The RodeoSonic (Japanese: ロデオソニック, Rodeo Sonikku) is a Mini 4WD PRO car released by Tamiya on November 23, 2007.
It was featured in the manga two-shots My First Big Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! as Retsu Seiba's 8th machine.
General info[]
The RodeoSonic features the simple, fully-cowled body design. Sharing most of the design with the BisonMagnum, it ressembles the very first Sonic series car, the Sonic Saber. It has a large spoiler on the rear with winglets.
All variants comes with the N-02 nose unit and T-01 tail unit and the standard, light gray 16 mm lightweight plastic rollers.
Standard model[]
The standard RodeoSonic features the standard Sonic color schemes, with white body and red, curve-styled decals with green trims. It has a 'Retsu' emblem on the front of the cockpit.
It was equipped with the fluorescent yellow, small diameter 3-spoke VS-type wheels and the black X narrow-type slick tires. The nose, center, tail unit and the A parts were molded in black.
In media[]
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Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! series[]
The RodeoSonic is a reconstructed form of Retsu's Previous car, the Blitzer-Sonic.
During the accident where Go falls into the bottom of valley in an argument with his brother Retsu, the bodyshell of the Blitzer-Sonic was damaged. During the time when Go is missing, Retsu has the reinforced parts removed after remembered that Carlo told him that 'he had modified the car cowardly'. Following this, Retsu modified his car into the RodeoSonic.
In Return Racers!, the RodeoSonic, along with other Sonics, appears in a dream of teenage Retsu who is having problem with creating a new Sonic.
Technical info[]
Variant | Body | Chassis | Wheels | Tires | Motor | Dimensions | Gear |
Standard |
Color: White |
Type: MS |
Size: Small |
Size: Small |
Standard |
Length: 152 |
3.5:1 |
Standard |
Color: White |
Type: MS |
Size: Small |
Size: Small |
Standard |
Length: 152 |
3.5:1 |
Gallery[]
Boxart[]
See also[]
External links[]
Tamiya Japan[]
- RodeoSonic at Tamiya Japan
Tamiya America[]
- RodeoSonic at Tamiya America