Changes: Vanguard Sonic

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The Vanguard Sonic (Japanese: バンガードソニック, Bangādo Sonikku) is a Fully Cowled Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on September 20, 1995.

It was featured in the manga and anime Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! as Retsu Seiba's third machine, replacing his Sonic Saber in the series.

General info

The Vanguard Sonic has the redesigned bodyshell that is drastically different from the Sonic Saber. All four wheels now has its own individual fenders, and part of the front fenders can be removed. It has the V-shaped bonnet on the center top of the bodyshell.

Compared to the Victory Magnum, the Vanguard Sonic has the smooth-edged body designs and has the large rear spoiler with winglets. It also has the 'Retsu' emblem on the bonnet, with the 'V Sonic' decal on top of it.

All models were equipped with the small-diameter 3-spoke Fully Cowled-type wheels. All but the Premium variant comes with the high-profile slick tires.

Original and Premium variants

Both the original model and the Premium variant retains the racing white body color (pure white on Premium variant) with the same smooth stripe body decals that has red and green highlights as its predecessor has. The Premium variant also has the choice to use the newer headlamp decals on top of the original headlamp decals.

The original Vanguard Sonic was equipped with the neon-yellow wheels and has the V-machine-type sideguard, while the Premium variant has the black, carbon-mixed polymide nylon wheels with the treaded radial tires. The chassis frame, A parts and the sideguard of the original model were molded in gray, green and gray respectively, while the Premium variant has black carbon-mixed nylon chassis frame and red A parts.

Only the Premium variant comes with the standard motor.

Limited Special

The limited edition model has the green plated bodyshell, with the chassis frame and sideguard molded in white and the A parts molded in smoke clear. It doesn't comes with a standard motor.

In the manga and anime

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!

The Vanguard Sonic was one of the V-machines that are made by Professor Tsuchiya. It was made shortly before the Seiba brothers lost their Sabers in a race against J and his Proto-Saber JB. Like its predecessor, it was a cornering-focused machine.

In both media, Retsu was very reluctant to use it initially, to the point that in the manga, Go and Him tries to return the V-machines to Professor Tsuchiya.

In the manga, the Seiba brothers were forced to enter the summer cup race by Toukichi. During the race, both the V-machines are slower due to lack to maintenances made by The Seiba Brothers, and were blown off of the circuit by the Proto-Saber's air cannon. As both machines are about to fall onto the sea, it reminds the Seiba brothers of how their Sabers met their demise and decided to save the V-machines in a selfless act. Having no choice but to use the V-machines, the Seiba brothers maintains the machines and resume the race.

In the anime, Retsu tries to return the machine but was convinced by Professor Tsuchiya to keep The Vanguard Sonic like Sonic Saber. During the Toukichi Cup, Retsu, much like Go, uses the badly-aged Torque-Tuned Motor that was used in Sonic Saber's debut race until it stops working, and swap it with a new motor to continue the race. After seeing how fast Go's Cyclone Magnum is. Retsu, being impatient, heavily modifies his Vanguard Sonic so he can catch up with Go's Cyclone Magnum, but as Go pointed out, the modified machine has departed from its usually cornering specialty as it mimics other Fully-Cowled cars' special techniques. (Which also includes: Neo-Tridagger's Wall Running, Spin Cobra's Thunder Drift, And Victory Magnum's Magnum Tornado, the one that knocked Retsu out cold when Vanguard Sonic flew from the track and hit him right on the forehead.)

The Vanguard Sonic was eventually replaced by the Hurricane Sonic later in the series; In the manga, Retsu made the Hurricane Sonic from scratch after seeing how fast the WGP participants' cars are, while in the anime, Retsu made the Hurricane Sonic with Tesshin-Sensei and (Ironically) Professor Oogami's help. In both cases, what happened to the Vanguard Sonic is unknown. (Possibly Hurricane Sonic was made from Vanguard Sonic)

Technical info

Variant

Body

Chassis

Wheels

Tires

Motor

Dimensions

Gear

Standard
(19407)

Color: White
Material: PS

Type: Super-1
Frame: Gray, ABS
A parts: Green, ABS
Side guard: V-Type (Light Gray, ABS)

