Scalextric: Playing the Slots! Slot Car Racing 007 Style!
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Michael finally pulls the trigger on slot car racing with Scalextric James Bond and Back to the Future race cars!
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Love seeing this set. My dad is a retired Alabama State Trooper, and he drove a 1972 AMC Javelin patrol car (the exact one in this set) back in the day. His car is still on display at the state HQ.
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This reminds me of the countless hours racing on my older brothers tracks. Then later on having my own. These cars look great! I hope they make the Bond set.
Always enjoyed these and my action figures in the 80s. Great review!
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Living Daylights slot track? I’d buy that!
I remember the commercials for the Tyco glow in the dark & the Dukes of Hazzard race track in the early 80s that would be played around Christmas time. It sure look like hours of fun.
I remember the Luke Skywalker x wing fighter vs Darth Vader TIE fighter race set. The track was designed to look like the Death Star trench.
Thank you for this. This hobby has always fascinated me....but needed a starting point.
Best content from Retro blasting in months :) thumbs up
Great video! My brother and I had a set in the early 1980's, with Mini Coopers. Foolishly, we got my dad, and an uncle to put it together. They then told us that they were 'checking it worked properly', and we never got a proper go until the next day.
Wonderful vlog. I just ordered the DMC Back to the Future, AM V8 and AM DB5 from No Time to Die, along with an orange Mclaren to run on my Spectre 007 Scalextric set.
Loved this video by RetroBlasting, as it brought back fond memories of my childhood, where, for a brief few weeks, I enjoyed racing Scalextric around my bedroom floor. Brief, because the cars soon lost the ability to function, thanks to their poor wire braid connectors and brief because, like Michael, I soon turned my attention to action figures. Still, it was fun while it lasted. 😁
Oh wow! Incredible video.
I started my scalextric journey way back when I was growing up, saved up my birthday, Christmas and pocket money to buy a middle of the road set, upgraded it later and set it up every weekend in my room.
Years later, now in my 50s I still have that scalextric bug, still have sets, track and cars that we get out sometimes and race with our grand children.
We have a spare room that I'm hoping to.convert into a permanent race track with scenery etc 👍😎
Bro. Retroblasting doing slot cars??? Amazing!
This brings me back, I like the little guys reaction. We had AFX and Aerora tracks @ 1/87 scale.
Another video full of fun and nostalgia that will impact my toy budget. Another one well done🙌 love it
Had Tycho slots growing up. great fun.
My brother had AFX ( Aurora ) going up he didn’t like Tyco at all and parents didn’t have the money to buy any 1/32 slot cars but we loved the AFX cars we had unfortunately my brother Ed passed away in August of 2020 so watching those commercials you showed in the beginning brought back very happy memories for me of my Brother and I together racing our cars thank you so much
Another awesome video, well done guys! Chuffed you visited the UK, York is just up the road from me! Loved Scalextric as a kid, so this brought back happy memories. Thank you 🙂
Thanks Michael. Here in Germany we have no scalextrix „tradition“. Here we race with the Brand „Carrera“. But the cars from both systems could be comparable and compatible. I have so many lovely memories about my time spending with my friends playing with Carrera toys. And that was the thrilling. To race against each other. That makes so much fun. And, listen kids. It is not a digital play. Yaeh, it‘s analog, not virtual. And that was part of the fun. To see the cars racing controlled by myself and my friends. Wow, a Delorean from Carrera. Wow, that makes sense. Keep up the good work. Stay safe. Stay healthy. The human malware is still around.
Seeing that Scalextric Delorean made me soooo happy! Thanks for the video!
I just can’t get over the production values you put in your videos. You and a couple other channels have become for me what TV used to be.
Thank you, Michael, for demonstrating that men DO know how to read (and follow) instructions.
OMG YUS! I had about 90% of the stuff in the intro!!!! I had TONS of tyco slot cars, the turbo hopper was my first ever rc in a start of my current addiction.
Dude you are like my brother from another mother.
