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Terra Conqueror Jr.

* Original
* RS

The **Terra Conqueror Junior** (Japanese: コンカラーJr., *Konkarā Junia*) is a Racing Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on January 27, 1993. It was based on the Terra Conqueror R/C buggy, also made by Tamiya.

The RS variant of the Terra Conqueror was released on March 23, 2013.

## General info

The Terra Conqueror featuring the low height buggy body design, with the 3-window canopy and a rear spoiler. There is a rooftop air intake, which is used to dissipate heats from the motor. The damper props can been seen on the front nose and on the rear. It has the 'Terra Conqueror' decals on the side cowls.

### The original Terra Conqueror

The original model has the white base body, with red, yellow and black highlights. It has the 'Go'em for broke!' decal on the spoiler as well as the car number 47 on the winglets.

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

### RS variant

The RS variant has the similar color scheme as the original one, but with the red highlight replaced by the Vermilion orange color. The car numbers on the winglets were replaced by the 'RS' decals and the black stripes were become thinner.

It was equipped with the silver-plated, large diameter 4-spoke MS-type II wheels paired with the black Avante-type slick tires. It has the VS Chassis molded in red and was equipped with the blue, 16 mm lightweight plastic rollers on the front bumper.

## About the Terra Conqueror 1/10 R/C buggy

Released in 1992, the Terra Conqueror is a four-wheel-drive R/C buggy produced by Tamiya. It utilised the same chassis as the Manta Ray.

While most aspects of the chassis are the same as Manta Ray, there are several key differences. The adjustable tie-rod upper arms, the limited-slip ball-thrust differentials, the ball bearings, the DynaTech 01R 540-size motor and the stainless propeller shaft, were now standard for the Terra Conqueror. In additions, the damper connectors has been changed from the step screw ones to the ball ones.

It was equipped with the red star-dish wheels and spire spike tires.

## Trivia

* In Japan, the Terra Conqueror and its Mini 4WD counterpart were called 'コンカラー' (Conqueror). Unlike Terra Scorcher Jr.'s case, the name remain largely unchanged for the RS variant.

## See also

### Related cars

* Manta Ray Jr.
* Top-Force Jr.

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Terra Conqueror Jr. at Tamiya Japan
* Terra Conqueror RS at Tamiya Japan

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

* 1/10 scale R/C buggy Terra Conqueror at Tamiya America
PowerChamp GX

* GX
* GX-Gold

The **PowerChamp GX** (Japanese: パワーチャンプGX, *Pawāchanpu Jīekkusu*) is a alkaline battery produced by FDK Corporation, the subsidiary company of Fujitsu and released by Tamiya on February 11, 2005. It was the 6th-generation PowerChamp battery and was introduced during the Dangun Racer EVO era.

The PowerChamp GX has ceased its production as it was superseded by the PowerChamp GZ on December 9, 2006.

## General info

The exterior of the PowerChamp GX sports the three-tone black, gold and red colors, with the large golden 'GX' label placed next to the 'PowerChamp' label and the Tamiya label. The limited edition, gold-plated terminal version of the GX, known as the GX-Gold, instead has the artwork of the Dangun Racer Jet-Vulcan from the manga *Dangun Wolf* by Tetsuhiro Koshita.

As usual for a new PowerChamp battery, it features the increased discharge-rate and endurance compare to the PowerChamp GR. The GX-Gold has the gold-plated terminals that prevents the corrosion of the terminals. Both batteries's performance are similar to that of Fujitsu's Rspec alkaline battery.

As it is a Alkaline battery, it is heavier than NeoChamp battery (which was released in 2011) and is not cost effective due to being a non-rechargeable battery.
Vanishing-Gazer

The **Vanishing-Gazer** (Japanese: バニシングゲイザー, *Banishingu Geizā*) is a Aero Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya in April 1999.

It was featured in the manga *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! MAX* as the machines for the members of the Astro Rangers Youth Team leads by Cliff.

## General info

Being a redesign of the Buck Blader, the Vanishing-Gazer features the similar body design, but with some design changes. The mechanic part and the center fan cover are now part the bodyshell, an additional air intake has been added onto the front of the canopy, the rear spoiler design has been changed and the row-type headlamps has been replaced by the twin-circle-type. The side wheel guards are also removed.

It was mainly in white, with blue highlights on it as well as the yellow/orange star-styled on the rear cowls.

It was equipped with the gun metal, small diameter 6-spoke TZ-type wheels paired with the black high profile slick tires. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in black. It doesn't come with a motor.

## In media

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

The Vanishing-Gazer was developed as a successor to the Buck Blader, as such, many of the Buck Blader's functionalities were carried over onto the new car. In additions, the air brake mechanic was added, which provides better braking. As with its preceedesor, the Vanishing-Gazer is a very high-tech racing machine.

In the manga, the Vanishing-Gazers were used by the members of Astro Rangers Youth Team.

## External link

### Tamiya Japan

* Vanishing-Gazer at Tamiya Japan
Tri Gale

* Original
* TG-15
* JC2017
* BlackSP

The **Tri Gale** (Japanese: トライゲイル, *Torai Geiru*) is a Mini 4WD PRO car released by Tamiya on May 31, 2014.

## General info

The Tri Gale featuring the sharp, angular and aggressive racing car body design, with the sharp-looking front cowls and jutting nose that forms the three-pronged look. and a large rear spoiler on the rear. It resembles the Lamborghini Egoista concept car, although the Egoista lacks a rear wing.

### The original Tri Gale

The Tri Gale is mainly in blue, with yellow, white and black stripes, carbon-patterns and red canopy.

It was equipped with the silver, small diameter fin-type low-profile wheels paired with the black low-profile slick tires. The chassis frame and the A parts were molded in gray and light gray respectively.

