The Neo Falcon (Japanese: ネオファルコン, Neo Farukon) is a Mini 4WD PRO car released by Tamiya on February 10, 2007. It was a successor to the famous Falcon Jr. mini 4WD car.
It was featured in web manga Kichijouji Phoenix and manga Mini 4WD Racer Kakeru as Jotaro Amasaki's machine.
General info[]
The Neo Falcon, much like the Falcon before it, featuring the body design that was inspired by the falcon. It is more modernized and sharper compare to the Falcon.
Neo Falcon[]
It has the similar color schemes as the Falcon, but with the additional silver stripes. a Tamiya decal and the 'Neo Falcon' decals can be found on the bodyshell.
It was equipped with the white large-diameter, 3-spoke MS-type I wheels paired with the black Avante-type slick tires. It comes with the N-02 and T-01 units for its MS Chassis. It comes with the standard, light gray 16 mm lightweight plastic rollers. The nose, center and tail and the A parts were molded in black.
However, it should be noted that the pre-assembled finished model came equipped with the N-01 unit instead.
White Special[]
The White Special variant's bodyshell has most of its color inverted compared to the standard model, from black, red and silver, to white, blue, gold.
The White Special variant comes with the white MS Chassis with lightweight center parts, and the gold large diameter narrow lightweight wheels with the white arched tires.
Clear Yellow Special[]
The Clear Yellow Special variant has the bodyshell molded in clear yellow, with minimal film-based sticker decals on it
Like the White Special variant, it comes with the white chassis but with the normal center parts instead of the lightweight one. It was equipped with the white, large diameter MS-type I wheels paired with the white Avante-type slick tires
Mini 4WD Yokohama F･Marinos Special[]
This variant of Neo Falcon is a tie-in product for the Yokohama F･Marinos soccer team in Japan.
The bodyshell was molded in blue, with white hightlights and red trims on it. The Yokohama F･Marinos logo and words decals can be found on the bodyshell.
It comes with the white MS Chassis with lightweight center parts (with the subparts molded in blue), and white large-diameter 5-spoke narrow lightweight wheels with red arched tires.
MA-15 Red Special[]
The Bunka-exclusive variant has the red bodyshell with yellow and deep red trims on it.
It was equipped with the red, large diameter dish-type wheels paired with the yellow low-profile slick tires. It came with the red MA Chassis frame with the yellow A parts.
Technical info[]
| Variant | Body | Chassis | Wheels | Tires | Motor | Dimensions | Gear |
Standard |
Color: Black |
Type: MS |
Size: Large |
Size: Large |
Standard |
Length: 152 |
4:1 |
Standard |
Color: Black |
Type: MS |
Size: Large |
Size: Large |
Standard |
Length: 154 |
4:1 |
White Special |
Color: Translucent White |
Type: MS |
Size: Large |
Size: Large |
Standard |
Length: 152 |
4:1 |
Clear Yellow Special |
Color: Clear Yellow |
Type: MS |
Size: Large |
Size: Large |
Standard |
Length: 152 |
4:1 |
Mini 4WD |
Color: Blue |
Type: MS |
Size: Large |
Size: Large |
Standard |
Length: 152 |
4:1 |
MA-15 |
Color: Red |
Type: MA |
Size: Large |
Size: Large |
Standard |
Length: 156 |
4:1 |
Gallery[]
Boxarts[]
Trivia[]
- The Neo Falcon has the R/C buggy counterpart which was based on the Mini 4WD car. Much like the original Falcon R/C buggy, the Neo Falcon R/C buggy utilizes the rear-wheel-drive DT-02 chassis.
See also[]
External links[]
Tamiya Japan[]
- Neo Falcon at Tamiya Japan
- Neo Falcon (Finished Model) at Tamiya Japan (Archived)
- Neo Falcon White Special at Tamiya Japan
- Neo Falcon Clear Yellow Special at Tamiya Japan
- Mini 4WD Yokohama F･Marinos Special at Tamiya Japan (Japanese) (Archived)
Tamiya America[]
- Neo Falcon at Tamiya America
- Neo Falcon (Finished Model) at Tamiya America
- Neo Falcon Clear Yellow Special at Tamiya America
- Neo Falcon MA-15 Red Special at Tamiya America
Bunka[]
- Bunka hobby product page (Japanese)