The Magnum Saber (Japanese: マグナムセイバー, Magunamu Seibā) is the very first Fully Cowled Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on September 7, 1994. It was released alongside Sonic Saber.
It was featured in manga and anime Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! as Go Seiba's second machine, replacing his Manta Ray Jr..
General info[]
The Magnum Saber, much like its sister car Sonic Saber, featuring the curved, fully cowled bodyshell that covering the wheels. There's the rear body roller attachments in which user can install the 10 mm rollers on it.
The differences between it and Sonic Saber is that the Magnum Saber has the flame-like decals on its bodyshell and has the flat rear spoiler. Furthermore, it has the 'Go' (豪) emblem on the front of the bodyshell. The rear winglets are also smaller in Magnum Saber compared to Sonic Saber.
Standard, Special Kit and Premium variants[]
The standard, special kit and Premium variants features the white body color, with blue and red trims on it. The special kit variant comes with an additional Sonic Saber bodyshell.
Both the standard variant and special kit were equipped with the fluorescent green, small diameter 3-spoke Fully Cowled-type wheels paired with the black high-profile slick tires. The chassis frame and A parts were molded in gray and green, and comes with the blue normal-type side guard. On the Special kit variant, the chassis frame was molded in glass-fiber-mixed ABS.
The Premium variant was equipped with the fluorescent green, small diameter 5-spoke low-profile Saber-type wheels that are paired with the black low-profile slick tires. It comes with the reinforced chassis made of black polycarbonate-mixed ABS plastic and the A-parts were molded in red.
Only the Special Kit and the Premium variant comes with a standard motor.
First Impact[]
The limited, Charatoru-exclusive First Impact variants, has the black and two-tone blues body decals as oppose to the usual blue and red. It has four color variants: blue, red, white and dark gray. However, the body decals works best with the blue color variant.
Depends on the color variants, it either came with the white chassis and white tires, or red chassis and black tires. All variants were equipped with the gold-plated, small diameter 3-spoke Fully Cowled-type wheels paired with high-profile slick tires, as well as the V-machine-type side-guard.
In media[]
Spoiler alert!
This section of the article may contains details concerning the progression of the plot. If you do not want it to be spoiled for you, skip this section! |
Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go![]
In the first chapter/episode of the first series, the Seiba brothers were given the prototype Sabers by Professor Tsuchiya, under the condition that they must modify their Sabers into their own unique machines or else the cars will be taken back. Go modified his Saber into the Magnum Saber.
Like his Manta Ray Jr. before it, the Magnum Saber is specifically tuned for high-speed performance, with lightweight wheels, flat rear spoiler, high gear set (presumely the 5:1 gear ratio) and Rev-Tuned Motor equipped. Naturally, this car has poor balance and cornering stability.
Additionally, it lacked downforce, which is what both Professor Tsuchiya and later Ryo Takaba criticized about. However, it turns out that the lacks of downforces has provide the car with special effect as Go developed a special technique, the Magnum Tornado.
The Magnum Saber, along with Sonic Saber, were destroyed all together as both cars were fell off the track at Professor Ogami's lab into the lava during the Seiba brothers' race against J's Proto-Saber JB.
In the anime, it was later revealed that Go still has the badly-aged Rev-Tuned Motor that the Magnum Saber used in its debut race and use it in his Victory Magnum during the Tokichi Cup until it finally stops working.
Mini 4WD Hyper Dash Grand Prix[]
The Magnum Saber was one of the starter cars alongside Avante Jr. and Dash-1 Emperor (with the Lord Spirit added as the 4th choice at later date). In some world map's stages, Go Seiba will use the Magnum Saber. Earlier Magnum Saber body variants sports the normal "Speed Up" skill, which increase the speed by 2 percent.
The Soramaru Special, which was introduced in a exchange shop on March 25, 2020 as part the time-limited "Challenge from Sora Tokui" event, sports the "Power Up" skill, which increases power by 6 percent.
The Premium variant body was later introduced on February 10, 2021, sporting the "Speed Up+" skill which increase speed by 3 percent. It is also capable of the special "Go's Extreme Lightening" mod, which increase speed, reduce weight at the expense of reduced downforce. A variant of the Premium variant body, known as the DS variant, was introduced in the normal exchange shop in January 2022, sporting the "Speed Up++" skill that increase speed by 4 percent.