### TG-15 Mach White Special variant

The Bunka-exclusive TG-15 Mach White Special featuring the pearl white base body color, with blue highlight, two-tone stripes of red and blue and black canopy.

It was equipped with the blue, small diameter low-profile dish-type wheels paired with the red hard compound low-profile slick tires. The chassis frame and the A parts were molded in blue and red respectively.

### Japan Cup 2017 Limited Edition variant

The limited edition, Japan Cup 2017 variant has the soft orange body color with the Japan Cup-inspired body decals that has black, red as well as the carbon-patterned highlights.

It was equipped with the dark silver, small diameter low-profile A-spoke wheels paired with the white hard-compound low profile tires. The chassis frame and the A parts were molded in black and white respectively.

### Black Special variant

The Black Special variant features the smoke body color, deep violet/red body decal with carbon pattern and sports the blue-colored canopy.

It was equipped with the black, small diameter fin-type low-profile wheels paired with the maroon low-friction low-profile slick tires. The polycarbonate ABS chassis frame and the A parts were molded in black and red respectively.

### Silver Metallic

The Silver Metallic variant comes with the silver plated bodyshell. Other than that, it is mostly the same as the standard model.

## Gallery

### Boxarts

Boxart of the Tri Gale.Boxart of TG-15.Boxart of the Japan Cup 2017 Limited Edition.Boxart of the Black Special variant.
## Trivia

* The Tri Gale TG-15 Mach White Special's color scheme has some ressembles that of the Mach 5 in the manga and anime *Speed Racer*.

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Tri Gale at Tamiya Japan
* Tri Gale Japan Cup 2017 Limited Edition at Tamiya Japan
* Tri Gale Black Special at Tamiya Japan
* Tri Gale Silver Metallic Body at Tamiya Japan (Japanese)

### Tamiya America

* Tri Gale at Tamiya America
* Tri Gale Japan Cup 2017 Limited Edition at Tamiya America
* Tri Gale Black Special at Tamiya America
Ultra Dash Circuit 1989

The **Ultra Dash Circuit 1989** (Japanese: ウルトラダッシュサーキット1989, *Urutora Dasshu Sākitto 1989*) is a Mini 4WD circuit built by Tamiya for the 1989 season of Tamiya Japan Cup.

## General info

The Ultra Dash Circuit was used in the final rounds in the Japan Cup stage.

The flow of the track is as follows:

* Following after the start line, a left U-turn curve and a right 90 degree curve is the **Niagara Slope**, which not only challenge the car's acceleration but also stability. If the car didn't land properly before the left **Bank Curve** tiled U-turn section, the car will risk being coursed out.
* After a straight, a left curve, a straight and a left curve is the **3-Successive Hill Dragon Back** which, as its name suggest, has 3 successive slopes, testing the car's stability.
* After a left curve is a **2-Succesive Wave - Side Winder**, consist of two wave sections.
* After the long **Super Long Straight - Cannon Road**, a S-curve, a lane-changer and a left curve, the start line will be crossed.

A total of 17 stages were held throughout the 1989 season from July 26 to August 29, 1989, with the total of 150,200 participants.

## External link

* History of The Japan Cup at Tamiya Japan (Japanese)
Super TZ Chassis

The **Super TZ Chassis** (Japanese: スーパーTZシャーシ, *Sūpā Tīzetto Shāshi*) is a Mini 4WD chassis released by Tamiya in September 1996. It debuted with the release of Cyclone Magnum.

## General info

The Super TZ Chassis has the wheelbase of 82 mm, which is the same as the Type-2, Type-4 and Type-5 Chassis.

The chassis has lower center-of-gravity due to the batteries being placed at even lower than that of Super-1 Chassis and Super-FM Chassis. The front bumper was redesigned to improve its rigidity, and like Super-1 Chassis, it is equipped with 1.4 mm propeller shaft and pink crown gears. The default gear cover was designed in a way that it will compatible with 3.5:1 and 3.7:1 gear sets.

The side-guards has now became part of the chassis and are no longer removable. Like Super-FM Chassis, it comes with the optional rear roller stay. All Super TZ Chassis cars were equipped with wide-tread wheels, which improves the chassis' stability.

This chassis is also the first to use ABS plastic, while previous ones used an unintdentfied (likely regular) plastic.

Compared to Super-FM Chassis, the Super TZ Chassis has better acceleration performance. Otherwise (and the fact that Super TZ is a rear-motor chassis), all other stats are the same as Super-FM.

It was later updated into Super TZ-X Chassis and both chassis's successor is the AR Chassis.

## Colors

### Chassis frame

* Black - Common color for normal cars. First equipped with Cyclone Magnum.
* White - First released as a Grade-up Parts.
* Purple - First released as a Grade-up Parts.
* Red - First released as a Grade-up Parts.
* Smoke brown - Common color for Limited Special variant of some TZ Chassis cars. First equipped with Cyclone Magnum Limited Special.
* Clear - First equipped with Black Stalker Full Crystal Model.
* Fluorescent green - First equipped with Diospada Coltello.

### A parts

* Black - Common color for normal cars. First equipped with Cyclone Magnum.
* White - First released as a Grade-up Parts.
* Purple - First released as a Grade-up Parts.
* Red - First released as a Grade-up Parts.
* Clear - First equipped with Black Stalker Full Crystal Model.
* Fluorescent green - First equipped with Diospada Coltello.

## Gallery

Chassis construction view (Hurricane Sonic)
Night Seek Shield

## Night Seek Shield

* Wild Chassis
* MA Chassis

### **Chassis**

Tungsten-made Wild Chassis
Tungsten-made MA Chassis

## In Fictional Media

### **Owner**

Bomb Crow

The **Dark-2 Night Seek Shield** (Japanese: ダーク２号 ナイトシークシールド, *Dāku Ni-gō Naito Shīku Shīrudo*) is a fictional Mini 4WD car that appear in *Hyper Dash! Yonkuro*.

