Matchbox Powertrack Loft Find Will It Still Run After 42 Years ?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
- this weeks see me trying to get a1978 matchbox Powerterack PT 2000 monza set running after 42 years in the loft for this weeks toy tuesday
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I loved my power track ❤❤❤❤❤
Such a cool toy ! Hope you enjoyed the video. M
I've got my PP-9000 now after clearing out my mums loft and whilst the track is in need of a clean the controllers and both cars power up 👍
You looked after that set well! Even that Porsche RSR still has the little canards on the wing tips!
I had the same set for Christmas '83 but I didn't look after it, I believe some bits are probably still kicking around in my mum's garage though.
I bought the Monza set again in 2006 and it still runs to this day! Very hardy stuff!
I can also remember the matchbox cars needed 'warming up' - lots of stuttering running until they'd done a few laps with lots of push starts and then they'd eventually be 'up to temp' and would run beautifully. You didn't have to do that with the Hornby Scalextric though, they'd just run out of the box.
You can also get spare pickups and tyres from Ebay auite readily though I found some appropriately sized black silicone rubber tubing which provides many tyres for not a lot of dosh!
Thanks for the upload!
We got almost 20 years out of our Christmas present 🎁.
There was a bit of a cold start performance issue with the cars.
Just like the real thing.
The police car was very speedy.
The jaguar was silky smooth and the corvette was brutal.
It seemed like it was spitting fire 🔥
It was just a game on the floor at my house.
I've just discovered that our family friend had sabotaged the jaguar car back in the 1990's.
He did up the body mounting screw so tight it stripped the head and cracked the base of the car.
I had a later version of this set.
It was a Christmas present 🎁 for 3 boys and we drove it for 20 years and then it all wore out at the same time so we stopped playing with it.
There was NO spare parts or some expert to fix it.
So it still sits in storage waiting to get fixed.
I've just restored the cars, I think.
I'm having the same difficulties that you are with the track not working.
Back in the day, these things were very fast. It seemed faster than the old scalextric cars from a decade earlier.
The matchbox powertrack was a hit in my neighbourhood.
The big thing with these cars is they'd do 180 degree turns with endless wheelspins.
The biggest problem was there was no support.
Retailers were silly.
They ruined their own businesses.
Still to this day, every owner still wants to get their powertrack race track going again.
A modern version with repairable equipment would be great.
This product offers a unique experience.
I could handle a bigger scale version too.
We had no idea that the trend was over years earlier.
We can't understand why people just don't want to have fun.
I bought one of these off Ebay last month. I got one for Christmas when I was about 9. Which would be 1980.
Cool was it running or have you had to do any work on it ? One thing I found with mine was the cars ran loads better when I replaced the tyres because they had shrunk over time, and I replaced the brushes too ! Hope you enjoy the video ! Thanks for commenting ! M
@@BROOKSCOLLECTABLES both cars move. A bit stop start. Iv not done any work on them yet.
I'm going to get the white jag & the res escort.
Like I had as a kid. Its just good own one again tbh.
I have race and chase power track great stuff
They are such cool cars ! I can’t believe I stuck with scalextric as a kid ! These are way better ! Hope you enjoyed your video ! Thanks for sharing, stay safe M
@@BROOKSCOLLECTABLES oh but people of all ages were so fiercely loyal to a brand, back then.
If you said you had the matchbox set, people wouldn't speak to you ever again.
You were considered to be the worst person in the world.
I kept it a secret that I had a slot car track cause the next question would be WHICH BRAND.
So then they'd attack if it wasn't scalextric.
180 degree turns with wheel spinning power and a moving bridge was superior.
Buying scalextric is Buying multiple cars and learning about them.
Matchbox powertrack is about the extreme performance and your driving life experience.
They're 2 different lifestyles.
I didn't know Matchbox Toys made a rival to Scalextric. As you may know, the Lesney Matchbox factory was based in Hackney but a second one, where my mother worked for a while, was built at Abbey Wood. She bought me a model every night , some unpainted, with permission from the supervisor of course. Nice video.
It’s a shame they didn’t catch on because they were great (if slightly unreliable) toys ! I think they only lasted 78 to 82 ! Did you keep any of the unpainted ones ?😂😂 thank you for sharing that story too. M
@@BROOKSCOLLECTABLES From an early age I was always interested in Matchbox, Dinky, Corgi, Majorette and Lone star. The Matchbox models made in Abbey Wood were mainly made up designs, such as Gruesome Twosome, Javelin etc, which I didn't like anywhere near as much as real cars. My favourite was No17 'The Londoner' of that range. It was not a bad London bus. The earlier solid wheels Matchbox cars/buses were much nicer with their boxes, they were based on real vehicles.
Was that the kind of time they were trying to compete with hot wheels ? Some of the made up ones are a bit silly, but great toys matchbox I have to agree with you. M
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@@BROOKSCOLLECTABLES in Australia in the 1970's matchbox was the leader in a big way.