With the introduction of the Magnum Tornado gimmick on January 11, 2023, the special Tornado Special variant and the Premium 3rd Anniversary variant were introduced. The Premium 3rd Anniversary can be obtained from the special world map "Fly! Magnum", while the Tornado Special can be obtained through gacha. The Premium 3rd Anniversary body sports the "Magnum Tornado Zero", which only allows it to performs the Magnum Tornado on specific sections of the track. Similar to the normal Premium variant body, the "Go's Extreme Lightening" mod can be applied to the body. The Tornado Special, on the other hand, has the "Magnum Tornado the 1st", which also increases tire friction and speed at 20 percent and 6.5 percent, but reduces roller friction and corner stability at 70 percent and 30 percent. The Tornado Special is capable of the "Go's High Speed Modification" mod, which increase speed, reduce weight at the expense of reduced corner stability.
Technical info[]
| Variant | Body | Chassis | Wheels | Tires | Motor | Dimensions | Gear |
Standard |
Color: White |
Type: Super-1 |
Size: Small |
Size: Small |
Not Included |
Length: 137 |
5:1 |
Special Kit |
Color: White |
Type: Super-1 |
Size: Small |
Size: Small |
Standard |
Length: 137 |
5:1 |
Premium |
Color: White |
Type: Super-II |
Size: Small |
Size: Small |
Standard |
Length: 150 |
3.5:1 |
First Impact |
Color: Blue |
Type: Super-1 |
Size: Small |
Size: Small |
Standard |
Length: 137 |
4:1 |
First Impact |
Color: Red |
Type: Super-1 |
Size: Small |
Size: Small |
Standard |
Length: 137 |
4:1 |
First Impact |
Color: White |
Type: Super-1 |
Size: Small |
Size: Small |
Standard |
Length: 137 |
4:1 |
First Impact |
Color: Gray |
Type: Super-1 |
Size: Small |
Size: Small |
Standard |
Length: 137 |
4:1 |
Gallery[]
Boxarts[]
Images[]
Trivia[]
- The Magnum Saber Premium was the first car to be recalled by Tamiya, after the company discovered that the Super-II Chassis had mold defect. This since has been fixed with the second mold revision.
- It was chosen to be the cover car for 1994 season of Tamiya Japan Cup.
- In the CoroCoro Comic x Sanrio collaboration project by Shogakukan and Sanrio, the Magnum Saber was being 'sanriolized' along with its owner Go Seiba.
See also[]
- Super Avante
- Victory Magnum
- Cyclone Magnum
- Beat-Magnum
- Lightning-Magnum
- BisonMagnum
- Z Wing Magnum
- Dual Hybrid G Magnum
- Great Magnum Type-Zero
- Great Magnum R
External links[]
Tamiya Japan[]
- Magnum Saber at Tamiya Japan (Japanese)
- Magnum Saber Special Kit at Tamiya Japan
- Magnum Saber Premium at Tamiya Japan
Tamiya America[]
- Magnum Saber at Tamiya America
- Magnum Saber Special Kit at Tamiya America
- Magnum Saber Premium at Tamiya America
| Fully Cowled Mini 4WD series | ||
|---|---|---|
| Super-1 | Magnum Saber* · Sonic Saber* · Tridagger X* · Black Saber · Spin-Axe · Proto-Saber JB · Victory Magnum* · Vanguard Sonic* · Beak Spider* · Neo-Tridagger ZMC* · Fighter Magnum VFX* · Ray Stinger* · Shining Scorpion* · Bergkaiser* | |
| Super-FM | Brocken Gigant* · Gun Bluster XTO* | |
| Super TZ | Cyclone Magnum* · Hurricane Sonic* · Cyclone Magnum TRF · Diospada* · Beat-Magnum* · Buster-Sonic* · Beat-Magnum TRF · Fire Stinger | |
| VS | Spin-Viper† · Diomars-Nero† | |
| Super-II | Spin Cobra† | |
| AR | Z Wing Magnum · Great BlastSonic · Beak Stinger G · Proto-Saber Evolution† · Tridagger WX | |
| FM-A | Great Magnum R · Cosmosonic | |
| * denotes Premium version available; † denotes racing chassis re-release of a Mechanical Mini 4WD car | ||