The Neo-Tridagger ZMC (ネオトライダガー ZMC) is a Fully Cowled Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on March 6, 1996.
It was featured in the manga and anime Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! and Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! WGP as Ryo Takaba's second machine, replacing his destroyed Tridagger X in the series.
General info
The Neo-Tridagger featuring the half-fully-cowled body design with flat front bonnet and fenders, the exposed front wheels with wheel caps and a V-shaped rear spoiler. The 'ZMC' decal as well as the 'Neo-Tridagger ZMC' decals can be found on the bodyshell.
There's a rows of stripes on the front bonnet and the flame-like stripes on most parts of the bodyshell.
All model were equipped with the blue-colored curve side-guard attachment and is equipped with the small-diameter 3-spoke Fully Cowled-type wheels paired with high-profile slick tires.
Neo-Tridagger ZMC
The original model has the metallic black body color, with the red/yellow body decals.
It has the blue side-guard, green chassis subparts and red wheels.
Next
The Charatoru-exclusive Next variants are consists of navy, clear red, white and smoke. In addition to the red/yellow highlights on the flame-stripe body decals, a slight green has been added. The body decals works best with the smoke model.
Unlike the original model, it comes with the V-machine-type side-guard.
Depends on the models, it comes in either the yellow chassis, white side-guard, black tires and white subparts or white chassis, white side-guard, white tires and black subparts. All models shares the silver-plated wheels.
In the manga and anime
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After the Tridagger X was destroyed by Kai Okita's Beak Spider, Dr. Tsuchiya had developed the new machine with the ZMC plastic for the bodyshell. The new bodyshell has the rear air jets on the front fender for performance boost and much like the Tridagger, it has strong downforce.
However, the bodyshell soon disintegrate to dusts under the bodyshell's strong downforce during the test run. Dr. Tsuchiya reveals that the ZMC plastic his lab has was currently unstable, so he suggest that they have to meet the developer of the ZMC plastic: Tesshin Akada. With the help from Tesshin, the new ZMC body was completed and the Neo-Tridagger was born.
The ZMC body on the Neo-Tridagger has the hardness of the ceramic and the flexibility of the glass-fiber. The new material can also neutralizes the Beak Spider's wind blade attacks.
The Neo-Tridagger was later replaced by the Rising-Trigger, but how it was being replaced is different; In the manga, the Neo-Tridagger was severely damaged during the race against Rosso Strada and hasn't repaired until it was replaced by the new machine, while in the anime, it was repaired and was still in use until the end of the grand prix. What happened to the Neo-Tridagger after the first MIni 4WD World Grand Prix in the anime is unknown.
Technical info
Length: 132 mm
Width: 90 mm
Height: 46 mm
Chassis: Super-1 Chassis
Gear Set(s): 5:1 and 4:1
Gallery
Boxarts
See also
Ryo Takaba's machines
External links
Tamiya Japan
- Neo-Tridagger ZMC on Tamiya official website (Japanese)
- Neo-Tridagger ZMC Special Kit on Tamiya official website
Tamiya America
Charatoru
| 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 | ||