Liberty Emperor

## Liberty Emperor

* Std.
* Black SP
* GPA
* Premium
* Premium Black SP

### **No.**

19501
18514 (Black Special)
19514 (GPA)
94433 (GPA wt. small dia. wheels)
95027 (Premium)
92332 (Nove Orange)
92333 (Nove Blue)
92334 (Nove Red)
92335 (Nove Smoke)
95362 (Premium Black SP)
95427 (Premium reissue)

### **Chassis**

Super-1 Chassis (Normal/Black Special/Nove)
VS Chassis (GPA version)
Super-II Chassis (Premium)

### **Release Date**

June 29, 1993
February 1994 (Black SP)
July 24, 2001 (GPA)
October 23, 2001 (GPA wt. small dia. wheels)
June 14, 2014 (Premium)
November 2015 (Nove)
September 30, 2017 (Premium Black SP)
February 23, 2019 (Premium reissue)

## In Fictional Media

### **Owner**

Jingi Otokogi

The **Liberty Emperor** (Japanese: 自由皇帝リバティーエンペラー, *Ribatī Enperā*) is a Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on June 29, 1993. It is the first in the Super Mini 4WD series, and also the first to have the Super-1 Chassis, the improved version of the Zero Chassis.

It was featured in the manga *The Wind Racer! Otokogi* as Jingi Otokogi's machine. It also featured in *Dash Boy! Ten* as Taihei Tenka's machine before he receive the black Boomerang-10 from his rival Rei Gama.

## General info

The Liberty Emperor features the open-wheel body design with the additional front bumper that is attached to the body. It also features two large fins that provides downforce to the rear wheels. There is a small air-duct placed near the motor in order to cool it down during operation.

The coloring and style (For the original variant and Premium variant) are similar to the Emperor machines in *Dash!! Yonkuro* series, albeit with more curved lines.

### Original and Premium variants

The original Liberty Emperor was equipped with the white large diameter 3-spoke lightweight wheels paired with the black Avante-type slick tires. It comes with the gray chassis frame, the red-purple A parts and green normal-type side guard.

The Premium variant was equipped with the white 5-spoke narrow lightweight wheels with the black arched tires. it comes with the white chassis frame and black A parts. Oddly, the easy locking gear cover was molded in white.

Only the Premium variant comes with a standard motor.

### Black Special variant

The Black Special has the black bodyshell and wheels instead of white of the original. Stick is largely unchanged with the main white replaced with black.

It comes with the A parts molded in smoke clear color, and the black 3-spoke large diameter wheels. Like the original model, It doesn't comes with a standard motor.

### GPA variant

The GPA version follows the similar style as with other GPA cars, which are designed in mind with GP Chips. Due to the front bumper design of the VS Chassis, the bodyshell lacks the front fender and in its place are th pair of small wings. It also has the rear spoiler, which wasn't presented in the original model.

It comes with the white chassis frame and A parts, and equipped with the white 3-spoke large diameter lightweight wheels paired with flat tires. It doesn't comes with a standard motor.

### Premium Black Special variants

The Black Special color of the Premium variant features the black body color, with the two-tone metallic pink stripe-styled body decals and black canopy.

It was equipped with the black 5-spoke narrow lightweight wheels with pink arched tires. It has the chassis frame molded in pink and has the A parts and easy locking gear cover molded in magenta.

## In media

### *The Wind Racer! Otokogi*

After his first race against the possesed Tom Ghody and his Tom Ghody Special which almost crushed the Thunder Shot Jr. he borrowed from one of the villagers, Jingi Otokogi received his new machine from the wind bonze. It was first used in the rematch race against Tom Ghody.

### *Dash Boy! Ten*

The protagonist Taihei Tenka (known as Ten) owned the machine and used it to race against Rei Ganma's Black Boomerang. Unfortunately it caught fire due to the motor overheating during the race. Despite that, Ten continued to use it until the end, which lands him in last place. It is presumably abandoned after Ten received the Black Boomerang from Ganma and recolored it.

## Gallery

### Boxarts

Boxart of Liberty Emperor.Boxart of Liberty Emperor GPABoxart of Liberty Emperor Black Special.Boxart of Liberty Emperor Premium.Boxart of the Premium Black Special.
## Trivia

* It was chosen to be the cover car for the 1993 season of Tamiya Japan Cup.
* Despite bearing the same name as the other car from *Dash! Yonkuro*, it resembling more to the Horizon Boundless than the Emperor series.
* The original Liberty Emperor is the first Mini 4WD car release to not have came with a motor, thus requires racer to buy one.

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Liberty Emperor at Tamiya Japan
* Liberty Emperor Black Special at Tamiya Japan
* Liberty Emperor GPA at Tamiya Japan
* Liberty Emperor Premium at Tamiya Japan
* Liberty Emperor Premium Black Special at Tamiya Japan
* Liberty Emperor Premium (reissue) at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Liberty Emperor at Tamiya America
* Liberty Emperor Black Special at Tamiya America
* Liberty Emperor Premium at Tamiya America
* Liberty Emperor Premium Black Special at Tamiya America
* Liberty Emperor Premium (reissue) at Tamiya America