Size: Small
Type: Fully Cowled-Type
Spoke: 3
Fitment: Staggered
Color: Fluorescent Yellow
Material: Polypropylene

Size: Small
Type: High-Profile Slick
Color: Black
Material: Med. Elastomer

N/A

Length: 137
Width: 90
Height: 43

5:1
4:1

Limited Special
(94485)

Color: Gloss Green Plated
Material: PS

Type: Super-1
Frame: White, ABS
A parts: Smoke, ABS
Side guard: V-Type (White, ABS)

Size: Small
Type: Fully Cowled-Type
Spoke: 3
Fitment: Staggered
Color: Fluorescent Yellow
Material: Polypropylene

Size: Small
Type: High-Profile Slick
Color: Black
Material: Med. Elastomer

N/A

Length: 137
Width: 90
Height: 38

5:1
4:1

Premium
(19435)

Color: White
Material: ABS

Type: Super-II
Frame: Carbon, Carbon-Mixed Nylon
A parts: Red, ABS

Size: Small
Type: Fully-Cowled Type
Spoke: 3
Fitment: Staggered
Color: Carbon
Material: Carbon-Mixed Nylon

Size: Small
Type: Treaded Radial
Color: Black
Material: Med. Elastomer

Standard

Length: 150
Width: 97
Height: 43

3.5:1

Gallery

Boxarts

Car views

Images

Trivia

The Premium variant of Vanguard Sonic, along with the Premium variant of Victory Magnum, are the only ones with the carbon-mixed nylon chassis frame equipped by default in the standard lineup.

External links

Tamiya Japan

Tamiya America

Mini 4WD cars from Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! franchise
TRF Victorys (Protagonists)	Let's & Go!	Magnum Saber · Sonic Saber · Tridagger X · Spin-Axe · Proto-Saber JB · Victory Magnum · Vanguard Sonic · Neo-Tridagger ZMC · Spin Cobra · Cyclone Magnum · Hurricane Sonic · Proto-Saber Evolution
	WGP	Beat-Magnum · Spin-Viper · Buster-Sonic
	MAX	Rising-Trigger · Lightning-Magnum · Blitzer-Sonic
	My First Big	BisonMagnum · RodeoSonic · Tridagger XX · Spin-Axe Mk.II
	Return Racers!	Great BlastSonic · Tridagger WX · Spin-Axe Zero · Proto-Saber Evolution Stage-3 · Great Magnum/Great Magnum Revolver · Cosmosonic
Ichimonji brothers (Protagonists)	Max Breaker Z-2 · Shadow Breaker Z-3 · Knuckle Breaker Z-1 · Blazing-Max
Team Pegasus (Protagonists)	Z Wing Magnum · Super Avante RS · Rowdy Bull · Wolfang · Mini 4WD Panda Racer · Infinity Mobius
Ogami Corps (Antagonists)	Beak Spider · Brocken Gigant · Ray Stinger · Fire Stinger · Phoenix Stinger · Beak Stinger G · Haru 100
World Grand Prix Participants	Buck Blader (America) · Savanna Zebra (Africa) · Beak Spider Zebra (Africa) · Diospada (Italy) · Kong Long (China) · Shining Scorpion (China) · Omega (Russia) · White Night (Norway) · Native Sun (Australia) · Jammin' RG (Jamaica) · Gun Bluster XTO (Peru) · Bergmasse (Germany) · Bergkaiser (Germany) · Chevalier de Rose (France) · Pyramidal Sphinx (Egypt) · Shining Dragon (China) · Vanishing-Gazer (America) · Desert-Golem (Egypt)
Borzoi School (Antagonists)	Adean · P'keta · Phantom-Blade · Vise-Intruder · Diomars-Nero
From L&G Tsubasa	Mini 4WD Lupine Racer (Super Animals) · Mini 4WD Hawk Racer (Super Animals) · Mini 4WD Cat Racer (Super Animals) · Mini 4WD Pig Racer (Super Animals) · Brocken Gigant Premium (G Muscles) · Aero Avante Black Special (Black Avante Team) · Gun Bluster XTO Premium (Team Gun Bluster) · White Armor G · Dark Armour G · Geo Glider · Hexagonite · Razorback · Manta Ray Mk.II White Special
The Phantom Thiefs	Lord Guile · Baron Viento · Mach Frame · Copperfang
Others	Manta Ray Jr. · Super Astute Jr. · Saber 600 · Avante 2001 Jr. · Black Saber · Fighter Magnum VFX · Super Avante · Wild Home Run · Flower-Axe · Dragon Delta · Red Sword · Blue Sword · Storm-Cruiser

