slot car sets - own up if you had/got one

jphanna · 15-05-2009, 01:59 PM

For those that are over 30 years old, well before XBox, PS2, WII..etc, the main form of indoor entertainment for me and most of my friends back then was a slot car set. if you were not so rich, you had a 'no name' brand that you could get from most Toy stores etc, and took 4 D cell batteries. If your parents had a bit more cash, you got AFX or scalextric with a transformer (never ending power!). i only gave mine away a few years ago to a neighbor, and i bitterly regret that now. i may ask for it back...

Own up all you X generationers...

Busted · 15-05-2009, 02:06 PM

scalextric here. Still have it around my old mans place. He will not let it out of the house.
He picked up from the dump a few years back the whole track from a old shop that closed down. Still reconds he's going to get it going in the shed one day but I don't know where he's going to find the room. Theres about 10 cars in there.

BIGJB · 15-05-2009, 02:12 PM

Scalextric rock. I loved these as a kid.... as an adult.... hey who am
I kidding I still do.

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nitro rc cars instead but no doubt I will end up with one again in the future.

alecrain · 15-05-2009, 02:19 PM

My father (~50 years old, living in US) just got two tracks

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and built the whole scenery around it, now it can't leave the room as the whole thing assembled won't fit through the door :1syellow1

Springfield_Johny · 15-05-2009, 02:11 PM

I had one of the no name sets, gave me hours of entertainment tho & made me popular with mates too. Wish I had the room for a half decent set now. They are still really popular if you ever see one of the 8 track ones at a car show.

ahh those were the days, when you had to actually go and play cricket in the street or kick a footy down the oval instead of plugging a game into a game consul

DJL351 · 15-05-2009, 02:19 PM

Nah - That stuff is too small...... we've got a track like this in WA.

PimpMyHubcap · 15-05-2009, 02:35 PM

Love them.

Still "help" the kids with theirs

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Cheers
Mick

jphanna · 15-05-2009, 02:41 PM

you have just hit the holy grail of the slot car world....the mighty internationally acclaimed BLUE KING.

i raced at the REDLINE raceway in Adelaide's Blue King from 1990 to about 1999. 2 Australain Championships in Flexi cars and group 12. I also raced at Penrith (NSW), Tullermarine (Vic) & Sale (Vic)

do those classes still exist? do you race Wing cars or sedans?

DJL351 · 15-05-2009, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by jphanna

you have just hit the holy grail of the slot car world....the mighty internationally acclaimed BLUE KING.

i raced at the REDLINE raceway in Adelaide's Blue King from 1990 to about 1999. 2 Australain Championships in Flexi cars and group 12. I also raced at Penrith (NSW), Tullermarine (Vic) & Sale (Vic)

do those classes still exist? do you race Wing cars or sedans?

Oh yeah!

The body types change all the time...

Standards
Supers
Box motors
Group 12/15
Vintage stuff too.

State champ for Super and Open Supers for a couple of years.

Only one place left in WA, in a suburb called Maddington.

For those that have not seen these things go..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JphO7WeYhIU

jphanna · 15-05-2009, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by DJL351

Oh yeah!

The body types change all the time...

Standards
Supers
Box motors
Group 12/15
Vintage stuff too.

State champ for Super and Open Supers for a couple of years.

Only one place left in WA, in a suburb called Maddington.

same in adelaide, a few 'underground wooden' tracks left, and a few 'shopfront' scalextrix tracks on other side of town to me which are too far for me. i miss my scalextric track which i gave away....

Coyote mk3 · 15-05-2009, 03:30 PM

I got 2 AFX tracks that have ended up in the same box (bathurst and some loop thing) occasionally it will be set up but I haven't used it in a few years.
I am going to set up Bathurst one of these days but normally its just some thing with heaps of turns and a massive straight hehe.

Fev · 15-05-2009, 03:08 PM

never had anything big. Just AFX - i had mounds of fun - spraying the straight with deoderant or some sort of lubricant and watching the cars burnout and then fly off into the wall 10ft away hehehe

**killerjoolz** · 15-05-2009, 03:46 PM

AFX Thunderloop Thriller here.....looking at it as I type this,although its not mine so to speak it was our daughters set,but will now be passed onto the grandson....lol

**Full Noise** · 15-05-2009, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by killerjoolz

AFX Thunderloop Thriller here.....looking at it as I type this,although its not mine so to speak it was our daughters set,but will now be passed onto the grandson....lol

I’ve got one of them too. What is it they say about great minds?

I bought it about 15 years ago so my nephews would have something to play with when they came over. I ended up spending more time on it than they did. :hihi: I also bought a few banked curves and extra straight pieces.

I still have it although, it’s packed away at the outlaw’s place. My son is nearly at the age where he’ll be able to play with it, although, it’s more a matter if finding somewhere to put it.

Yellow_Festiva · 15-05-2009, 03:49 PM

Yeah I had the plug in one that had 2 loops.

Loved fooling round with them, but setting them up on think pile carpet was always causing issues if I remember correctly haaa.

Mr Brooksy · 15-05-2009, 03:51 PM

Im not Gen X, Im actualy Gen Y and I have 12m of AFX. Still have it, used to spend countless hours buying new shells and sanding them into a shape of a modern car (AFX were so bad at releasing up to date cars), and painting them. I got pretty good at it too. Then we used to go to the local AFX club and race on 8 lanes of tack approx 20-25m long. All made out of the basic two lane track pieces. Makes that tiny track called blue king look more like a blue speck! Was great fun!

