The Manta Ray Mk.II (Japanese: マンタレイ Mk.II, Manta Rei Māku Tsū) is a Mini 4WD PRO car released by Tamiya on December 9, 2006. It was a Mini 4WD PRO variant of the Manta Ray Jr.
It was featured in web manga Kichijouji Phoenix and manga Mini 4WD Racer Kakeru as Tsugumi Shinozaki's machine, replacing her TRF-Racer Jr..
General info[]
The Manta Ray Mk.II featuring the body design based on the original Manta Ray.
A pair of front fenders were protruded from the side cowls, covering the exposing batteries of the chassis. Instead of the R/C buggy-style rear spoiler, in its place is a pair of separated grill-type spoilers. Other design aspects of the original were changed to be more sharper.
Standard model[]
The standard Manta Ray Mk.II features the silver body color, with red highlights and blue trims on it.
It was equipped with the red, large diameter MS I wheels paired with the black Avante-type slick tires. It has N-02 and T-01 units for its MS Chassis, and comes with the standard, light gray 16 mm lightweight plastic rollers. The nose, tail, center units and A parts were molded in black.
It should be noted that the pre-assembled Finished Model came equipped with the gray A parts and N-01 nose unit instead of the black A parts and the N-02 nose unit.
Metallic Specials[]
The Tamiya-organized race tournaments shop-exclusive Metallic Special variants features the bodyshell and wheels in plated colors. They were offered in silver plated body and red plated wheels, pink plated body and silver plated wheels, black plated body and blue plated wheels and gold plated body and wheels.
Other than that, they were mostly the same as the standard model.
Black Special[]
The limited Black Special variant features the smoke body color. with blue and green decals on it.
It was equipped with the black, large diameter narrow lightweight wheels paired with the light blue arched tires. The N-02 nose, T-01 tail, the normal center unit and the A parts were molded in blue, with the nose and tail units molded in the glassfiber-mixed ABS plastic. It comes with the white 16 mm lightweight plastic rollers.
White Special[]
The limited White special variant features the translucent white bodyshell, with specially-designed, flower-styled body decals with violet-pink and blue on it.
It was equipped with the silver plated, large diameter narrow lightweight wheels paired with the white arched tires. The N-02 nose, T-01 tail, the lightweight center unit and the A parts were molded in light blue. It comes with the standard, light gray 16 mm lightweight plastic rollers.
City Circuit Special[]
The limited City Circuit Special model has a violet color body, with decals based after the [City Circuit] operated by TOM'S. Unlike other variants, it was equipped with a MA Chassis.
It was equipped with the white small diameter low-profile dish-type wheels paired with the low-profile maroon slick tires. The chassis frame and the A parts were molded in black and violet respectively.
Technical info[]
| Variant | Body | Chassis | Wheels | Tires | Motor | Dimensions | Gear |
Standard |
Color: Silver |
Type: MS |
Size: Large |
Size: Large |
Standard |
Length: 152 |
4:1 |
Standard |
Color: Silver |
Type: MS |
Size: Large |
Size: Large |
Standard |
Length: 154 |
4:1 |
Silver Metallic |
Color: Silver Plated |
Type: MS |
Size: Large |
Size: Large |
Standard |
Length: 152 |
4:1 |
Pink Metallic |
Color: Pink Plated |
Type: MS |
Size: Large |
Size: Large |
Standard |
Length: 152 |
4:1 |
Black Special |
Color: Smoke |
Type: MS |
Size: Large |
Size: Large |
Standard |
Length: 152 |
4:1 |
White Special |
Color: Translucent White |
Type: MS |
Size: Large |
Size: Large |
Standard |
Length: 152 |
4:1 |
Black Metallic |
Color: Black Plated |
Type: MS |
Size: Large |
Size: Large |
Standard |
Length: 152 |
4:1 |
Gold Metallic |
Color: Gold Plated |
Type: MS |
Size: Large |
Size: Large |
Standard |
Length: 152 |
4:1 |
City Circuit Special |
Color: Violet |
Type: MA |
Size: Small |
Size: Small |
Standard |
Length: 156 |
3.5:1 |
Gallery[]
Boxarts[]
Images[]
See also[]
External links[]
Tamiya Japan[]
- Manta Ray Mk.II at Tamiya Japan
- Manta Ray Mk.II (Finished Model) at Tamiya Japan (Archived)
- Manta Ray Mk.II Black Special at Tamiya Japan
- Manta Ray Mk.II White Special at Tamiya Japan
- Manta Ray Mk.II White Special (Re-release) at Tamiya Japan
- Manta Ray Mk.II Black Special (Re-release) at Tamiya Japan
- Manta Ray Mk.II City Circuit Special at Tamiya Japan (Japanese)
Tamiya America[]
- Manta Ray Mk.II at Tamiya America
- Manta Ray Mk.II White Special at Tamiya America
- Manta Ray Mk.II White Special (Re-release) at Tamiya America
- Manta Ray Mk.II Black Special (Re-release) at Tamiya America
- Manta Ray Mk.II City Circuit Special at Tamiya America