We had it. And sacrificed the entire front room floor to it.
I had the set that you could drift/slide around the corners.
As you approach you give it some on the throttle and they would slide the turns, was awesome as a kid.
I had this exact set plus randomly a Dunlop tyre bridge to go with it.
A little context.
I picked it up in a charity shop in Dartford for a tenner this afternoon.
Still on my list to buy. Finally bought an air rifle decades after my teenage years so should add a set.
A friend of mine had enough track to do the living room and dining room as a hand-me-down from other relatives. Full on sparks as the cars went around and I still lust after a rig like that.
Oh yes, so much.
My dad had a VERY cool Scalectrix set from before I was born though, we played with that instead. had a classic John Players Special black F1 car and a Ferrari F1 of some sort. Good times. 🙂
After years of nagging I did finally get my own slot car set, although it was the TOMY one with the magnetic cars that did loop the loops and vertical wall sections. Now THAT was a great set 🙂
I want a TCR set but got a Scalextrix instead.
Scalextric never interested me. Now a Hornby train set–I always circled one of them in the Argos magazine.
That’s me, I always wanted Makita tools!
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I had the Le Mans version of this and the cars had lights that would shine brighter the faster you went. Happy memories. The smell!!
I got it for christmas. I reckon I was 5. Opened it up and it was fucked, neither controller worked. One of the cars was knackered.
The toy shop graciously swapped it for the more expensive [Le Mans 24 hour](http://www.scalextricguide.com/item_year_details.asp?itemyearid=3768) set. Merry Christmas. The lights on the cars worked, and it had these rollers on the start you could put some scaletrix juice in so the tires smoked as you left the grid.
But the real banger? [This tape](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggs9zQDTh7k) of racing sounds, instructions for setup, and for reasons I still don’t understand as an adult…Noel Edmonds.
Oh I had that. It was great for the day or two a year I was allowed to set it up!
I had one with the 6 wheeler Tyrell P34 and also had a John Player special lotus.
/cigarette adverts on a kids toy lol.
I had a later F1 set, I think it had a Bennetton and a Williams but can’t remember. Had so much fun with it.
I’ve had this exact set since I was about 3 years old. Still works, more or less, though the cars have seen better days.
Mansell v Senna, 1987 season, Silverstone circuit
Peak era F1
(Mansell’s pass on Piquet in that race is still one of my favourite F1 moments ever)
I got Aurora for Christmas instead, scarred for life.
I often say Christmas is never the same once you realise you are never getting a Scalextric. I find fewer people know what I mean every year.
Can still vividly remember the smell of these over 2 decades later. My favourite thing as a inquisitive 10 year old was to put the motor wires directly into the transformer; could get the cars doing some serious burnouts.
So badly I ended up buying one for my son, and then one for my daughter….
I wanted one. We had a “Race & Chase”- a 2nd hand budget version.
My dad had one at his house. We played with it a couple of times and realised how shit it was. You’d barely do a lap and have to put the car back on. He also had time crisis 3 with the light gun on ps1. That was far better.
Omg when I was 1 my dad bought me one! It was Damon Hill in the Williams and Schumacher in the Ferrari! It was sick! Still have it somewhere 29 years later
Awesome find.
This has reminded me of when I got the Aurora Stop Police scalextric set for Christmas, good times!
I got the coulthard McLaren and Juan Pablo Montoya Williams set. Then we inherited a load of classic scalextric and made a massive track around the whole house, took over a minute to complete a lap (I know because the timing line was included in my set)
I also had a 1 in 1100 special edition flying lizard Porsche 911 which I thought was absolutely amazing. I used to run night races under the stars in the conservatory in the middle of winter (no heating in there so I’d be in a coat)
Scalextric was great
Yeah I had that. My dad insisted on buying the biggest and best set. I just wanted something smaller. Only had it setup 4 times because it was so massive.
I got that for Christmas when I was about 9 or 10 never forget me Grandad and me Dad setting it up for us, it was massive.
The noise of the cars screeching around the track.
The smell of the burnt metal bits underneath the cars.
