The Jimny hails from Kyosho's new Mini-Z 4x4 line, an extension of its long-running Mini-Z line that until recently has consisted only of mini-scale R/C cars with rear- or all-wheel drive.

In a previous thread on slot cars (which I hijacked) I proposed using 1/24th scale Kyosho Mini-Z's as they are much more challenging, tunable, etc. The issue was track which - up until last week ...

The last time I talked to Masamu Suzuki from KYOSHO, he pointed at the Mini-Z cars in their portfolio. But I'm 10 times as enthusiastic about the company's new Fazer D2 high-performance drift machine.

Postkun costs $3,500 and is – of course – Japan-only. The robot is technially based on Kyosho’s Manoi PF01, another mini humanoid the company developed two years ago ...