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!