'...But you can't be-ee-eat Scalextric!'

[danson67]

Scalextric Team GB Velodrome set available in time for the Olympics:

Pity their legs don't go round...not sureabout the sidecars :shock:
Already heavily discounted....

All the best,

 

[twain]

Never had Scalextric, although my cousin did - most of my memories of it consist of cars falling off the track and motors jamming up with carpet fluff. This sort of thing was more my cup of tea back in the day;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YjXc37rr30

David

could this win you back in to the game?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=en ... bogZBdwlsU

 

[Alison]

I don't recall the add either but my memories are of my brother who would spend hours, in a world of his own, with his Scalextric set, set up on the full sized snooker table pretending he was in an F1 race, sucking his thumb and making racing noises, right into his teens.

Alison

 

[Whatleymeister]

this win you back in to the game?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=en ... bogZBdwlsU

That is actually brilliant

 

[tintin40]

Yeah, train sets were better.

If I ever buy a house, I'm having a train set.

Have both and combine them so the train runs round as the cars are racing.

 

[Raging_Bulls]

Yeah, train sets were better.

If I ever buy a house, I'm having a train set.

Nah, I just inherited quite a big train set. Can't wait to get rid of them really.

When the darn things derail, you need to crouch under the train table to put them back on the tracks, they collect tons of dust, etc etc.
Once you get too many, you're spending more time oiling trains than actually riding.

 

[FSR-Si]

I had a capri and mk1 escort on mine, i remember putting a slither of fairy liquid on the bends so you could power slide the cars out the corners

 

[David B]

Yeah, train sets were better.

If I ever buy a house, I'm having a train set.

Have both and combine them so the train runs round as the cars are racing.

Ideally, then, you'll be wanting this:

http://www.minicmotorways.org.uk/

Seriously rare and collectable these days!

David