Wonderful days.
My dad had one. He was in his mid-40s. One day we set up the track, which took up the whole living room. It was exciting for all of 5 minutes.
This reminds me of a story I read. This guy said that when he was 7, he inherited £6k from his nan, and his parents said he could spend it on anything he wanted. He bought a massive Scalectrix track with loads of cars and all the accessories with his £6k. He played with it a few times and then it sat in a cupboard for years. He eventually sold it all for like £100 on ebay.
My dad bought this for a Christmas present ‘for my mum’.
Went down like a lead balloon with her.
We had a great time.
I had the one with the mclaren and Benetton. Good times
My uncle bought it for us kids 1 year and set it up in my nans hallway (he lived with her) we never, ever got to take it home with us 😢
I had this exact set and it remains the only present I’ve ever received that permanently advertised cigarettes to me. I’ve since smoked Camels for a bit, on reflection, they were fine.
I saved this set from the dump a few years ago. A guy was about to throw away this set and another and I managed to stop him before he crossed the line! They work but I need to clean the contacts.
When we were kids 4 of us pooled our track and were allowed to set up in a local church, a good length of 4 lane track ensued – a lot bought second hand as well.
An inversion of the topic a bit, here.
When I was a kid, my dad, every Christmas & Birthday, would ask if I wanted a Scalextric. I never did. I mean, I enjoyed playing with them, but I had a friend who had a *massive* one and we played with it a lot, so didn’t really want one of my own. But it got to the point when I was about 8, that my dad asked me again, and I went to my mum about it – and she told me, flat-out, that my dad asks every time because **he** really wants one.
My dad worked in heavy industry, son of someone who worked in heavy industry, and was very much a man’s man. Good at DIY. Knows about cars. Can tell you Muhammad Ali’s fight record, who won the FA cup in 1972 and list the movies in which John Wayne is seen to die. He’s a wonderful person, but also, he would *never* buy a children’s toy for himself.
But my mum told me that if I didn’t want one, to not simply *lie* and make him buy one himself if he really wanted one. And this went on for years.
However, I forgot all of this, and didn’t remember until my mum told me about it in my early 30s.
So, for Christmas that year, I finally bought my dad a Scalextric. And I came into the living room on Christmas morning to see my retiree father, in his pajamas, cross-legged on the floor, controlling both cars, chuckling away to himself. And frankly as long as he and I live, I don’t think much will top that moment.
I always wanted TCR, but never got it. Apparently it was crap anyway and never worked like it showed on the ad.
Is there a greater variance of anticipated vs actual fun than this?
I’ve had a couple sets, and I got bored nearly instantly.
“Vrooooommm”
“Amazing”
“Can…can you put it back on please?”
“Vroom”
“Put it back on please?”
Repeat
Not the same set, but Santa brought my dad one of those one Christmas but accidentally put my name on the box. The cat got by far the most enjoyment from it, hiding in the box and leaping out to attack the cars as they passed.
So I got this for Christmas 1987 — I was 7 and my brother was 5.
I discovered it by accident in my parents’ bedroom a few weeks before Christmas, my Dad saw me looking and went ballistic, said Santa wasn’t coming anymore and Christmas was cancelled… I was absolutely distraught for weeks. The idiot should’ve hidden it better, but still…
Anyway Christmas Day comes and there’s a load of weird shaped presents under the tree. I open one and it’s just pieces of plastic track. What am I supposed to do with those? My brother opens a present and it’s more track. What is this stuff anyway? Another present, it’s the controllers. Another one, two F1 cars…
Hang on a minute… Is this… Then Mum comes in with the box!
“Santa told us to wrap it up separately…”
I had one, it was fun until my dog found it and broke it
Had it, was a gigantic box and only managed to set it up once. God knows what happened to it afterward, too young to remember.
I have the one with Jordan and BMW sat in the garage at home. I should really set it up and give it a go, just to check it still works obviously 🙂
Not as kid too be honest i even wanted this now is well.
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We had it. And sacrificed the entire front room floor to it.
I had the set that you could drift/slide around the corners.
