My F1 SCX Compact cars

I have been playing with my two new cars and I do like them, they run smooth, without any stop or interruption, they keep on track easily although if you push them hard or hit the turbo boost button too close to a bend, you are out. They are not just toy cars as the Artin ones, impossible to take them out of the track. They run better on the SCX Compact track but their performances are also good on the Artin track I have. But, you can also find some problems. If you look close enough to the Mc Laren picture you will realize the paint is not so perfect and the car can even look¨"old". It is better in the Ferrari. And you can also appreciate how "high" the guide is. This keeps the front wheels from touching the tracks, wha

t make them a little bit "weird". The front axle is different from the 1/32 cars, in these smaller cars it is fixed, it does not move. But, in spite of these details, I like these cars and enjoy a lot of hours playing with them,what I think, it is the important thing...

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Best HO set for 2010

And here we are with the first set. In the favorite scale in the US, HO and of coursem it had to be from AFX Racing . This year my proposed set is this one: Super International Our Most Popular Set Gets Even Better! You'll notice the new look of the box, sure, but the big news is the cars. Four cool new bodies with new liveries – all mounted on our newest, fastest, best handling Mega-G chassis. No one can match the Mega-G for speed or fun. As for realism - just compare our Formula bodies to any other HO car, you'll see what we mean. All of this just adds to the already fantastic value. With 86 pieces of track you can make at least 18 different layouts in 4 lane configuration! Of course you can design your own layouts too. You’ve got everything you need to build almost any kind of track in 2 or 4 lanes – all in one box. Five different types of curved track and 4 different straights, two power packs and four controllers, 6 bridge sections, the list goes on and on. If you wanted t...

JJ Slot Cars

I was surfing the net when I found this interesting slot cars producer, a chinese company named Jin Jun toys . If we check some of their slot cars sets the boxes are amazingly close to ??? Yes, maybe they built them in China for the Euroepean company and now they are using the know-how. Has anybody tried them? how do they work? I´ll try to get a set and post about it. From their webpage:" Taking Quality and Innovation as the best marketing means, we strive to supply to all clients with hot-selling products. Jinjun Toys Factory established in 1996, specialised in manufacturing B/O toys and R/C toys. Since year 2000, we have been focused on the Slot Racing Car items. So far we have developed a wide range of Slot Racing items covering scale 1:32, 1:43, 1:64, with almost all kinds of vehicles such as Rally Car, F1 Car, Motorbike , Quad Bike, Kart, Truck, Off-road Car, City Car, Police Car."

SCX NEW RELEASE: Mini 50th anniversary - LIMITED EDITION

Ref: 64350 AUTHI MINI 1000E SCX® MINI 50th Anniversary Special Edition To celebrate the Mini 50th Anniversary (1959-2009), Tecnitoys/SCX® launches this limited edition of the AUTHI MINI 1000E. This is a popular reproduction of the Mini Cooper manufactured by Authi in Spain in two versions Mini 1000 o Mini 1000E and then tuned to a Cooper Stage II from MOVI garage in Barcelona. Mini 50th Anniversary Book: This book has 96 pages with detailed information (both in English and Spanish): 1.- The History of Mini 2.- The birth of the Authi 3.- The Spanish Mini 4.- The Minis in competition races 5.- SCX Minis

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