Slotted!! (Scalextric)

Member Name: huddro

Product:	Scalextric
Date:	11/01/01 (565 review reads)
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Advantages: Great fun

Disadvantages: U can easily trip over the track!!!

For Christmas this year I bought my godson Scalextric, why because as a child I lived my dream of being a racing driver through those little cars. My one concern that in this day of Nintendo and Play Station could Scalextric compete?

Limited by cost I plumped for a forty pound oval track with formula one style racing cars. But for those with unlimited funds the possibilities are endless, Subaru, Mercedes, TVR, Porsche just drive your dream. What a difference those years of growing up have made to the sets.

The leads plug in to custom made plugs located at the side of the track rather than the old clip the lead to the metal underneath. The controls are trigger operated and again plug directly into the side of the track. The cars slot easily into the track and race at what can only be described as realistic scale speeds.

Assembly was easy the whole thing slotting together in about 10 minutes, the cars on the starting line, the power on ….. being 5 my godson has not grasped slowing down for corners, but despite the frequent crashes he played with this all day and when he went to bed his father and I raced back to our childhood for hours.

These two little cars shooting round an oval track have provided more hours amusement for this little boy and all his school friends, who think it is so cool and now want their own, than any play station 2 that was given for Christmas. For the parents it has bought back some old memories and many an evening has been spent racing after a few beers…apologies to the Drink Driving campaign!!! The competitive spirit being bought out in even the most laid back of us. There has been many a visit to Toys R Us to buy our own cars.

The end result I would recommend this as a purchase for children aged 5 to 35 we have more than had our money back in entertainment value. Can it compete with Play Station and Nintendo, well compete and win the play station is still in its box the Scal
extric is used daily and being added to all the time the possibilities with Scalextric limited only by your imagination as the accessory range, track range, and range of cars seems to be fairly endless.

I know what I want next Christmas!!!

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