As you approach you give it some on the throttle and they would slide the turns, was awesome as a kid.
I had this exact set plus randomly a Dunlop tyre bridge to go with it.
A little context.
I picked it up in a charity shop in Dartford for a tenner this afternoon.
Still on my list to buy. Finally bought an air rifle decades after my teenage years so should add a set.
A friend of mine had enough track to do the living room and dining room as a hand-me-down from other relatives. Full on sparks as the cars went around and I still lust after a rig like that.
Oh yes, so much.
My dad had a VERY cool Scalectrix set from before I was born though, we played with that instead. had a classic John Players Special black F1 car and a Ferrari F1 of some sort. Good times. 🙂
After years of nagging I did finally get my own slot car set, although it was the TOMY one with the magnetic cars that did loop the loops and vertical wall sections. Now THAT was a great set 🙂
I want a TCR set but got a Scalextrix instead.
Scalextric never interested me. Now a Hornby train set–I always circled one of them in the Argos magazine.
That’s me, I always wanted Makita tools!
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I had the Le Mans version of this and the cars had lights that would shine brighter the faster you went. Happy memories. The smell!!
I got it for christmas. I reckon I was 5. Opened it up and it was fucked, neither controller worked. One of the cars was knackered.
The toy shop graciously swapped it for the more expensive [Le Mans 24 hour](http://www.scalextricguide.com/item_year_details.asp?itemyearid=3768) set. Merry Christmas. The lights on the cars worked, and it had these rollers on the start you could put some scaletrix juice in so the tires smoked as you left the grid.
But the real banger? [This tape](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggs9zQDTh7k) of racing sounds, instructions for setup, and for reasons I still don’t understand as an adult…Noel Edmonds.
Oh I had that. It was great for the day or two a year I was allowed to set it up!
We had the [Super Saloons](https://uk.scalextric.com/products/scalextric-super-saloons-set-web-exclusive-c1443m) set when I was a kid. Loved it.
I had one with the 6 wheeler Tyrell P34 and also had a John Player special lotus.
/cigarette adverts on a kids toy lol.
I had a later F1 set, I think it had a Bennetton and a Williams but can’t remember. Had so much fun with it.
I’ve had this exact set since I was about 3 years old. Still works, more or less, though the cars have seen better days.
Mansell v Senna, 1987 season, Silverstone circuit
Peak era F1
(Mansell’s pass on Piquet in that race is still one of my favourite F1 moments ever)
I got Aurora for Christmas instead, scarred for life.
I often say Christmas is never the same once you realise you are never getting a Scalextric. I find fewer people know what I mean every year.
Can still vividly remember the smell of these over 2 decades later. My favourite thing as a inquisitive 10 year old was to put the motor wires directly into the transformer; could get the cars doing some serious burnouts.
So badly I ended up buying one for my son, and then one for my daughter….
I wanted one. We had a “Race & Chase”- a 2nd hand budget version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raj9UPZngL4
My dad had one at his house. We played with it a couple of times and realised how shit it was. You’d barely do a lap and have to put the car back on. He also had time crisis 3 with the light gun on ps1. That was far better.
Omg when I was 1 my dad bought me one! It was Damon Hill in the Williams and Schumacher in the Ferrari! It was sick! Still have it somewhere 29 years later
Awesome find.
This has reminded me of when I got the Aurora Stop Police scalextric set for Christmas, good times!
I got the coulthard McLaren and Juan Pablo Montoya Williams set. Then we inherited a load of classic scalextric and made a massive track around the whole house, took over a minute to complete a lap (I know because the timing line was included in my set)
I also had a 1 in 1100 special edition flying lizard Porsche 911 which I thought was absolutely amazing. I used to run night races under the stars in the conservatory in the middle of winter (no heating in there so I’d be in a coat)
Scalextric was great
Yeah I had that. My dad insisted on buying the biggest and best set. I just wanted something smaller. Only had it setup 4 times because it was so massive.
I got that for Christmas when I was about 9 or 10 never forget me Grandad and me Dad setting it up for us, it was massive.