In the 80's the next generation didn't go shopping and never bought tiny cars.
The powertrack had a fiercely loyal owners club but retail, we're from planet Mars.
When they sold a spare car, they never replaced it.
After a couple of months they had no stock to sell.
There was zero scalextric product for sale too.
Toy retailers were just terrible.
Low class scum.
I have that exact same set and the only thing I never got with mine is the catalogue. Yours looks barely used and in fantastic condition where as mine was refurbished. Such a shame it did not work straight out of the box as it looked so clean. I guess the power track part needs a new capacitor?
We can’t figure it out, the power pack is putting out & work ing fine, normally of something that age it’s the first thing to go ! it’s the connection to the track that was the problem, I can’t figure out the connection ! There are no wiring diagrams, so I don’t know if it’s the controllers, the connections or what the issue is 😂😂 it’s in my head though now, so keep trying things, may be a revised ! Glad you enjoyed the video ! Thank you as always for your comments ! Stay safe ! M
@@BROOKSCOLLECTABLES I’m guessing you had the power track section tested whilst connected to the mains? Did you check the top of the track where the cars sit? If it all has power then more than likely the controllers but weird that they have both gone? You can buy new fuses and bulbs etc from this guy www.matchbox-powertrack.co.uk/ or even Ebay?
@@electricwheels411 not at first 😂😂😂 ! But we tested everything that’s why I used the transformer in the end but it was still drawing more power to the longer outside track which I don’t understand, I’m convinced it’s those capacitors, I’ve actually been looking at the guy you mentioned for some parts, I know I’m missing something blinding obvious, but I will figure it out eventually 😂😂 ! I’ve been looking at a new piece of track with the power input, I’m convinced that’s the issue, and the connections on the controllers is ver loose too !
Thanks for your suggestion ! Speak soon, stay safe ! M
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I stupidly forgot my password. I love any help you can offer me.
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I used to run them on Scalextrix track @12v for superior performance
WD40 would help the controllers, you can get the little lights for pennies for the cars too. Hope mine works, boxed untested 2 years ago off fleabay
Thanks for the tip ! M
@@BROOKSCOLLECTABLES Was a lot of fun getting the ramp to tip and the cop car chasing you to crash. Hope you get it working someday.
Just. Buy another terminal track piece off ebay for the race and chase triggers not the regular ones lol
I should do that, it’s a great toy, unfortunately at the time I only had a day to film the video and get it running 😂😂 so had to come up with a quick work round.
I had an Aurora AFX James Hunt scalextric set when I was a kid. It didn't work too well but it was fun.
That’s the thing with a lot of these toys the memories are better than the actual toy 😂😂😂 James hunt set would be cool though ! Thanks for sharing ! Stay safe M
@@BROOKSCOLLECTABLES you were a smaller person back then.
Without the details you can't replay the memories.
You must get the details in the correct order to unlock the memories.
Once you activate the memories your brain can play other memories after the first memories.
The second memories are almost impossible to recreate.
Only the powertrack can unlock them.
Another great video! I had a similar set Dukes of hazard! But I remember even when new it never worked very well 🤣
Not like this one 😂😂 I didn’t know they did a dukes of hazard set ! Was it race & chase ? That would be epic ! Thanks as always for sharing & your comments ! Glad you enjoyed the video ! Stay safe ! M
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This was the set by ‘ideal’ all I remember about it was disappointment 🤣
That’s a great advert ! I bet the toy didn’t work as well as that in the real world though 😂😂😂 ! That must have taken ages to film ! Stay safe M
😂😂😂 shame it had lots of potential ! Looked cool though !
Where there's a will there is a way... Just out of curiosity is that Tracy Island in the background at 02:34
hi thanks for your question, it does remind me of tracy island now you've said it but its actually the mountain range for our train set, it's supposed to be a water feature but i think it leaked too much 😂😂 ! i do have a tracy island nd in the museum display but its a more modern interactive one. here it is in one of my earlier toy of the day videos from instagram theres a link to it if you want to check it out 1 (sorry its really poor quailty) th-cam.com/video/go9_aVdcowo/w-d-xo.html thanks and sety save ! M
Hello, are you selling that?
i used to have the same 35 yeas ago 😍
Sadly that one is part of our display, a good place to pick them up is at auction, like Vectis. Hope you enjoyed the video ! Thank you for your comment ! Stay safe. M
Can you get replacement tyres for Powertrack cars? Will AFX tyres fit?
you know thats one thing i didn't know, so i had a quick look on line, and yes you can get new tyres for them, which i'd recommend doing, because when i repaired the two scalextric minis they ran so much better on new tyres, if you do a google search you'll find specialist websites for spare parts, or you can get them on ebay too ! hope thats a help ? thank you for your comment ! hope you enjoyed the video too, stay safe. M
The tyres on mine went hard as a rock and shattered into pieces when I tried to get them off.