warren t claim Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Which camp were you in? Or... Which did you find under your tree 10,20,30 or 40 years ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Ross Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Neither, I had trains! UltraWomble, overrun and 808 Estate 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimothyClaypole Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Matchbox's version for me. Race and Chase was just a daydream too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 I got the 'Dukes of Hazzard' TCR set for Christmas in the early 1980s, which was great fun until the cars broke and couldn't be replaced... I had Scalextric later on, though. I still do, in fact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreepingJesus Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Scalextric 'Mighty Metros', must be about 25 years ago now! overrun and dave j 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 I never had either. Booo. However, my best mate had a shitload of Scalextric, some of it was bang up to date, some ancient (old skinny tyred BRMs and Maseratis that just wheelspun uncontrollably). My Scalextric weapon of choice was a hybrid I built out of a Sierra RS500 body and a Williams FW17 chassis with Magnatraction. If anything it seemed better than the ordinary F1 cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted December 15, 2011 Author Share Posted December 15, 2011 As a young Ford fan I had one of these. flat4alfa and Isaac Hunt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 I never got any of those for Crimbo, but did buy a load of Scalextric in the early 90s; some new, some secondhand. I still have nearly all of it and will be setting-up a circuit next week for the first time in years. Can you tell my grandsons are coming???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael1703 Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Scalextric for me, I had metro 6r4's, a fat arched mk2 capri and some cool le man cars with working headlights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formula Autos Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 I had neither, but I did get this:It didn't last very long, and was soon replaced with Scalextric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messerschmitt owner Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 there are three sets of scalextric in the garage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 I had scalextrics or similar years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Hot Wheels, circa 1970 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Christmas 1971 - a Lego set. That'll be coloured bricks where the infant has to (perish the thought) use their own imagination to build a house, fridge freezer or a Hillman Hunter. No beige bricks however. In '74, an Action Man. I had the blonde one without the beard or Eagle Eyes (they were later anyway). I got various vacuum packed uniforms and bits, saved up the tokens on each and eventually saved enough to get a German sentry box. ACHTUNG!! In Christmas 1977 - a Raleigh Grifter - they'd just come out. But there was 8ft of fucking snow so I couldn't ride it for about 2 months. Never mind though - Dad dug an old Mini gearbox out of the garage attic......a Hilka socket set and an oily Autobooks manual later it was in bits. Thank fcuk Dad undid that pinion nut though. The rest I can't remember. By the time I was 14/15 I realised that Xmas was in fact a load of shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Ted Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Did they arrive for Xmas on the 27th and smell a bit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morris_ital_lover Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 At the age of 11 I found one of those which was missing alot of its bogies and power gear... if I'd asked they'd have let me keep it as it was I didn't and they have probably binned it - I'd have made a mint on it since they go for a packet on ebay last time I checked. Wasn't boxing day the traditional day of roasted model railways? That wonderful smell of a little hornby engine slogging its way round an oval and slowly burn its motor out. Hornby was always the Chrimbo present for me.... then it was scalextric, although in my day they all had magnets on the keep them on which seems to be cheating compared to guiding a highly unstable maestro round the sitting room floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sporty-shite Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 TCR crossfire. Soon got bored of the layout, so used Lego to build flyovers and loops. Happy days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HBR Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Wanted a Scalextric, got a Hornby trainset. The rest of my life has panned out in similar fashion.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattblack Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 I got a Polistil slot car set.... still got the bodies of the 2 cars in the loft. Things like this haven't given me lifelong mental scars AT ALL. Oh no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 I had a Scalextric, which I still had until last year. The set I got around 1980 was the 400 set which had the 6 wheel March & JPS Lotus, plus a red Mini 1275GT and a black Mk1 Escort Mex in black. I bet back then it cost a fair few quid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Norman Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Scalextric? TCR?? Bloody luxury!!!! All I had when I was a nipper was Hot Wheels, which I discovered you could 'improve' by covering the track with Mum's Spry Crisp & Dry...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete-M Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 I had Hot Wheels and a Hornby train set. Mine was the Mallard loco with a load of ancient carriages from a different set. Had to pour a little bottle of something flammable into the engine somewhere to get smoke. I think it's still in the loft. Must dig it out some day. There's a set of Renault 30 blue leather(...) seats up there somewhere too. Need to make a frame for those and use 'em as a couch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 I was given the Scalextrix set entitled 'rallying with lights'. It had 2 Escort XR3i's and a figure of 8 banked track. I got bored with it quite quickly. Still got it in its box though, and I thwarted Fatha_L's recent attempts to give it away by hiding the cars elsewhere. My friend at the time had the F1 set with magnatraction and a huge track, stadiums and a lap counter. It used to loop round everywhere! Last year my wife bought me a hornby train set and a Scottish Class 47 loco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 I used to have a few sets of scalextric used to run it down the hallway and up the stairs until mum trod on it and went on her arse down the stairs! Banished to the garden on dry days ... through the flowerbeds and mounds of soil on the lawn ... soon banned for that as well ... jesus what's wrong with my parents !!! warren t claim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Hunt Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 As a young Ford fan I had one of these.Scalextic with a Red Mini, Yellow Mini, White Escort Mexico and Blue Datsun 260. Sold it all for a reasonable sum which of course is naff all in today's money. Wish I had kept it for my Grandson, he likes his cars and Inlike getting down on my hands and knees and playing cars with him, much more fun than when I was a kid warren t claim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Holy thread revival! warren t claim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 That Scalextric set I mentioned above together with all but one lonely Rover SD1 have ling since been sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 I got a go-kart. Not with a motor. With pedals. Still good for making brum brum noises on though, my dad stuck the Griffin that fell off his works astra van on it (I also don't understand why he didn't put it back on the van) and our street was straight and flat. So all good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 I still have the mighty Metro Scalextric set , and it works ,,,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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