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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/

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The history of SCX or spanish Scalextric

In 1962, the English company Lines Bros Ltd, owner of the trademark Scalextric , signed a contract with the Spanish company Exin . This Spanish company would sell the Scalextric products in Spain and Portugal, manufacturing everything but the cars in Spain. After some time, even the cars would be done in Spain. Exin created soon their own line of models, being the first one the famous Seat 600 in 1966. In 1971 Lines Bros Ltd, as a result of its financial problems, sold the Scalextric line of products to Dunbee , Combex and Marx. Exin went on being a subsidiary of Scalextric and selling their products in Spain. And they got more independence from the mother company. At this time Scalextric decided to sell more quantity with less quality and Exin decided the opposite. These were the golden years of Spanish Scalextric . Every child in Spain wished to have one…In 1980 Scalextric was sold again, this time to Hornby Hobbies. It seemed Exin would have no financial problems, they e...

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SCX, Scalextric in Spain

SCX, Scalextric in Spain has had a long history, and a lot of problems. Its beginnings, and the curiosity of the shared name with the British company Scalextric, Superslots in Spain, is explained in one of my first posts Spanish Scalextric or SCX in the rest of the world . After Tecnitoys, the brand belonged to fabrica de juguetes Fabrica de juguetes from 2012 to 2016. After many problems and keeping a toy line called WRC WRC , the brand Scalextric/SCX belongs from 2017 to Scale Competition Xtreme, SL. (SCX, SL.) Scalextric . This new company has started focusing on the 1/43 line, will they work as a toy company or will they be back in the hobby field? Please share your thoughts. And Merry Christmas! A video, in Spanish, from the company Video

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