SLOT CARS

Last week I bought a SCX Compact set, the tuning one in Target. It was on clearance, about $28. It is a nice set, and my kids love playing with them. i let them do it with the Artin cars I have. I prefer to reserve the SCX ones (NASCAR, Formula 1 and tuning) for the time they get older. Here you will find some pictures of my 1/43 cars, the track and a video of the SCX Compact tuning BLUE car against a CARRERA GO GREEN car. Of course, the SCX one look better and runs much better...

Another spanish company. This is specialized in old, and not so old, rally cars. You buy the kit and build the car, an interesting option. The main page is in spanish, but you can change the language choosing from "idiomas" (languages). Very interesting... http://www.minireplicas.com/

Carrera store in the United States! Dear Carrera Fan, Do you want to see some great pics? The new "G. Willikers - Specialty Store" in Old Sacramento, California has its own little Carrera-world. The store's concept is to sell toys that have an intrinsic value and have been proven winners in the past. The store is laid out so the children and parents can actually play with the toys they may want to buy. The Carrera display there is a spiral that starts on the bottom goes to the top - similar to a spiral stair-case and then decends back to the bottom. It is about 20' long (6.66 m) by about 10' (3m) wide and shaped like the letter T. ...but just look through the pictures - you'll like them! Information from Carrera-USA http://us.carrera-toys.com/

The 2008 Scalextric range is shaping up to bring you some fantastic releases. C1218 Top Gear POWERLAPS ready to race set. Have you got what it takes to tackle The Stig and push your driving skills to the limit around Gambon corner in a super car? Well now you can have a go yourself as the award winning BBC show is recreated in a special Scalextric Top Gear ‘Powerlaps’ set. £100 Available Now C2871 PORSCHE 997 GT3 RS ORANGE car. The ‘Super Resistant’ rugged, light-weight bodies of the Porsche 997 sports car ensures hours of fun for the novice driver looking for fun and durability in a lot car. The enthusiast will also appreciate the light weight and high top speed of this pocket-rockets. £18 Available Now C2904 Maserati MC12 Scuderia Playteam car. Produced by Scalextric as a rear mounted, in-line rear wheel drive chassis. Fitted with lights front and rear. Ideal to race against all of the GT cars. This car has excellent road handling characteristics due to the separate engine mountin...

It is time for clearance of the SCX Compact at TARGET, at least the one in Marter Avenue, Mount Laurel. The pack of two cars is $10.49... So hurry up, it is time for shopping...

These are some pictures and a short video of the SCX stand at FAO Schwartz in New York, http://www.fao.com/home.jsp . A pity there was no demo track available!

The Ferrari horse and the Red Bull beasts team up on the Italian “azzurro” blue background SCX® PRESENTS THE FERRARI 360 GTC Experience the lightness of the Ferrari from the 24-hour Daytona race on your SCX® tracks. This time SCX® brings us the Ferrari 360 GTC, a racing car which is absolutely up-to-the-minute in both lines and decoration, with a largely metallic blue “azzurro” background and the striking Red Bull beasts featuring even more prominently than the Italian manufacturer's very own prancing horse. There are four air intakes to be found at the business end of this Ferrari from SCX ®, two large ones at the front and two rather smaller ones at the sides. Between the two front air intakes is the “Be Racing” logo together with the race number 73, and above them a small Dunlop logo. The two bulls head to head in the Red Bull logo loom large on the bonnet, with the car's race number appearing once more at the side. The orange headlights grab the attention immediately. At th...