So, TCR or Scalextrix ?
Discussion
Due to a nostaligic ad on another thread,
I had TCR myself, the "Jam Car Speedway" but I reckon it was a bit dull compared to Scalextrix, and any racing sets have been replaced by video games.
Which did you prefer, best car, best track, best summer holiday racing series, did you ever coat the chicane with your mums Pledge ?
TCR was good, the best bit was the marketing, the catalgogue for it used to keep me mesmerised for hours, enough for me to spend £20 on a copy off Ebay a few years ago, I remember the anticipation, wondering which set I was going to get.
I had TCR myself, the "Jam Car Speedway" but I reckon it was a bit dull compared to Scalextrix, and any racing sets have been replaced by video games.
Which did you prefer, best car, best track, best summer holiday racing series, did you ever coat the chicane with your mums Pledge ?
TCR was good, the best bit was the marketing, the catalgogue for it used to keep me mesmerised for hours, enough for me to spend £20 on a copy off Ebay a few years ago, I remember the anticipation, wondering which set I was going to get.
Let's be honest though....it's all cr*p ain't it?
I went to 'modelworld' exhibition at Brighton last weekend and it was a superb event. They had a MASSIVE scalextric set-up where people could race with computerised lap timgs etc....
they also employed a person who's job all day was to pick up the cars and stick 'em back on the track after they flipped off on the bends!
Surely after so many years of development they would have sorted the 'fly off the track on the bends' problem by now?
I went to 'modelworld' exhibition at Brighton last weekend and it was a superb event. They had a MASSIVE scalextric set-up where people could race with computerised lap timgs etc....
they also employed a person who's job all day was to pick up the cars and stick 'em back on the track after they flipped off on the bends!
Surely after so many years of development they would have sorted the 'fly off the track on the bends' problem by now?
V8Wagon said:
Let's be honest though....it's all cr*p ain't it?
I went to 'modelworld' exhibition at Brighton last weekend and it was a superb event. They had a MASSIVE scalextric set-up where people could race with computerised lap timgs etc....
they also employed a person who's job all day was to pick up the cars and stick 'em back on the track after they flipped off on the bends!
Surely after so many years of development they would have sorted the 'fly off the track on the bends' problem by now?
They have magnets on them these days to help keep them on the track but it's not really racing if all you had to do was squeeze the trigger all the way round the track. More skill involved if you have to control your speed through the corners.I went to 'modelworld' exhibition at Brighton last weekend and it was a superb event. They had a MASSIVE scalextric set-up where people could race with computerised lap timgs etc....
they also employed a person who's job all day was to pick up the cars and stick 'em back on the track after they flipped off on the bends!
Surely after so many years of development they would have sorted the 'fly off the track on the bends' problem by now?
Scalextric all the way. Sierra Cosworths, Rover SD1 police cars with impossibly shiny tyres, racing trucks. I still have a load of cars and track, but since we moved to our current house, there's been no room to use it.
Anyone know where I can find one of these going cheap?
It's Nelson Piquet's Williams Honda FW11B from 1987. There are any number of 'red 5' cars floating around, but as I understand it the Piquet car was only available in the huge (and very expensive) 4 lane Grand Prix set, whereas Mansell's car was available to buy as a single unit.
I have a rare McLaren MP4/4, along with a mint Lotus 98T and various 'used' condition 80's/90's F1 stuff, but the Piquet No6 is the one that has always eluded me.
Anyone know where I can find one of these going cheap?
It's Nelson Piquet's Williams Honda FW11B from 1987. There are any number of 'red 5' cars floating around, but as I understand it the Piquet car was only available in the huge (and very expensive) 4 lane Grand Prix set, whereas Mansell's car was available to buy as a single unit.
I have a rare McLaren MP4/4, along with a mint Lotus 98T and various 'used' condition 80's/90's F1 stuff, but the Piquet No6 is the one that has always eluded me.
Shotgun Rider said:
They have magnets on them these days to help keep them on the track but it's not really racing if all you had to do was squeeze the trigger all the way round the track. More skill involved if you have to control your speed through the corners.
Ah...didn't know they'd got magnetic! The set at the centre looked pretty cutting edge though with screens displaying lap times etc. There were normal controllers and I (being 40 years old) was 'feathering' 
the throttle around the bends but the kids were getting pi**ed off with it as the were just flying off left right and centre....surely it's marketed as a 'toy' for kids?I've seen that scalextric do a 'lane changing' variant these days and I was quite excited by it on one of my pre-christmas shopping expeditions but it would appear it simply uses a couple of 'cross over' tracks!
V8Wagon said:
Let's be honest though....it's all cr*p ain't it?
I went to 'modelworld' exhibition at Brighton last weekend and it was a superb event. They had a MASSIVE scalextric set-up where people could race with computerised lap timgs etc....
they also employed a person who's job all day was to pick up the cars and stick 'em back on the track after they flipped off on the bends!
Surely after so many years of development they would have sorted the 'fly off the track on the bends' problem by now?
And where exactly would the skill be then?I went to 'modelworld' exhibition at Brighton last weekend and it was a superb event. They had a MASSIVE scalextric set-up where people could race with computerised lap timgs etc....
they also employed a person who's job all day was to pick up the cars and stick 'em back on the track after they flipped off on the bends!
Surely after so many years of development they would have sorted the 'fly off the track on the bends' problem by now?
veevee said:
V8Wagon said:
Surely after so many years of development they would have sorted the 'fly off the track on the bends' problem by now?
Wasn't that the whole point!?
king electronics on new cars.So that we don't 'fly off around bends'.
Wow, had a TCR jam car sent with working headlamps for Christmas back in the early 80s. Used to get up early on Saturday morning to use it in the dark with the curtains closed. Memories of rubbing a 2p piece down the track to get the shoes to contact better. Badgering my dad to come home from work via the model shop to pick up new tyres, shoes, headlamp bulbs and those tiny little springs.
Overtaking feature never worked on ours though
Looking forward to my daughter being old enough that I can buy her stuff like this!
Overtaking feature never worked on ours though
Looking forward to my daughter being old enough that I can buy her stuff like this!
Yes! all of the above.
My best mate at juniors, Lee, had all the new toys because his dad ran a toy wholesale house. Bigfoot, the Space 1999 action figures, Evil Knevil jump bike, 6million dollar man, Hulk - the b'stard had them all and more. (and his dad - a 7litre Trans Am in black/gold, ultimate in 1979 coolness I thought)
But it was TCR with Jam car that eclipsed them all & caused many hours spent happily racing/fixing the track/racing as a result
My best mate at juniors, Lee, had all the new toys because his dad ran a toy wholesale house. Bigfoot, the Space 1999 action figures, Evil Knevil jump bike, 6million dollar man, Hulk - the b'stard had them all and more. (and his dad - a 7litre Trans Am in black/gold, ultimate in 1979 coolness I thought)
But it was TCR with Jam car that eclipsed them all & caused many hours spent happily racing/fixing the track/racing as a result
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