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

## General info

The Night Seek Shield 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 Shield, however, has some key differences; There's additional armor-like parts that were attached to the bodyshell, and an additional rear spoiler on top of the dual-fins.

Unique to this car is the ability to swap the chassis from Wild Chassis to MA Chassis and vice-versa thanks to the 'Bloody Pit' customization by Bomb Crow, who was nicknamed 'Moving Factory' for such customization skill and the fact that he has a few Portable Pits attached to his military uniform.

It is mainly in black, with yellow and silver highlights on it.

While it was equipped with the Wild Chassis, it was equipped with the standard Wild wheels with monster truck tires. On the other hand, it was equipped with the black large-diameter MS-type II wheel with Avante-type slick tires while the car was equipped with the MA Chassis with yellow sub-parts.

## In media

### *Hyper Dash! Yonkuro*

Like the rest of the Night Seek-based machines, the Shield was equipped with the 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.

Bomb Crow does race against Tankuro in the second race course, the underwater tunnel course. Although the Shield did managed to catching up with Tankuro's God Burning Sun as Bomb Crow swaps its chassis twice during the race, it ultimately lose to the Hyper Dash Warriors' new car.

## See also

### Dark machines

* Night Seek
* Night Seek Trigger
* Night Seek Rod
* Night Seek Edge
* Night Seek Saucer
* Night Seek G

### Related

* Big Burning Sun - Bomb Crow's next machine.
Japan Cup Junior Circuit Bank Approach 20

The **Japan Cup Junior Circuit Bank Approach 20** (Japanese: ジャパンカップ ジュニアサーキット バンクアプローチ20, *Japan Kappu Junia Sākitto Banku Apurōchi 20*) is a expansion set for the Japan Cup Junior Circuit released by Tamiya in 2008.

## General info

As its name implies, it is a expansion set that allows user to creates the bank section(s) of the circuit when combined with the 3-lane oval circuit set.

The set includes a pair of bank approach parts, 3 holding poles, 1 bank corner holder and the few circuit attachment clips.

## External link

#### Tamiya Japan

* Japan Cup Junior Circuit Bank Approach 20 (Red) on Tamiya official website (Japanese)

#### Tamiya America

* Japan Cup Junior Circuit Bank Approach 20 (Green) on Tamiya America official website
* Japan Cup Junior Circuit Bank Approach 20 (Red) on Tamiya America official website
Rising Edge

* Normal
* Black SP

**Rising Edge** (Japanese: ライジング エッジ, *Raijingu Ejji*) is a Mini 4WD PRO car released by Tamiya on October 29, 2011.

Along with Slash Reaper, it is designed by Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi, the manga artists duo that were known for their manga series *Linebarrels of Iron*.

## General info

The Rising Edge featuring the smooth-line, fully cowled body that was inspired by the shape of Katana (a Japanese sword).

### Standard model

The standard Rising Edge is mainly in white, with red, blue and black trims mix into it.

It was equipped with the blue, small diameter 5-spoke Saber-type low-profile wheels paired with the black low-profile tires. It uses the N-02 and T-01 units, and is equipped with the standard, light gray 16 mm lightweight plastic rollers. The nose, center, tail unit and the A parts were molded in black.

### Black Special

The limited Black Special variant features the black body color, with yellow, blue and gray trims mix into it.

It was equipped with the small diameter 5-spoke Saber-type low-profile wheels molded in carbon-mixed nylon, paired with the dark blue, hard-compound low-profile tires. It uses the N-02, lightweight center and T-01 units, and is equipped with the black 16 mm lightweight plastic rollers. The nose, center, tail unit and the A parts were molded in the black polycarbonate-mixed ABS plastic.

## 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

### Car views

Front viewRear viewSide view
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## Trivia

* Though Shimizu and Shimoguchi are the first manga artists to design the Mini 4WD cars without making any Mini 4WD manga at all, they are technically not. That honor goes to Hiroyuki Takei with the Dash-3 Shooting Star.

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Rising Edge at Tamiya Japan
* Rising Edge Black Special at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Rising Edge at Tamiya America
* Rising Edge Black Special at Tamiya America
Thunder Shot Open Top

The **Thunder Shot Open Top** (Japanese: サンダーショット オープントップ, *Sandā Shotto Ōpun Toppu*) is a limited edition Racing Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on July 16, 2011. It is the open-top version of the Thunder Shot Jr.

## General info

The Thunder Shot Open Top, like other open-top Mini 4WD cars, featuring the driver figurine that was placed into the canopy part of the bodyshell that was cut open.

The bodyshell is mainly in white, with blue and black trims on it. In addition, it has the secondary flat rear spoiler on top of the integrated spoiler, something that the other Thunder Shots doesn't have.

It comes with the black, large diameter 5-spoke TRF-type wheels paired with the black Avante-type slick tires. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in black and purple respectively.

## Trivia

* As of 2017, the Thunder Shot Open Top was the only Racing Mini 4WD car that was equipped with the Super XX Chassis which, up until then, was made exclusively to Aero Mini 4WD series and Mighty Mini 4WD series.

## See also

### Thunder Shot series

* Thunder Shot Jr.
* Thunder Shot Mk.II
* Aero Thunder Shot

### Others

* Mikoto Misaka drives Thunder Shot Special

## External links

### Tamiya America

* Thunder Shot Open Top at Tamiya America
Over the Horizon

## In Fictional Media

### **Owner**

Mr.G

The **Over the Horizon** (Japanese: オーバー・ザ・ホライゾン, *Ōbā za Horaizon*) is a fictional Mini 4WD car that appear in *Hyper Dash! Yonkuro*.

