If I could've gotten this for Christmas

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rgG wrote:
I remember my dad having slot cars when I was a kid. I think he made/bought one for mom, and I think her car was usually faster than his, which did not make him happy. My mom always had good luck with stuff like that, not skill, it was luck, which made it even harder to accept. Lol

yeah, lucky people can be annoying :-)

[Ombligo]

I never got the fun of slot cars. Fixed track going in a circle and everything spun out no matter what. I was a Hot Wheels kid, and loved the orange track that you could run anywhere (I never saw a slot tack with a loop or jump). I tried the Hot Wheels with motors (Sizzlers?), but still went back to the originals.

I just saw some of that orange track at a Dollar Tree, brought back some fun memories from half a century ago.

[btfc]

We had a loop.

And later a slot car/train intersection. Had a lot of fun with that one.

[Grateful11]

I got this one for Christmas one year but only because it was deep discounted at a Sears surplus center.

I still have it in the box. I played with this thing so much. Problem is it takes a 4'x12' space.

[Todd's keyboard]

As a pre-teen, I was ogling the slot-car displays at the local Sears. A very attractive, well-dressed, young woman asked for my opinion on which set looked to be the nicest. She explained she was buying it for her young husband. I still remember that interchange. That guy must have had a great Christmas.

Todd's HO kb

[wurm]

A very attractive, well-dressed, young woman asked for my opinion on which set looked to be the nicest.

Oh, come on Newt. That one's teed up for you.

[lost in space]

When I was 14, friends wanted to hang out the at houses of the guys whose parents were cool, or had cool houses. My idea was if I built a slot car track, they'd hang out at my house. So I blew my savings on two sheets of plywood and lumber, some conductive tape, a power supply and some slot car parts, and built my track. At 8 ft x 12 ft, it took up most of our garage. Worked like a charm. Everybody hung out at my house. I built some cars, and because I had my own track with unlimited time, I could tweak my cars well enough to win season trophies at the local big track, beating guys twice my age. It was a sweet time.

[voodoopenguin]

We did the reception after our daughter's wedding and she requested that she didn't want a dance/disco but for me to set up a layout in the garden. All the guests were lining up to have a go all evening, very successful.

12' x 4' 6" digital so up to six cars racing on two slots with swapping between tracks so you could overtake. Automatic lap counter for each car.

https://youtu.be/ZlxR-DgzQAw?feature=shared

Paul

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voodoopenguin wrote:
We did the reception after our daughter's wedding and she requested that she didn't want a dance/disco but for me to set up a layout in the garden. All the guests were lining up to have a go all evening, very successful.

12' x 4' 6" digital so up to six cars racing on two slots with swapping between tracks so you could overtake. Automatic lap counter for each car.

https://youtu.be/ZlxR-DgzQAw?feature=shared

Paul

that's hilarious!

[Rick-o]

Ohh! I was hooked on HO racing as a kid. I would literally walk a six mile round trip to The Hobby Shop, (that was the actual name of the store) to buy racing engines, tires, and additional track. And this was after delivering newspapers on my daily route.

They had a big track there, but I could never afford the going rates to race. Those big cars were way more expensive on my meager budget.