Scalextric - or alternatives

[scooter1]

Brilliant. My lad loved it for a few years, less so now ( 15) so I spent a few hours ( 4 cans Punk) driving round in circles on my own! went for a 70's theme

Santa got me an RS COlogne Capri . Old habits die hard

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Nice collection of cars. Art imitating life?!!?

 

[hoof hearted]

I got my 4 year old nephew micro scalextrix for christmas. It was well received! Was about £45, which is not bad value considering it should last a long time and you can replace all the parts like normal scalectrix.

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Brilliant. My lad loved it for a few years, less so now ( 15) so I spent a few hours ( 4 cans Punk) driving round in circles on my own! went for a 70's theme

Santa got me an RS COlogne Capri . Old habits die hard

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I’ve got the red and yellow Minis and the Rover somewhere!

 

[Mortdecai]

When it comes to Scalextric the only way to go is Jadlam Scalextric.

https://www.jadlamracingmodels.com/

Check them out on ebay or amazon. These are the top of the range and are Excellent.

 

[Norman Potting]

Anyone recall Minic Motorway? Designed to go with Triang train sets it included double deck buses and lorries as well as somewhat overscale cars.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

I'm sure the Hornby Southern Rail set will be great fun over Xmas "daddy, daddy, this doesn't work", "wow, that's pretty realistic son."

Yes they updated it this Christmas, it now comes with a fleet of model double deck buses, ready to operate the Rail Replacement Service, when the train set breaks down.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

I (sorry, my kids) got a Scalextric set for Xmas.

First time I've raced properly for 35+ years. Still magic - although I miss the high-banked bends and, er, six-wheeled F1 cars.

Kids seem to love it too, luckily. They had it set up in the lounge before 8am this morning....

Love it!

 

[The Maharajah of Sydney]

My brother and I had had a 100-lap race once.
I would of been about 9 years old and him 14.
Him being older and more accomplished soon got about 3 or 4 laps ahead of me.
Over confidence set in and he went off to make himself some cheese on toast.
When he returned with his tasty hot snack I was on about lap 90 and won in a canter.
Fifty years on and to this day the "cheese & toast incident" still gets a regular airing.

 

[zefarelly]

Anyone recall Minic Motorway? Designed to go with Triang train sets it included double deck buses and lorries as well as somewhat overscale cars.

Before my time, but a few years ago I bought a model porsche 356 on flebay, it is a minic motorway car, tiny little thing.

Brighton Toy museum has some apparently

https://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk/index/Category:Minic_Motorways

 

[Wozza]

2021 range launched today.



Includes...

Batmobile - 1966 TV Series
DeLorean - Back To The Future 2
Knight Rider – KITT
James Bond Lotus Esprit S1
James Bond Aston Martin V8

 

[Super Steve Earle]

Any chance a Mod could correct the thread title to Scalextric. Drives me mad every time it reappears!

 

[zefarelly]

Any chance a Mod could correct the thread title to Scalextric. Drives me mad every time it reappears!

My mates daughters used to call it scarey-electrics

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Any chance a Mod could correct the thread title to Scalextric. Drives me mad every time it reappears!

Yeah it's getting to me too!

Maybe none of the mods know how to spell it either.

 

[zefarelly]

40 odd years ago I'd have pissed my pants had I got a batmobile scalextric car!!!

They need to do a Kojack one . . . we have Starsky and Hutch, with lights and flashing roof light.

https://youtu.be/RIIFtE6Sr3U

 

[AlastairWatts]

I want the Ayrton Senna one where the slots go straight across the corners.

The Sir Lewis Hamilton one is even better. Not only is it really fast but has audio telling you what to do and think. But it won’t operate unless you’re kneeling down…

 

[zefarelly]

I can remember my old man making new 'brushes' for the cars out of the copper insides of aerial cable. Very rarely got to go on it myself though.

I got my first set when I was 6, I think I was asleep in my cowboy suit before I got a go, my dad and his best mate who appeared were acing each other all day with a pair of Ferrari P4's ( which I still have!)

TCR lane change adresses the Ayrton Senna addition.

we have a lap counter which doubles up as a Kimi Raikonnen commentry console. a few strange noises and lots of beeps.

 

[Questions]

I got my first set when I was 6, I think I was asleep in my cowboy suit before I got a go, my dad and his best mate who appeared were acing each other all day with a pair of Ferrari P4's ( which I still have!)

TCR lane change adresses the Ayrton Senna addition.

we have a lap counter which doubles up as a Kimi Raikonnen commentry console. a few strange noises and lots of beeps.

Brilliant. My friend Sean used to place a pit stop mechanic (or a Second World War soldier) on the track and then rush to the scene with an ambulance to aid them..
He was more into the emergency rescue side of things that the racing.

He once had to amputate the leg of a Waffen SS officer on the Paddock bend at Brands.

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I didn’t mind because we were short of casualties for our battle of the bulge anyway.

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Ferdie the dog licked the metal strip on the track..........................once!

 

[Hamilton]

Any chance a Mod could correct the thread title to Scalextric. Drives me mad every time it reappears!

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[Cowfold Seagull]

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Philistine!