I actually pulled it out a few days ago. Its seen better days!!

**Peuty** · 15-05-2009, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr Brooksy

.... used to spend countless hours buying new shells and sanding them into a shape of a modern car (AFX were so bad at releasing up to date cars), and painting them. I got pretty good at it too.

Sif you needed any other than the Sauber C9 and the Porsche 962!!!

I used to spend hours making new track designs and whatnot. We used to have fun taking the shells off the AFX cars and just racing as the bare chassis too.

Velociraptor82 · 15-05-2009, 04:27 PM

I got an old bathurst scalextric (2 mondeos painted in johnson and phil ward colours) and a newer scalextrix 4x4 wrc kit including a focus and wrx. here are some pics

http://members.westnet.com.au/veloci...?photocatid=24

EDManual · 15-05-2009, 04:40 PM

I have 2 AFX bathurst sets, my old man has a great old set that I have too, and some spare track from some friends. All up must be 15 metres at least. Good fun, its a bit of up keep to keep all the electrics shiny though! And yeah, I like putting old 60s70s age tyres on the newer cars, sideways all the way!!

Powdered Toast Man · 15-05-2009, 05:29 PM

I had AFX because we couldn't afford Scaletrix.

Had the thunderloop thriller track. I remember many hours of pulling apart matchbox cars so that we could put the body shell on the AFX cars.

Long gone now.

Kieron · 15-05-2009, 05:42 PM

Yeah, got the Bathurst Thunder set with Betta Electrical Falc and Spud's Commodore.

A few of my family have previously got together with tracks and raced a few cars, couple of Slot.IT cars, Jaguar, Porsche, McLaren and i've got an NSR Mosler in gulf colours. All variously modded.

Also the usual Scalextrics Minis, a modded Betta Electrical Falc, Moff's Coke Mustang.

ZH_302 · 15-05-2009, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Kieron

Yeah, got the Bathurst Thunder set with Betta Electrical Falc and Spud's Commodore.

A few of my family have previously got together with tracks and raced a few cars, couple of Slot.IT cars, Jaguar, Porsche, McLaren and i've got an NSR Mosler in gulf colours. All variously modded.

Also the usual Scalextrics Minis, a modded Betta Electrical Falc, Moff's Coke Mustang.

What about the old Scaley stuff we had as kids, minis, the Datsun and Escort? JPS Lotus, STP March Ford and that 6 wheeler thing!
All set up on the old ping pong table with 'scenery' added (branches pinched off the xmas tree) :1syellow1

Kieron · 16-05-2009, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by ZH_302

What about the old Scaley stuff we had as kids, minis, the Datsun and Escort? JPS Lotus, STP March Ford and that 6 wheeler thing!
All set up on the old ping pong table with 'scenery' added (branches pinched off the xmas tree) :1syellow1

Oh yep, those were the days!
Escort Mexico, the 6 wheeler was a 4wd March (2wd in Scaley form). Elf Tyrell, Shadow, Martini Porsche 911...

Must organise a boys night again

ZH_302 · 18-05-2009, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Kieron

Oh yep, those were the days!
Escort Mexico, the 6 wheeler was a 4wd March (2wd in Scaley form). Elf Tyrell, Shadow, Martini Porsche 911...

Must organise a boys night again

Ahhh, I'd forgotten about the Porsche completely, I remember the two Shadows we had though.

Told Bill on Sunday it's his turn next, so the boys night should be on again soon. Is the Mosler ready for a beating again?

Shameless showoff of the track we setup last time, great fun and beats standing around the BBQ bulls*#ting all night...

Velociraptor82 · 20-05-2009, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by ZH_302

Ahhh, I'd forgotten about the Porsche completely, I remember the two Shadows we had though.

Told Bill on Sunday it's his turn next, so the boys night should be on again soon. Is the Mosler ready for a beating again?

Shameless showoff of the track we setup last time, great fun and beats standing around the BBQ bulls*#ting all night...

Hey thats a nice setup....I only wish I had the space for a big layout like that.

Just out of interest has anyone upgraded their scalextric to the new digital version?

Supposidly you can run up to 6 cars on 2 lanes and able to switch lanes so you can pull off passing manouvers.

mcbrain · 15-05-2009, 07:18 PM

Ive Still Got All My Cars.use To Build My Own Flexy Wing Cars And Came 4th In The Tassie Northern Totals.i Build Them And My Dad Crashed Then But Me And My Dad Had Some Of Our Greatest Times Together,so I Will Admitt Tat I Loved Them......mick

MGGT RAA · 15-05-2009, 07:20 PM

Afx here, wanna scalectrix one though... my ol man had one think he got rid of it.

homegrown · 15-05-2009, 07:32 PM

They were the days. When we were little my brother and I used to get all the straight pieces and drag race them down the hall way.
My fav car from then was a Willy's Hot Rod it was black with flames. No idea where they are now.

KPOJ · 15-05-2009, 07:37 PM

haha slot cars, i raced 1/24 scale cars up until a year ago, i think ive finally grown up. The cars i was racing weighed 45g and had 1.5hp and had carbon fiber chassis. After 10 years of racing i won 3 national titles.

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sneaky · 15-05-2009, 08:22 PM

we had dad's old scalextric set, and an afx plus we used to go to the local model shop
(newcastle model autosport) and use their big track with 'flexi' cars..

now i have a 1/8 scale nitro rc truggy.. but maybe my 8 month old son will give me an excuse to get some more slot cars