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

@@ Line 8: / Line 8: @@
 == General info ==
-The Vanguard Sonic has the redesigned bodyshell has is drastically different from the Sonic Saber. All four wheels now has its own individual fenders, and part of the front fenders can be removed. It has the V-shaped bonnet on the center top of the bodyshell.
+The Vanguard Sonic has the redesigned bodyshell that is drastically different from the Sonic Saber. All four wheels now has its own individual fenders, and part of the front fenders can be removed. It has the V-shaped bonnet on the center top of the bodyshell.
-Compare to the [[Victory Magnum]], the Vanguard Sonic has the smooth-edged body designs and has the large rear spoiler with winglets. It also has the 'Retsu' emblem on the bonnet, with the 'V Sonic' decal on top of it.
+Compared to the [[Victory Magnum]], the Vanguard Sonic has the smooth-edged body designs and has the large rear spoiler with winglets. It also has the 'Retsu' emblem on the bonnet, with the 'V Sonic' decal on top of it.
 All models were equipped with the small-diameter 3-spoke Fully Cowled-type wheels. All but the Premium variant comes with the high-profile slick tires.
-=== Vanguard Sonic and Premium ===
+=== Original and Premium variants ===
 Both the original model and the Premium variant retains the racing white body color (pure white on Premium variant) with the same smooth stripe body decals that has red and green highlights as its predecessor has. The Premium variant also has the choice to use the newer headlamp decals on top of the original headlamp decals.
-The original Vanguard Sonic was equipped with the neon-yellow wheels and has the V-machine-type sideguard, while the Premium variant has the black, carbon-mixed polymide nylon wheels with the treaded radial tires. The subparts and the sideguard of the original model were molded in green and gray respectively, while the Premium variant has the red subparts. The Premium variant was equipped with the [[Reinforced Chassis|carbon-mixed nylon chassis]].
+The original Vanguard Sonic was equipped with the neon-yellow wheels and has the V-machine-type sideguard, while the Premium variant has the black, carbon-mixed polymide nylon wheels with the treaded radial tires. The chassis frame, A parts and the sideguard of the original model were molded in gray, green and gray respectively, while the Premium variant has black carbon-mixed nylon chassis frame and red A parts.
 Only the Premium variant comes with the standard motor.
 === Limited Special ===
-The limited edtion model has the green-plated bodyshell, with the chassis frame and sideguard molded in white and the subparts molded in smoke clear. It doesn't comes with a standard motor.
+The limited edition model has the green plated bodyshell, with the chassis frame and sideguard molded in white and the A parts molded in smoke clear. It doesn't comes with a standard motor.
 === In the manga and anime ===
-{{Notice Spoiler Alert}}The Vanguard Sonic was one of the V-machines that are made by Dr. Tsuchiya. It was made shortly before the Seiba brothers lost their Sabers in a race against J and his [[Proto-Saber JB]]. Like its predecessor, it was a cornering-focused machine.
+{{Notice Spoiler Alert}}The Vanguard Sonic was one of the V-machines that are made by Professor Tsuchiya. It was made shortly before the Seiba brothers lost their Sabers in a race against J and his [[Proto-Saber JB]]. Like its predecessor, it was a cornering-focused machine.
-In both media, Retsu was very reluctant to use it initially, to the point that in the manga, he and Go tries to returns the V-machines to Dr. Tsuchiya.
+In both media, Retsu was very reluctant to use it initially, to the point that in the manga, Go and Him tries to return the V-machines to Professor Tsuchiya.
