Scalextric and electric race cars are a match made in heaven. In fact, I guess you could say that Scalextric has led the way in electric powered motorsport for 60 years (*groans*). So it’s great to see the first pictures…
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2019 marks 25 years of Micro Scalextric, the compact, affordable and super-speedy entry-level race sets, and to celebrate, Scalextric has given it some serious updates. These major updates – including a brand new track system, new car motors and chassis,…
You have to have the hardest of hearts not to let the Mini melt it just a little. So it proved for the people of Sicily when Prince Paul Metternich and and the French motor racing photographer Bernard Cahier raced their…
Photos of the stunning Scalextric model of the Ford GT GTE from the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The Ford GT GTE is the latest incarnation of the Ford GT endurance racer making it heir to the legendary GT40. The car in the video below is Scalextric’s model of the No. 68 Ford, in the colours of Chip Ganassi Racing,…
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I’ve been waiting months for this. After falling in love with the car at the UK Slot Car festival way back in May, I’ve finally got my hands on the stunning Castrol liveried Scalextric C3924 Ford Escort MkI. It’s a…
1966 was the year, and the GT40 MkII the car, that finally saw Ford take their revenge on Ferrari by winning at Le Mans. Much like the car itself, this win was largely achieved through brute force. Graham Hill and…
As you can probably tell from that mouthful of a title – I’ve finally got my hands on the Scalextric C3898A Legends Jaguar E-Type 1963 International Sussex Trophy Limited Edition Twin Pack! Long time readers (rather confidently used the plural…
The Jaguar D-Type is a legendary sports car that needs no introduction. For round four of the 1957 World Sporstcar Championship, the 1000km of Nurburgring, a mind blowing 44 lap race around the 174 corners that made up the Nürburgring Nordschleife, Ecurie…
For me the Ferrari 250 GTO is without question, the most beautiful sports car ever raced. It’s a car that’s been blessed with an almost magnetic beauty. The kind that once you glimpse, is impossible to look away from. It’s…
The latest range of high detail Scalextric models are absolutely beautifully made. The attention to detail and the build quality is better than ever. But I feel that beauty is often lost in the official product photography. Details that the…
Yes, it’s nearly that one-day, well, that fifteen minutes or so, of year again when you have pretend to be grateful for all the things your dad does for you. Best buy him a gift. But what should you get…
“Kids these days,” so they say, “aren’t interested in real toys. It’s all about computer games.” This, or variations of it, is used to explain why sales of traditional toys are doomed. It’s used to explain why companies with histories…
Despite the sun beating down, on glorious Saturday morning in May, my trip with my son to the UK Slot Car Festival got off to an inauspicious start. As we turned off the motorway, on to the approach road for…
Yesterday, on a glorious sunny May day, I avoided the sun (and the Royal Wedding), and headed down to the British Motor Museum at Gaydon for the 2018 UK Slot Car Festival. The show is now in it’s 8th year,…
Earlier this month I headed down to the Design Museum in London to visit their stunning exhibition – Ferrari: Under the Skin. The show, celebrating 70 years of Ferrari, brings together a fascinating collection of models, artefacts, Enzo Ferrari…
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been reading with interest, but increasing weariness, about the launch of the current crop of F1 cars. Much of that weariness derives from the yawnsome pre-season talk being dominated by the introduction of…
Ah, it’s been a little while since I last wrote something for this blog so I thought I’d return to the fertile territory that is the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In the last post that I actually managed to…
2018 marks 50 years since the most iconic of Ford’s mighty GT40s won at Le Mans and to celebrate Scalextric are releasing the C3896A Limited Edition Legends Ford GT40 Le Mans 1968 Gulf Triple Pack. These slot cars are so new…