Recommend me a Scalextric set for an 8 year old

[Penny-lope]

Just wondering if any of you can recommend a decent Scalextric set for my son who's about to turn 8 in November.

I am looking at a budget of £60 or less, unless someone can give me a really good reason for sending more.

Thanks

[Emsman]

I got my lad a carrera set- not what you are asking for I know. That was based on the fact it was bigger, and I assumed bigger was better.
He loves it, and will no doubt progress to the other brand later on.

[Emsman]

Emsman said:

I got my lad a carrera set- not what you are asking for I know. That was based on the fact it was bigger, and I assumed bigger was better.
He loves it, and will no doubt progress to the other brand later on.

edited to add- enigmahobby.co.uk have an F1 set on sale at £30.

[russy01]

Don't go for anything bar scalextric, they are the biggest name for a reason. It's easy to get bits from anywhere, plus the car models nowadays are brilliant.

Best bet is to look for a scalextric start set, they are made to be a first set. Steer well clear of micro scalextric, you'll be bored of it straight away.

This is what you want, send us a pm if you want more help.

http://www.jadlamracingmodels.com/Items/c1250?&amp...

Jadlam are great, sell all sorts of extension kits etc that you can't even get from scalextric directly, (make their own sets with genuine scalextric parts)

[NismoGT]

Tesco are selling a set for £60. Think it has an Aston DBR9 and Porsche 911 GT2 in it.

[Simes205]

russy01 said:

http://www.jadlamracingmodels.com/Items/c1250?&amp...
Jadlam are great,

Yep - they've taken a few quid of me over the last couple of months.....delivery times are quick too.

[condor]

I'd suggest getting one that you'd really like to have ...that's likely to be the most expensive one

[russy01]

anonymous said:

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Fair Point, but chances are it won't be that much cheaper, you won't neccessarily find exactly what you want when you want it. What if something goes wrong after a couple days? Who can you cry too?

Swings and roundabouts but it may be worth having a quick look on eBay!

[Curry Burns]

Another vote for Scalextric Strat here, they do the three different sets all are under £100 each.

linky - http://www.megamodelshop.co.uk/scalextric-slot-car...

[.Mark]

No point messing about.

You'll be needing this.

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyI...

[[AJ]]

.Mark said:

No point messing about.

You'll be needing this.

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyI...

I was wondering how long that would take to make it's way onto this thread!

[Maxus]

Definately go for Scalextric. After 32 years I'm still adding to my collection!

Although a bit over your set budget, for younger drivers the drift sets (or cars) are great fun. It's proper normal Scalextric but you can spin the cars around on corners so they face the opposite direction. My son is 10 and will play with the drift cars much longer than any of the others.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SCALEXTRIC-NEW-C1264-DRIFT-K...