-In the manga, the Seiba brothers were forced to enter the summer cup race by Tokichi. During the race, both the V-machines are slower due to lacks to maintenances and were blown off of the circuit by the Proto-Saber's air cannon. As both machine are about to fall onto the sea, it reminds the Seiba brothers of how their Sabers met their demise and decided to save the V-machines in a selfless act. Having no choice but to use the V-machines, the Seiba brothers maintains the machines and resume the race.
+In the manga, the Seiba brothers were forced to enter the summer cup race by Toukichi. During the race, both the V-machines are slower due to lack to maintenances made by The Seiba Brothers, and were blown off of the circuit by the Proto-Saber's air cannon. As both machines are about to fall onto the sea, it reminds the Seiba brothers of how their Sabers met their demise and decided to save the V-machines in a selfless act. Having no choice but to use the V-machines, the Seiba brothers maintains the machines and resume the race.
-In the anime, Retsu tries to return the machine but was convinced by Dr. Tsuchiya to owns the Vanguard Sonic. During the Tokichi Cup, Retsu, much like Go, use the badly-aged [[Torque-Tuned Motor]] that was used in Sonic Saber's debut race until it no longer works and swap it with the new motor to continue the race. After seeing how fast Go's [[Cyclone Magnum]] is, Retsu, being impatients, heavily tunes his Vanguard Sonic so he can catching up with Go's new car, but as Go pointed out, the modified machine have departed from its usually cornering speciality as it mimics other fully cowled cars' special techniques. (Which also includes Go's Magnum Tornado, the one that knocked Retsu out cold when the car hit him right on the forehead.)
+In the anime, Retsu tries to return the machine but was convinced by Professor Tsuchiya to keep The Vanguard Sonic like Sonic Saber. During the Toukichi Cup, Retsu, much like Go, uses the badly-aged [[Torque-Tuned Motor]] that was used in Sonic Saber's debut race until it stops working, and swap it with a new motor to continue the race. After seeing how fast Go's [[Cyclone Magnum]] is. Retsu, being impatient, heavily modifies his Vanguard Sonic so he can catch up with Go's Cyclone Magnum, but as Go pointed out, the modified machine has departed from its usually cornering specialty  as it mimics other Fully-Cowled cars' special techniques. (Which also includes: Neo-Tridagger's Wall Running, Spin Cobra's Thunder Drift, And Victory Magnum's Magnum Tornado, the one that knocked Retsu out cold when Vanguard Sonic flew from the track and hit him right on the forehead.)
-The Vanguard Sonic was eventually replaced by the [[Hurricane Sonic]] later in the series; In the manga, Retsu made the Hurricane Sonic from scratch after seeing how fast the WGP participants' cars are, while in the anime, Retsu made the Hurricane Sonic with Tesshin and (ironically) Dr. Ogami's help. In both cases, what happened to the Vanguard Sonic is unknown.
+The Vanguard Sonic was eventually replaced by the [[Hurricane Sonic]] later in the series; In the manga, Retsu made the Hurricane Sonic from scratch after seeing how fast the WGP participants' cars are, while in the anime, Retsu made the Hurricane Sonic with Tesshin-Sensei and (Ironically) Professor Oogami's help. In both cases, what happened to the Vanguard Sonic is unknown. (Possibly Hurricane Sonic was made from Vanguard Sonic)
 == Technical info ==