The noise of the cars screeching around the track.
The smell of the burnt metal bits underneath the cars.
Wonderful days.
My dad had one. He was in his mid-40s. One day we set up the track, which took up the whole living room. It was exciting for all of 5 minutes.
This reminds me of a story I read. This guy said that when he was 7, he inherited £6k from his nan, and his parents said he could spend it on anything he wanted. He bought a massive Scalectrix track with loads of cars and all the accessories with his £6k. He played with it a few times and then it sat in a cupboard for years. He eventually sold it all for like £100 on ebay.
My dad bought this for a Christmas present ‘for my mum’.
Went down like a lead balloon with her.
We had a great time.
I had the one with the mclaren and Benetton. Good times
My uncle bought it for us kids 1 year and set it up in my nans hallway (he lived with her) we never, ever got to take it home with us 😢
I had this exact set and it remains the only present I’ve ever received that permanently advertised cigarettes to me. I’ve since smoked Camels for a bit, on reflection, they were fine.
I saved this set from the dump a few years ago. A guy was about to throw away this set and another and I managed to stop him before he crossed the line! They work but I need to clean the contacts.
When we were kids 4 of us pooled our track and were allowed to set up in a local church, a good length of 4 lane track ensued – a lot bought second hand as well.
An inversion of the topic a bit, here.
When I was a kid, my dad, every Christmas & Birthday, would ask if I wanted a Scalextric. I never did. I mean, I enjoyed playing with them, but I had a friend who had a *massive* one and we played with it a lot, so didn’t really want one of my own. But it got to the point when I was about 8, that my dad asked me again, and I went to my mum about it – and she told me, flat-out, that my dad asks every time because **he** really wants one.
My dad worked in heavy industry, son of someone who worked in heavy industry, and was very much a man’s man. Good at DIY. Knows about cars. Can tell you Muhammad Ali’s fight record, who won the FA cup in 1972 and list the movies in which John Wayne is seen to die. He’s a wonderful person, but also, he would *never* buy a children’s toy for himself.
But my mum told me that if I didn’t want one, to not simply *lie* and make him buy one himself if he really wanted one. And this went on for years.
However, I forgot all of this, and didn’t remember until my mum told me about it in my early 30s.
So, for Christmas that year, I finally bought my dad a Scalextric. And I came into the living room on Christmas morning to see my retiree father, in his pajamas, cross-legged on the floor, controlling both cars, chuckling away to himself. And frankly as long as he and I live, I don’t think much will top that moment.
I always wanted TCR, but never got it. Apparently it was crap anyway and never worked like it showed on the ad.
Is there a greater variance of anticipated vs actual fun than this?
I’ve had a couple sets, and I got bored nearly instantly.
“Vrooooommm”
“Amazing”
“Can…can you put it back on please?”
“Vroom”
“Put it back on please?”
Repeat
Not the same set, but Santa brought my dad one of those one Christmas but accidentally put my name on the box. The cat got by far the most enjoyment from it, hiding in the box and leaping out to attack the cars as they passed.
So I got this for Christmas 1987 — I was 7 and my brother was 5.
I discovered it by accident in my parents’ bedroom a few weeks before Christmas, my Dad saw me looking and went ballistic, said Santa wasn’t coming anymore and Christmas was cancelled… I was absolutely distraught for weeks. The idiot should’ve hidden it better, but still…
Anyway Christmas Day comes and there’s a load of weird shaped presents under the tree. I open one and it’s just pieces of plastic track. What am I supposed to do with those? My brother opens a present and it’s more track. What is this stuff anyway? Another present, it’s the controllers. Another one, two F1 cars…
Hang on a minute… Is this… Then Mum comes in with the box!
“Santa told us to wrap it up separately…”
I had one, it was fun until my dog found it and broke it
Had it, was a gigantic box and only managed to set it up once. God knows what happened to it afterward, too young to remember.
I have the one with Jordan and BMW sat in the garage at home. I should really set it up and give it a go, just to check it still works obviously 🙂
Not as kid too be honest i even wanted this now is well.