It was made 'Mr.G', whose name is a alias of two people: Genkuro Hinomaru and the dark world version of Yonkuro. The dark world Yonkuro is currently in possession of the machine and is in charge of Dark Dominion.

## General info

The Over the Horizon featuring the sharper and modernized design based on the original Horizon. Similar to other Hyper Dash machines, it has the multi-parts-layer design.

The angular-shaped front fenders were protruded from the side cowls, with futuristic headlamps that are similar to modern supercars. The green canopy has became narrower and was moved toward the front. The front nose has became shorter. There are blue wires that were exposed on between the side cowls and the rear cowls. A pair of vertical fins were protruded from the roof air-intake. On the front nose, it has the car number 0, with a CoroCoro Dragon mark placed below it.

It is mainly in white, with red and orange highlights and silver trims.

It was equipped with the white large-diameter 4-spoke MS-type II wheels paired with Avante-type slick tires. The sub-parts of the chassis were molded in green.

## In media

### *Hyper Dash! Yonkuro*

In order to surpass the Horizon, Mr.G created the Over the Horizon, which combined all the aspects of the eariler Dash machines, as well as the Hyper Dash machines into one.

It was later revealed that the Over the Horizon was the predecessor to the Black Dash Machines.

## Gallery

### Artworks

#### Base designs

Artwork by Hiroyuki Takei.Artwork by Hiroyuki Takei.
#### Color variants

Artwork by Hiroyuki Takei.'Italia' by Hiroyuki Takei.'America' by Hiroyuki Takei.
### Custom models

Custom model by 924WDCustom model by 924WD
## See also

* Dash-0 Horizon
* Horizon Boundless
Spin-Axe Zero

## In Fictional Media

### **First Appearance**

*Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! Return Racers!*

### **Owner**

Tokichi Mikuni

The **Spin-Axe Zero** (Japanese: スピンアックスゼロ, *Supin Akkusu Zero*) is a fictional Mini 4WD car that appear in the manga *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! Return Racers!*.

It was owned by a grown up Tokichi Mikuni, modified from the Spin-Axe.

## General info

The body of the Spin-Axe Zero is the same as the original Spin-Axe, but with several key differences.

The canopy and rear fins resemble the ones from the Spin-Viper, and the headlamps has been changed to the triangle-shaped ones. It is also missing the front wheel guards.

It is mainly in blue, with yellow/orange thunder-styled decals on it.

### In the manga

In order to win against the young man (who is a construction worker hired by Tokichi's company) in a rematch, Tokichi modified the Spin-Axe's body by thinning it to the point that the bodyshell has become partially transparent to reduce the car's total weight.

Because of the reduced weight, the Spin-Axe Zero is capable of passing through the corners very fast and smooth due to the G-forces induced by hitting the fences being reduced. It is also capable of running fast on straight by not touching the fences via the slalom-like motion.

## See also

* Spin-Axe
* Spin Cobra
* Spin-Viper
* Spin-Axe Mk.II
Mini 4WD Basic Tune-Up Set

* First
* AR
* MA
* FM-A
* VZ

The **Mini 4WD Basic Tune-Up Set** (Japanese: ファーストトライ パーツセット, *Fasuto Torai Pātsu Setto*) is a series of Mini 4WD Grade-up Parts released by Tamiya since September 17, 2011.

## General info

As their names implies, they are the series of basic parts sets, designed for those who just started into the Mini 4WD racing.

The basic contents of the sets includes a front FRP plate (FRP Multi-Roller Setting Stay, FRP Wide Front Plate for AR Chassis or FRP Wide Front Plate for VZ Chassis), a rear FRP plate (FRP Rear Multi-Roller Setting Stay, FRP Wide Rear Plate for AR Chassis or FRP Wide Front Plate for VZ Chassis), 6 rollers (2 pairs of 19mm Low-Friction Plastic Rollers and 1 pair of 13mm Low-Friction Rollers or 6 pairs of 13mm Low Friction Plastic Rollers), 6 stabilizers (either 2 pairs of large stabilizer ball caps and a pair of small stabilizer ball caps or 6 pairs of small stabilizer ball caps, or 3 pair of small stabilizer ball caps), either 2 mass damper weights (A pair of bowl-shaped mass damper weights or 2 pairs of cylinder-shaped mass damper weights) or 4 mass damper weights (2 pairs of cylinder-shaped heavy mass damper weights), 6 stoppers, a pair of 10mm hex mounts (First set and AR set only), 2 to 4 15mm spacers, a pair of 6.7mm spacers, 2 to 4 3mm spacers, 2 to 4 30mm screws, 4 25mm screws, 2 15mm screws, 8 to 9 truss screws, 6 to 7 large washers, 5 to 9 spring washers and 7 locknuts. The sets also includes a small wrench and rubber pipe for easy installation.

The most common setups with those sets are 2 front rollers with hi-stablizer ball caps, 4 rear rollers with mass dampers.

Traditionally, new sets will be released every time the new Mini 4WD chassis was made. Despite this, the sets are compatible with almost every chassis to date.

## Gallery

### Usages

First set example (Base car: Rising Edge)AR set example (Base car: Aero Avante)MA set example (Base car: Blast Arrow)FM-A set example (Base car: Rowdy Bull)VZ set example (Base car: Neo-VQS)
## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Mini 4WD Basic Tune-Up Sets at Tamiya Japan (Japanese)
* Basic Tune-Up Parts Set for AR Chassis at Tamiya Japan
* Basic Tune-Up Parts Set for MA Chassis at Tamiya Japan
* Basic Tune-Up Parts Set for FM-A Chassis at Tamiya Japan
* Basic Tune-Up Parts Set for VZ Chassis at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Mini 4WD Basic Tune-Up Sets at Tamiya America
* Basic Tune-Up Parts Set for AR Chassis at Tamiya America
* Basic Tune-Up Parts Set for MA Chassis at Tamiya America
* Basic Tune-Up Parts Set for FM-A Chassis at Tamiya America
* Basic Tune-Up Parts Set for VZ Chassis at Tamiya America
Ford Ranger 4x4 Pickup

The **Ford Ranger 4x4 Pickup** (Japanese: フォード・レインジャー 4x4, *Fōdo Reinjā Fōbaifō*) is a Original Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya in July 13, 1982 and is the first Mini 4WD car ever produced by the company.

