of Seiba brothers' final race before they departs to their own paths.

## General Info

The Beat-Magnum has some clear resemblance to its predecessor, the Cyclone Magnum, but with some differences.

The first is the additions of the absorber props that is added to the body shell (In the manga and the anime, it was part of the custom chassis the Beat-Magnum uses). It also use the original-designed, 5-spoke large-diameter wheels molded in neon green color, paired with Avante-type slick tires.

Some minor changes has been made to the body shell, including the return of rear body rollers, originally seen on the Magnum Saber. Both body and rear stay rollers can be used, although the latter is required in the GPA and Premium variants due to the design of the rear spoilers in the former and the unremovable rear roller stays of the AR Chassis in the latter.

### Standard, Premium and Special Kit variants

The standard, Premium and Special Kit variant featured the traditional Magnum color scheme, with the white body color and blue and red highlights. The Premium variant has the metallic decals.

Unlike most Magnum where they have the 'Go' (豪) emblem, in its place is the mark of a red-color dragon with the word 'Beat-Magnum' overlayed on it.

All variants were equipped with the fluorescent green, large diameter 5-spoke TZ Fully-Cowled Type wheels paired with the black Avante-type slick tires. Both the standard and Special Kit variant has the chassis frame and A parts molded in black (with the Special Kit's being molded in glassfiber-mixed ABS plastic), while the Premium variant has the chassis frame and A parts molded in metallic gray and blue.

Only the Special Kit and the Premium variant comes with a standard motor.

### TRF variant

The TRF variant includes the holes in certain parts of the body shell, including the canopy, similar to those used in Fighter Magnum VFX and Cyclone Magnum TRF, as well as change in the color of the rims (white instead of green). In addition, the rear wing has been redesigned and the body shell and the dragon suspension props are now together and were changed from the spring absorbers to hydraulic absorbers.

It was equipped with the white, large diameter 5-spoke TZ Fully-Cowled Type 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.

### GPA variant

The GPA variant follows the similar style as with other GPA cars, which are designed in mind with GP Chips. This version used high-profile tires and gray color small-diameter wheels. Due to the design of the rear spoiler, only the rear stay roller can be used.

It was equipped with the gun metal, small diameter 3-spoke Fully-Cowled type wheels paired with the black high-profile tires. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in black. It doesn't comes with a standard motor.

### Limited Silver Plated variant

The limited Silver Plated variant, based on the standard model, comes with the silver plated bodyshell, black smoke chassis frame and white A parts.

### 2014 Black Special variant

Based on the TRF variant, the Black Special features the black smoke bodyshell with special decals.

It was equipped with the black, large diameter 5-spoke TZ Fully-Cowled Type wheels paired with the red hard-compound Avante-type slick tires. The polycarbonate-mixed ABS chassis frame and A parts were molded in red.

### AR-14 Turquoise Special

Based on the TRF variant, the Bunka-limited Turquoise Special features the turquoise bodyshell with special decals. Unlike the Black Special, it was equipped with the AR Chassis.

It was equipped with the red, small diameter 5-spoke Saber-type wheels paired with the sky blue, hard-compound low-profile tires. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in orange.

## In media

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

In the anime, shortly after the TRF Victorys team lose to Rosso Strada team in a race, Go and the other goes to do some practice races, but during the practice sessions the Cyclone Magnum's chassis was damaged, rendering it unusable. Although Go managed to obtain a chassis made out of ZMC, the incomplete car was not very stable on rough roads. To solve this problem, Go decided to add a pair of absorbers to the machine. This result in the birth of Beat-Magnum. Due to massive downforce and the new chassis the Beat-Magnum cannot use the 'Magnum Tornado' special move, instead Go relies on the absorber's setting, resulting in creating a new move, the 'Magnum Dynamite'.

In the manga, things happens differently than the anime: instead of modified from the normal ZMC-based chassis, Go found the customized Dragon Chassis that already has the pair of absorbers on it during the search for a new chassis. Also in the manga, Beat-Magnum could initiate 'Magnum Tornado' unlike its anime counterpart.

The TRF variant first debuted in the video game *Hyper Heat*, where it is one of the machines the original player character can choose after he/she joined the TRF Victorys as the 6th member of the team. The car is also available as a "secret" machine in the *Eternal Wings* video game, accessible by selecting a custom character in the story mode. In that game, the rear wing of the car has the TRF Victorys logo, and the Magnum Dynamite move found on the original version can also be used, just like in the original car.

In the manga version of *Let's & Go! MAX*, Dr. Tsuchiya use the Beat-Magnum TRF to race against Gouki Ichimonji's unmodified Breaker, with the TRF comes out as the winner.

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

Introduced in the March 24, 2021 update, the standard Beat-Magnum bodyshell can be obtain from time-limited gashas. The release of the Beat-Magnum is accompanied with a time-limited event that recreate the event of WGP arc of the manga.

The Beat-Magnum is a straight-attributed body parts, with 35 points in speed, 1 point in acceleration, 6 points in corner stability, 40 points in endurance and 16g in weight. It has the significant body skill 'Dragon Beat', which is similar to the Bergkaiser R-type's 'Elegant Driving' skill in which the top speed was increased much further plus increased tire friction, but without the power consumption penalty. Said skill also added the reduction of bouncing that is much more than that of the 'Bounce Up+' skill.

## Gallery

### Boxarts

Boxart of Beat-Magnum.Boxart of Beat-Magnum TRF.Boxart of Beat-Magnum Special Kit.Boxart of Beat-Magnum AR14 Turquoise Special.Boxart of Beat-Magnum Premium.
### Images

The Magnum series Mini 4WD cars.Beat-Magnum Premium, with  Buster-Sonic Premium and Z Wing Magnum.
## Trivia

* The Beat-Magnum TRF is the second video game original machine that was later appear later in the manga, following Shining Scorpion.
	+ The pre-order bonus of *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! WGP: Hyper Heat* game includes the special Hyper Heat version of the bodyshell of Beat-Magnum TRF, which can be use on either Super TZ, Super TZ-X or AR Chassis.
* Despite being look like the same wheels, the wheels comes with Beat-Magnum Premium has newer mold that has some minor design change. Buster-Sonic Premium also use this new wheel mold as well.
* The original Beat-Magnum was chosen to be a cover car for the 1997 season of Tamiya Japan Cup.
* Presumably due to pronunciation or spelling issues, the Indonesian dub of *Let's and Go!! WGP* anime referred the special move as "Magnum Dynamic".
* In *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's and Go!! Eternal Wings* video game, the Beat-Magnum TRF has the TRF Victorys logo instead of the car name in the rear wing. Additionally, using the battery-draining special boost with a custom player character for both the standard or the TRF variant during a race results in a silence for several seconds before the move begins, as the player character has no voice clips.

## See also

* Magnum Saber
* Victory Magnum
* Cyclone Magnum
* Lightning-Magnum
* BisonMagnum
* Z Wing Magnum
* Dual Hybrid G Magnum
* Great Magnum Type-Zero
* Great Magnum R

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Beat-Magnum at Tamiya Japan (Japanese)
* Beat-Magnum TRF at Tamiya Japan (Japanese)
* Beat-Magnum GPA at Tamiya Japan (Japanese)
* Beat-Magnum Special Kit at Tamiya Japan (Archived)
* Beat-Magnum Premium at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Beat-Magnum Special Kit at Tamiya America
* Beat-Magnum AR-14 Torquoise Special at Tamiya America
* Beat-Magnum Premium at Tamiya America