+{{Technical Info Header}}{{Technical Info List|Variant = Standard|Item number = 19407|Body color = White|Body material = PS|Chassis type = [[Super-1 Chassis|Super-1]]|Chassis frame = Gray, ABS|Chassis A parts = Green, ABS|Opt sideguard = V-Type (Light Gray, ABS)|Wheel size = Small|Wheel type = Fully Cowled-Type|Wheel spoke = 3|Wheel fitment = Staggered|Wheel color = Fluorescent Yellow|Wheel material = Polypropylene|Tire size = Small|Tire type = High-Profile Slick|Tire color = Black|Tire material = Med. Elastomer|Length = 137|Width = 90|Height = 43|Gear = 5:1<br>4:1}}{{Technical Info List|Variant = Limited Special|Item number = 94485|Body color = Gloss Green Plated|Body material = PS|Chassis type = [[Super-1 Chassis|Super-1]]|Chassis frame = White, ABS|Chassis A parts = Smoke, ABS|Opt sideguard = V-Type (White, ABS)|Wheel size = Small|Wheel type = Fully Cowled-Type|Wheel spoke = 3|Wheel fitment = Staggered|Wheel color = Fluorescent Yellow|Wheel material = Polypropylene|Tire size = Small|Tire type = High-Profile Slick|Tire color = Black|Tire material = Med. Elastomer|Length = 137|Width = 90|Height = 38|Gear = 5:1<br>4:1}}{{Technical Info List|Variant = Premium|Item number = 19435|Body color = White|Body material = ABS|Chassis type = [[Super-II Chassis|Super-II]]|Chassis frame = Carbon, Carbon-Mixed Nylon|Chassis A parts = Red, ABS|Wheel size = Small|Wheel type = Fully-Cowled Type|Wheel spoke = 3|Wheel fitment = Staggered|Wheel color = Carbon|Wheel material = Carbon-Mixed Nylon|Tire size = Small|Tire type = Treaded Radial|Tire color = Black|Tire material = Med. Elastomer|Motor = Standard|Length = 150|Width = 97|Height = 43|Gear = 3.5:1}}
-'''Length:''' 137 mm (Normal/Limited Sp), 150 mm (Premium)
-'''Width:''' 90 mm (Normal/Limited Sp), 97 mm (Premium)
-'''Height:''' 43 mm
-'''Chassis:''' Super-1 Chassis (Normal/Limited Sp), Super-II Chassis (Premium)
-'''Gear Set(s):''' 5:1 and 4:1 (Normal/Limited Sp), 3.5:1 (Premium)
 == Gallery ==
@@ Line 56: / Line 48: @@
 === Car views ===
 <gallery>
-VanguardSonicPremiumFrontview.png|Front view
+VanguardSonicPremiumFrontview.png|Front view (Premium variant)
-VanguardSonicPremiumRearview.png|Rear view
+VanguardSonicPremiumRearview.png|Rear view (Premium variant)
-VanguardSonicPremiumSideview.png|Side view
+VanguardSonicPremiumSideview.png|Side view (Premium variant)
 </gallery>
@@ Line 66: / Line 58: @@
 VMachinePremium.png|Vanguard Sonic Premium and [[Victory Magnum|Victory Magnum Premium]].
 </gallery>
+== Trivia ==
+* The Premium variant of Vanguard Sonic, along with the Premium variant of Victory Magnum, are the only ones with the carbon-mixed nylon chassis frame equipped by default in the standard lineup.
 == See also ==
@@ Line 74: / Line 69: @@
 * [[RodeoSonic]]
 * [[Great BlastSonic]]
+* [[Cosmosonic]]
 == External links ==
-==== Tamiya Japan ====
+=== Tamiya Japan ===
-* [http://www.tamiya.com/japan/products/19407vanguard_sonic/index.htm Vanguard Sonic on Tamiya official website (Japanese)]
+* [https://www.tamiya.com/japan/products/19407/index.html Vanguard Sonic on Tamiya Japan (Japanese)]
-* [http://www.tamiya.com/english/products/19435vanguard_sonic_premium/index.htm Vanguard Sonic Premium on Tamiya official website]
+* [http://www.tamiya.com/english/products/19435vanguard_sonic_premium/index.htm Vanguard Sonic Premium on Tamiya Japan]
-Tamiya America
+=== Tamiya America ===
-* [https://www.tamiyausa.com/items/mini-series-40/1-32-fully-cowled-mini-4wd-51000/jr-vanguard-sonic-19407 Vanguard Sonic on Tamiya America official website]
-* [https://www.tamiyausa.com/items/mini-series-40/1-32-super-mini-4wd-52000/jr-vanguard-sonic-premium-19435 Vanguard Sonic Premium on Tamiya America official website]
+* [https://www.tamiyausa.com/shop/132-fully-cowled/jr-vanguard-sonic/ Vanguard Sonic on Tamiya America]
+* [https://www.tamiyausa.com/shop/132-super/jr-vanguard-sonic-premium/ Vanguard Sonic Premium on Tamiya America]
-{{Mini 4WD cars from Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! franchise}}{{Navbox Fully Cowled Mini 4WD}}
+{{Mini 4WD cars from Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! franchise}}
+{{Navbox Fully Cowled Mini 4WD}}
 [[Category:Fully Cowled Mini 4WD cars]]
 [[Category:Mini 4WD cars designed by Tetsuhiro Koshita]]