It was released alongside Chevrolet Pickup 4x4 in the same date.

It is based on the first-generation North America Ford Ranger pickup truck that was produced from 1982 to 1992.

## General info

The Ford Ranger has the 4x4 pickup body design, with the rectangle-shaped air intake with headlamps on the front and the vertical rectangle-shaped signal lamps on the rear. There's the flareside around the rear wheels and the bullbar that is attached to the front bumper, complete with the additional headlamps.

In addition to the 3-color stripes around the bodyshell, it has several manufacturer and OEM decals, such as Goodyear. It is mainly in blue.

It comes with the silver Origin-1 wheels with black Origin radial tires.

## About the Ford Ranger

Unveiled in 1982, the Ford Ranger is a compact pickup truck that was produced by Ford from 1983 to 2012 for North America market.

The first-generation Ranger, which was manufactured from 1983 to 1992, has the similar chassis structure and styling of the Ford F-series light-duty truck. It has the rear-wheel-drive models and four-wheel-drive models.

The inline-4 engine models were powered by a 2.0 liter (later 2.3 liter) Lima engine from on the infamous Ford Pinto, while the V6 engine models were powered by the Cologne V6 engines (2.8, 2.9 and 4.0 liter) and a 3.0 liter Vulcan V6 engine, all of which were built by Ford. The Diesel models were powered by a 2.2 liter Mazda-sourced Perkins 4.135 l4 engine and later a 2.3 liter Mitsubishi-built Astron 4D55 engine. All engines are naturally-aspirated engines.

All engines were mated to either the Toyo Kogyo-built manual transmissions, the Mitsubishi-built manual transmissions, a Mazda-built manual transmission or the Ford-buiilt automatic transmissions.

The first-generation Ranger received a facelift in 1988, with exterior design changes, the addition of the rear anti-lock brakes and the improved chassis frame.

## Gallery

### Images

Ford Ranger 4x4 Pickup in its original color.
## Trivia

* For some reason, the picture from catalog page on Tamiya official website has the car colored black instead of blue.

## See also

### Ford cars

* Blackfoot Jr.
* Midnight Pumpkin Jr.
* Juggernaut Jr. (Ford F-350)

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Ford Ranger 4x4 Pickup at Tamiya Japan (Japanese) (Archived)
Super-II Chassis

The **Super-II Chassis** (Japanese: スーパーIIシャーシ, *Sūpā Tsū Shāshi*) is a Mini 4WD chassis released by Tamiya in December 2010, with the release of Magnum Saber Premium. The chassis is the further improved version of the Super-1 Chassis.

## General info

The main chassis parts, especially the front bumper, has been reinforced. The front bumper has also extended and added few attachment holes for the use of grade-up parts. The battery switch has been changed from slide-type to rotate-type, and the battery clip's design was also changed to the much more rigid one. There's also the newer hard-points for rear stay parts, as seen in Super X Chassis and later chassis.

Some kits came with the Side-Guard EX attachment which can be installed on under the middle of the chassis.

Performance-wise, it behaves similar to that of VS Chassis, except that Super-II Chassis has greater adaptability than VS Chassis.

## Trivia

* While most of the Mini 4WD cars equipped with Super-II Chassis are molded in normal ABS plastic, the chassis that came with the Magnum Saber Premium, Sonic Saber Premium and Tridagger X Premium were molded in polycarbonate-mixed ABS plastic, while the chassis that came with the Victory Magnum Premium and the Vanguard Sonic Premium were molded in carbon-mixed ABS plastic.
* A while after the release of Super-II Chassis, there are complaints that the screw that holds the gearbox would become loose due of frequent removes and reattaches. Tamiya would later includes the easy locking gear cover (originally a Grade-Up Parts) as standard in some Super-II Chassis cars starting with Dash-1 Emperor Premium. As of 2022, only most of the Premium variants of older minicars and some RS cars includes the easy locking gear cover.
* This is the first Mini 4WD chassis to be recalled. Soon after the release of Magnum Saber Premium, Tamiya discovered the mold defects on the chassis and recalled all of the original Magnum Saber Premium kits. This since has been fixed with the second mold revision.
* The hole on the centerfront of the front bumper was designed to allows the attachment of certain bodyshell's additional parts. (i.e. Liberty Emperor and Dash-001 Great Emperor's front spoiler)
Rear Sliding Damper and Brake Set

* Kit
* Assembled

The **Rear Sliding Damper and Brake Set** (Japanese: リヤースライドダンパー・ブレーキセット, *Riyā Suraido Danpā Burēki Setto*) is a Mini 4WD rear stay parts released by Tamiya on March 25, 1997.

It is compatible with Type-5 Chassis, Zero Chassis, Super-1 Chassis, Super-II Chassis, Super-FM Chassis, Super TZ Chassis (and its TZ-X variant), Super X Chassis (and its XX variant) and VS Chassis.

## General Info

Similar to Sliding Damper Roller set, 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 first advantage that the Sliding Damper Roller doesn't have is that, instead of attaching it to the bodyshell, it was attach to the rear handpoint of the chassis. This is ideal if the bodyshell cannot holds much stress.

