Slash Reaper

* Slash Reaper
* Color SP
* Red SP
* CRed SP
* COrange SP

The **Slash Reaper** (Japanese: スラッシュリーパー, *Surasshu Rīpā*) is a Racing Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on November 26, 2011. The Red Special version of the car was released as a Mini 4WD PRO car with the MS Chassis.

It was released alongside Rising Edge and is designed by Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi, the manga artists duo that were known for their manga series *Linebarrels of Iron*.

## General info

Being designed as the rival machine to the Rising Edge, the Slash Reaper featuring the fully-cowled, aggressive body design that was inspired by a sickle. Part of the chassis has holes opened to not only reduces weight but also dissipate heats from the batteries and motor.

### Slash Reaper

The standard model features gun metal gray body color with orange and silver highlights.

It was equipped with the red large diameter 6-spoke Manta Ray-type wheels paired with the black Avante-type tires. The chassis frame and the A parts were molded in black.

### Red Special

The limited Red Special features the red body color, with orange and silver highlight and blue canopy. The Red Special model is the only variant that was released under the Mini 4WD PRO lineup.

It was equipped with the carbon-mixed nylon, large diameter 4-spoke MS II wheels paired with the red Avante-type slick tires. It was equipped with the N-02 and T-01 units, as well as the lightweight center parts. It was equipped with the black 16 mm lightweight plastic rollers. The nose, center, tail unit and the A parts were molded in red.

### Clear Red Special

The limited Clear Red Special features the clear red body color, with orange and silver highlight and red canopy.

It was equipped with the red plated, large diameter 4-spoke MS II wheels paired with the gray Avante-type slick tires. The chassis frame and the A parts of its AR Chassis were molded in white and light gray respectively.

### Clear Orange Special

The event-exclusive Clear Orange Special features the clear pale orange body color. Body decal is the same as the standard model.

It was equipped with the black large-diameter 6-spoke Manta Ray-type wheels paired with the orange Avante-type tires. The chassis frame and the A parts were molded in white.

## About the manga artists

Eiichi Shimizu (Japanese: 清水 栄一, *Shimizu Eiichi*, February 7th, 1978 -) and Tomohiro Shimoguchi (Japanese: 下口 智裕, *Shimoguchi Tomohiro*, April 27th 1978 -) are the manga artist duo, with Shimizu work as the mechanic designer and drawing mechanics, while Shimoguchi work as the character design and drawing characters and others.

They made their debut with the robot manga series *Linebarrels of Iron*, which serialized on Akira Shoten's *Champion RED* magazine from February 2005 to June 2015. It received a TV anime adaptation made by Gonzo, which was aired from October 3rd, 2008 to March 20th, 2009.

Currently, the manga duo are currently serializing *ULTRAMAN* (based on the tokusatsu franchise by Tsuburaya Productions) on Shogakukan's *Monthly Heroes* magazine and *Getter Robo Devolution* (based on the manga series by the late Ken Ishikawa) on Akira Shoten's *Bessatsu Shounen Champion* magazine.

## Gallery

### Boxart

Boxart of the Slash Reaper.Boxart of Red Special.Boxart of Clear Red Special.
## Trivia

* The bodyshell of Slash Reaper can be attach to MS Chassis, AR Chassis and Super-II Chassis without any modification.

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Slash Reaper at Tamiya Japan
* Slash Reaper Clear Red Special at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Slash Reaper at Tamiya America
* Slash Reaper Red Special at Tamiya America
* Slash Reaper Clear Red Special at Tamiya America
* Slash Reaper Clear Orange Special at Tamiya America