Tamiya has opened September with a pumpkin-powered trail machine and enough colorful upgrade parts to make a pack of highlighters nervous. Halloween Gets an EZ-Chassis Trail Machine Tamiya revealed the Trail Mini 4WD Halloween Version, scheduled for release in Japan on October 10. This limited model uses the beginner-friendly EZ chassis and a UTV-inspired purple […]
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Dust off the pit box and make room on the shelf. This week in Mini 4WD brings us a famous Emperor, commemorative motors, lightweight rollers and enough brightly colored plastic to make a highlighter feel underdressed. Tamiya is continuing the 40th-anniversary celebration of its Racer Mini 4WD series, and nostalgia is very much in the […]
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Tamiya has chosen the Geo Glider as the commemorative vehicle for the 2026 Asia Challenge. Aside from being a standard FM-A Geo Glider, the kit has some cool new features to set it apart from previous versions of this car: light grey chassis, smoked Geo Glider body set, a special decal sheet, black-chrome fin wheels […]
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While the Iron Beak is not a new Mini 4WD model, Tamiya has picked this kit to be the commemorative edition for the Japan Cup 2026. This gives the kit new life – new color VZ chassis, smoked body set, carbon reinforced wheels, labeled super hard low profile tires and a new sticker sheet. This […]
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Tamiya’s Grasshopper is not a new Mini 4WD car – it originally came to us with a white body and large diameter wheels and tires. The newest rendition, the Black Special, mixes that up a bit – metallic black ABS plastics, a smoked Grasshopper body, new decal set and a standard-sized set of super hard […]
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