The other advantage is that the rear stay also act as a brake for the minicar. There's the pair of the height-adjustable, rubber-based brake tubes to provide braking while on the sloped sections of the circuits. The brake tubes' height can be adjust depends on what wheels the minicar has.

Like any sliding damper sets, it comes with two springs; using the soft spring, the sliding damper's aluminum 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

* Sliding Damper Roller
* Front Sliding Damper Roller
* Wide Sliding Damper

## External links

### Tamiya Japan

* Rear Sliding Damper and Brake Set at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Rear Sliding Damper and Brake Set at Tamiya America
Proto-Saber Evolution Stage-3

## In Fictional Media

### **First Appearance**

*Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! Return Racers!*

### **Owner**

J

The **Proto-Saber Evolution Stage-3** (Japanese: プロトセイバー エボリューション ステージ３, *Puroto Seibā Eboryūshon Sutēji Surī*) is a fictional Mini 4WD car that appear in *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! Return Racers!*.

It was owns by the now grown-up J, upgraded from the Proto-Saber Evolution.

## General info

The new Proto-Saber is essentially the Proto-Saber Evolution with the sharper, more detailed and stylized body design. The rear spoiler is no longer the flat-flap-type, but rather the V-shaped type. There's also the air-duct slits over the bodyshell. There's also the flame-style decals as well as the 'J' decal on it.

It is mainly in purple with red highlights.

### In the manga

Shortly after the Proto-Saber was course-out during the race due to Go's reckless tactic, J modify his car into the Stage-3 form. The car has the full-body Dolphin System, in which the front nose, the front fenders, rear fenders and canopy parts are movable and doubling as the self-adjusting parts to stabilize the car by changing the body aerodynamics.

In the end of the race, the Proto-Saber was further evolved into the Stage-4 form, in which the rear spoiler become movable and works as a flapper for the car, allows it to have acceleration boost while in the air.

## See also

* Proto-Saber JB
* Proto-Saber Evolution
Tom Ghody

**Tom Ghody** (Japanese: トム・ゴディ, *Tomu Godi*) is a character in the manga series *The Wind Racer! Otokogi*.

## Biography

Tom is the leader of a group of children, who are staying just outside of the American military base.

Tom wasn't an elemental racer at first, but after being freed from the dark force that possess him and the Spider From Mars following the rematch against Jingi and his Liberty Emperor, he become an ally and joins the Elemental Racers in a quest to defeat the source of the dark force once and for all.

## Synopsis

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Torque-Tuned Motor

* TT1
* TT2
* TT1 PRO
* TT2 PRO

The **Torque-Tuned Motor** (Japanese: トルクチューンモーター, *Toruku Chūn Mōtā*) is a series of Mini 4WD motors manufactureed by Mabuchi Motor and later SMC Motor and released by Tamiya. It was originally introduced as a Grade-Up Parts for the Mini F minicar.

## General info

As its name implies, it is a torque-focused motor and has higher torque but lower power when compare to Rev-Tuned Motor.

The original version of the Torque-Tuned Motor has the Mini-F label as it was originally marketed as an upgrade part for the Mini-F. The second version changed the label to replace the word 'Mini-F' with '4WD' (as in Mini 4WD). The current version has the word '4WD' removed from the label and the empty space has been filled with the larger-size of the words 'Torque-Tuned Motor'.

All Torque-Tuned Motors have a fluorescent orange endbell cap and silver metal housing. Only the original Torque-Tuned Motor PRO came with the brass pinion gears attached.

## Trivia

* In *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!*, Retsu Seiba used the Torque-Tuned Motor on his Sonic Saber until it ceased to work when he tried it on his Vanguard Sonic during the Tokichi Cup.

## External links

### Tamiya America

* Torque-Tuned Motor at Tamiya America
* Torque-Tuned Motor PRO at Tamiya America
* Torque-Tuned 2 Motor at Tamiya America
* Torque-Tuned 2 Motor PRO at Tamiya America
Toyota Ipsum L-Selection EX

The **Toyota Ipsum L-Selection EX** (Japanese: トヨタ イプサム L-セレクション EX, *Toyota ipusamu Eru-Serekushon Iiekkusu*) is a Original Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on July 30, 1996.

It was based on the L-Selection EX trim of the first-generation Toyota Ipsum by Toyota.

## General info

The Ipsum features the compact minivan body design, with the skewed rectangle headlamps on the front and the horizontal rectangle taillamps on the back. It was mainly in metallic grey with silver bottom.

It was equipped with the silver, 3-spoke Ipsum wheels paired with the black RV radial tires. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in black.

## About the Toyota Ipsum

Unveiled at the 31th Tokyo Motorshow in 1995 and went on sale in May 1996, the first-generation Ipsum is Toyota's compact minivan.

Powering the car is either a 2.0 liter 3S-FE natural-aspirated inline-4 petrol engine or a 2.2 liter 3C-TE turbocharged inline-4 diesel engine. The engine is mated to either a 4-speed automatic or a 5-speed manual gearbox, which sends the power to either the front wheels or all four wheels depending on the model trims.

Supporting the car's chassis is the front struts suspension with coil springs and the rear torsion beam with coil springs. Braking power is provided by the front ventilated disc brakes and the rear drum brakes.

The first-generation models were later superseded by the second-generation models in May 2001.

## Trivia

* Where most Original Mini 4WD cars are based on pickup trucks and SUV, the Ipsum is the only Original Mini 4WD car to be based on a minivan.

## See also

### Toyota cars

* Toyota Hilux 4x4
* Toyota Hilux Monster Racer Jr.
* Toyota 4Runner
* Toyota Land Cruiser (Team ACP)
* Toyota Rav4
* Toyota Hilux Surf SSR-G
* 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 Ipsum L-Selection EX at Tamiya Japan (Japanese) (Archived)
Super-FM Chassis

The **Super-FM Chassis** (Japanese: スーパーFMシャーシ, *Sūpā Efuemu Shāshi*) is a Mini 4WD Chassis released by Tamiya in June 1996. It debuted with the release of Brocken Gigant. It is the Super series chassis version of the FM Chassis.

## General info

Like the Super-1 Chassis, the gear box is now attached to the motor case instead of the main chassis, and the front bumper is similar to that of Super-1 Chassis'. The Super-FM Chassis now comes with the previously optional rear stay, the first chassis to do so.

However, the changes to the chassis is somewhat minor and as a result it shares many weaknesses with the FM Chassis. The propeller shaft and crown gears were unchanged for the new chassis, resulting in power loss. As a result, the chassis performs no better than its predecessor.

It was later superseded by the FM-A Chassis.

## Colors

### Chassis frame

* Dark green - Common color for earlier Mini 4WD cars in the 90's. First equipped with Brocken Gigant.
* Black - First equipped with Brocken Gigant Black Special.
* White - First released as a Grade-up Parts.
* Light Smoke - First released as a Grade-up Parts.
* Orange - First released as a event-exclusive Grade-up Parts.
* Red - First released as a event-exclusive Grade-up Parts.
* Carbon Black - Chassis made of carbon-mixed polyamide nylon. First released as a Grade-up Parts.
* Light Blue - First released as a event-exclusive Grade-up Parts.

### A parts

* Dark green - Common color for earlier Mini 4WD cars in the 90's. First equipped with Brocken Gigant.
* Smoke - First equipped with Brocken Gigant Black Special.
* White - First released as a Grade-up Parts.
* Yellow - First equipped with Brocken Gigant 21st.
* Black - First released as a event-exclusive Grade-up Parts
* Red - First released as a event-exclusive Grade-up Parts.
* Light Blue - First released as a event-exclusive Grade-up Parts.

## Gallery

Chassis construction view (Gun Bluster XTO)
Power Dash Motor

The **Power Dash Motor** (Japanese: パワーダッシュモーター, *Pawā Dasshu Mōtā*) is the Mini 4WD motor manufactures by SMC Motor and released by Tamiya on December 10, 2002.

This motor was released during the R/C Mini 4WD era, and it went through 2 revisions since its release.

## General info

The Power Dash Motor is a torque-focused motor that has the second highest torque performance available for the entire Tamiya motors and the highest for a race-legal motor. Its rev performance, however, is better than the current Hyper-Dash 3 Motor but poorer than the Sprint Dash Motor. It is the 3rd power-hungry motor following the Sprint-Dash Motor and as such, it can't reaches its full potentials while using the normal alkaline batteries.

The first version of the motor (15317-350), released in 2002, has the rev over 30,000rpm. It has the green endbell cap and silver metal housing, and uses bronze brushes. The words 'R/C Mini 4WD' was printed on the sticker below the words 'Power Dash' and the Tamiya logo.

For the following versions, on the sticker, the word 'R/C Mini 4WD' were replaced with the words 'Specially Tuned'. The second version (15317-400) still has the old, brighter green endbell cap, and performance wise, it is known to be inferior at very little margin to the third version (15317-460), which has the deeper green endbell cap. Both 2nd and 3rd versions use the carbon brushes which prolonged the motor's running life, and also increased overall performances. Revving performance has been decreased to 23,600rpm without load. Also, the package of the third version (15317-460) is the only one labeling "For Advanced users".

It is recommended to pair the motor with the car that has large-diameter wheels and 3.7:1 gear set to achieves highly balanced perfomance.
Vise-Intruder

The **Vise-Intruder** (Japanese: バイスイントルーダー, *Baisu Intorūdā*) is a Mechanical Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya in July 1998.

It was featured in the manga and anime *Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! MAX* as Jin Kusanagi's machine

## General info

The Vise-Intruder shares the similar body design with the Phantom-Blade, except that it has silver body color and the movable arms that has the wheels and tires atttached. It has the red and black flame-styled decals and a single headlamp on the main bodyshell, as well as the blue stripes on both the main bodyshell and the arms.

It can change from the default **Wide Mode** (ワイドモード) to **Battle Mode** (バトルモード) by moving the arms outward horizontally and join both side of wheels together.

As the main bodyshell was molded in clear plastic, it can be painted in any color. The preferred color is silver.

When given modification, the main bodyshell of the car can be attached to either Super X Chassis or Super XX Chassis.

## In media

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

The Vise-Intruder was one of the Borzoi school's machines. It was belongs to Jin Kusanagi, one of the Kusanagi brothers. In both media, it has four built-in chained anchors that can be used to destorys other Mini 4WD cars. While in Battle Mode, it can even destroys other machines by ramming onto them.

In the manga, it was one of the battle race machines that was equipped with the Borzonic System and is capable of scattering tiny caltrops onto the road to hinders other cars. In the anime, it can even combine with the Phantom-Blade to forms the Phantom-Vise.

In the anime, Jin had once stomps and destroyed the machine out of frustration shortly after he lost to Gouki in the GJC-Summer-Race-turn-2nd-Borzoi Open, He later built another Vise-Intruder and during the later half of the story, it has the MG Stone installed which allows it to generate weaker gravitational fields.

## External link

### Tamiya Japan

* Vise-Intruder at Tamiya Japan (Japanese)
* Vise-Intruder (Reissue) at Tamiya Japan
Rola Hoshino

**Rola Hoshino** (Japanese: 星乃 ローラ, *Hoshino Rora*) is a recurring character in *Mini 4WD Hyper Dash Grand Prix*.

## Biography

Rola Hoshino is a researcher at a facility that research about Mini 4WD.

In the race, she use a customized Winning Bird.

## Synopsis

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

Player can let Rola analyze their car so she can show the detail parameters about the car and give them advice on how to improve the car's overall performance. The car analyze screen can be accessed by going to 'マシン診断' from the from drop menu on 'マシン'.

Rola can also be fought in several stages in the World Maps.

## Trivia

* Her name is a play of the world 'Roller' (ローラー).
Racing Mini 4WD Memorial Box

The **Racing Mini 4WD Memorial Boxes** (Japanese: レーサーミニ四駆メモリアルボックス, *Rēsā Mini Yonku Memoriaru Bokkusu*), also known as **Racing Mini 4WD Special Selection**, are the series of limted edtion bundles that contains the Mini 4WD cars from the eariler Racing Mini 4WD lineup. They came in several volumes.

Each volumes also came with the special parts.

## List of items

### Mini 4WD cars

#### Volume 1

* Dash-1 Emperor (Type-1)
* Dash-2 Burning Sun (Type-1)
* Dash-3 Shooting Star
* Dash-4 Cannonball
* Dash-5 Dancing Doll

#### Volume 2

* Super Dragon Jr.
* Fire Dragon Jr.
* Thunder Dragon Jr.
* Saint Dragon Jr.
* Saint Dragon Jr. (Riki special)

#### Volume 3

* Dash-01 Super Emperor
* Dash-001 Great Emperor
* Dash-0 Horizon
* Crimson Glory
* Dash-02 Neo Burning Sun

#### Volume 4

* Thunder Shot Jr. Black Special
* Egress Jr. Black Special
* Avante 2001 Jr. Black Special
* Manta Ray Jr. Black Special
* Super Astute Jr. Black Special

#### Volume 5

* Avante Jr.
* Avante 2001 Jr.
* Super Avante
* Avante Jr. Black Special

### Parts

* Mini 4WD Fighter figurines (Volume 1)
* Fire Dragon Jr. Clear Body Set (Volume 2)
* Horizen Body Set (Volume 3)
* Zenquish Body Set (Volume 4)
* Azente Body Set (Volume 5)
* Dash-X1 Proto-Emperor Body Set (Volume 5)
* Dash-W1 Wild Saurus Gold Body Set (Volume 1 Metallic Body Edition)
* Mini 4WD Classic Tune-Up Parts Set Vol.1, Vol.2 and Vol.3 (Volume 1 CoroCoro Edition)

## Trivia

* The special, metallic versions of the cars included in the metallic body edition of Racing Mini 4WD Memorial Box Vol. 1 were later released individually on April 30, 2011.

## External links

* Racing Mini 4WD Memorial Box Vol. 1 on Tamiya official website (Japanese)
* Racing Mini 4WD Memorial Box Vol. 2 on Tamiya official website (Japanese)
* Racing Mini 4WD Memorial Box Vol. 3 on Tamiya official website (Japanese)
* Racing Mini 4WD Memorial Box Vol. 4 on Tamiya official website (Japanese)
* Racing Mini 4WD Memorial Box Vol. 5 on Tamiya official website (Japanese)
* Racing Mini 4WD Memorial Box Vol. 1 (Metallic Body Edition) on Tamiya official website
* Racing Mini 4WD Memorial Box Vol. 1 (CoroCoro Edition) on CTY-Net Online (Japanese)
Super Hard Low-Profile Tire

* Small Dia.
* Large Dia.

The **Super Hard Low-Profile Tires** (Japanese: スーパーハードローハイトタイヤ, *Sūpā Hādo Rōhaito Taiya*) are a series of Mini 4WD Grade-Up Parts released by Tamiya since January 26, 2013.

## General info

The tires were made in the super hard-compound elastomer rubber, which was much harder than the hard-compound elastomer used in the hard-compound tire sets.

While acceleration performance suffers due to the having less grip compare to that of the hard-compound tires, the more slippery tire surface of the super hard tires makes them ideal for passing through curves much quicker without slowing down. The hardness of the tires also makes them ideal for making the customized super low-profile tires. Compare to the arched tires and the regular slick tires, the low-profile tires has the flat surface which allows them to have more grips.

As their names suggests, those sets were made specifically for the low-profile wheels. The tire sets are available in both small and large diameters.

Some Mini 4WD cars and GUPs, Such as the Aero Avante Black Special, comes with the tires set by default.

## External link

### Tamiya Japan

* Super Hard Low-Profile Tires (Black) at Tamiya Japan
* Super Hard Low-Profile Tires (Black) (re-issue) at Tamiya Japan
* Super Hard Large Diameter Low-Profile Tires (Black) at Tamiya Japan
* Super Hard Low-Profile Tires (Black, with Yellow Lettering) at Tamiya Japan

### Tamiya America

* Super Hard Low-Profile Tires (Black) at Tamiya America
* Super Hard Low-Profile Tires (Black) (re-issue) at Tamiya America
* Super Hard Large Diameter Low-Profile Tires (Black) at Tamiya America
* Super Hard Low-Profile Tires (Black, with Yellow Lettering) at Tamiya America
Hyper Mini Motor

The **Hyper Mini Motor** (Japanese: ハイパーミニモーター, *Haipā Mini Mōtā*) is a Mini 4WD motor manufactured by Mabuchi Motor and released by Tamiya in December 1987. It is the very first Grade-Up Parts to be released and is the first tuned-up motor to be released.

## General Info

On the outside, the Hyper Mini Motor has a black endbell cap and silver metal housing, complete with the Tamiya motor sticker.

The motor's rev performance is between that of Atomic-Tuned Motor and Rev-Tuned Motor. (While the torque characteristics is similar to that of Torque-Tuned Motor) However, the re-release version of the motor (released in 2012) was very power-hungry that some even have compared it to the Hyper-Dash Motor.

It is manufactured by Mabuchi Motor who manufactures most of Tamiya's motors.