80s kids who love cars and star wars and all things 80s.
I also had the transformers slot car set, the USA1 set (big rig slot cars!)... the best part was mixing the tracks to a HUGE sprawling metropolis lol
Your nephew's laugh is my spirit animal. Never had scalextric cars as a kid. But I know young me would have loved them and had your nephew's reaction to it. Thanks for the great video!
I love that picture in the beginning of the delorean and the old car at the gas station
The Dukes of Hazzard racing set from the early eighties was my debut into slot car racing. I messed with it so much that I eventually wore out the rear tires off both vehicles. Finding replacements were impossible back then. My next slot car endeavor was a huge baja racing set with tan track when I was a young teenager. It had hills and boulders... and it was such a blast! Great video!
Hey! Thanks for making this video Micheal!!! I loved my two slot car tracks from when I was a kid and I still have them. Both of them were featured in your video. I have the Tyco glow in the dark and I have the knight rider set. Me and my sister wore them out! Great memories. Love you guys and your channel! Keep up the great content! Thanks! 👍🏻
You bet!
The Living Daylights is one of my favorite Bond movie's! Great video 👍
Got an unopened Starsky and Hutch Scalextric set, I love it, the Gran Torino is a really nice size.
Great video! This year we have KITT and the 1960s Batmobile joining our line-up, perhaps a part 2 for this amazing vid is on cards? 😀😀
Thanks so much for the kind comment! I'd love to try out those vehicles FOR SURE as well as the upcoming Living Daylights Aston V8 with the chase accurate Outrigger gadget!
I still love these types of race tracks! Had some as a kid. I got one for my kids a couple of years ago and they still play with it. It’s weirdly addictive. Great video!
Thanks for this one! While I don't have a particular connection to scale extrics, there was at least one Christmas where my Dad was really excited about setting up a slot car track around our tree. I think he wanted to sort of make it a tradition. Sadly, this March will mark the year anniversary of his passing. I think about setting up a tree every Christmas, but never end up doing it. I think this year, I might end up doing it, and try to find a slot car set to run around the tree.
Thanks again. This was awesome!
My gran used to paint the figures in scalextrics back in the 1960’s - still have one of the cars - my first track was the TR7 race - loved that shape so much I brought a yellow one as my second car and I still have the scalextric car 👌🏻
Slot cars were HUGE in my youth of mid late 60’s to mid 70’s but I don’t remember this brand at all, or this size being that popular, we always had the 1/64 sized cars and sets by Tyco and Aurora AFX, great memories thnx for this
I can smell this video. As soon as I saw the running video the memory of the smell was immediate
I LOVE that Aston Martin! Favorite car of all time. Nice to know others feel the same way
That's a cool set! Slot cars and the track bring back great childhood memories.
The police car in Living Daylights is a Lada, they used to be the butt of jokes but are actually a very well made if basic and slow car. They now have a cult following so I wouldn’t be surprised to see Scalextric make one...
Thank you for posting this video about the scalextric racing set. You made the set sound very attractive for purchase.
I shared your video but I don't know how many people are going to see it. 🏁
Been watching this channel a long time. Surprised to see a a slot car video when my son and I just started a huge 8 by 16 foot Carrera a slot car track this past Saturday.
I love the Carrera digital, the cars look super detailed, you can switch track, have up to six racers, have a pit lane, change performance per car and a ton of other options.
My favorite car is the Ford GT that’s won Le Man repeatedly.
Living Daylights slot track? "Id buy that for a dollar" or whatever they where asking, lol
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@@Ksknight100 I love you and family have fun and enjoy
I have that Zero Gravity glow in the dark corvette track you kept showing clips of. Was my Christmas when a kid...stayed at my parents where my kids would play while there....& now it's here at our house after my parents moved.
Well done on a great video it's a nice break away from the usual toy videos you make which are great .Has a vintage toy collector myself. scalextric is a big part of my own toy collection so it was good seeing you cover some on your channel stay safe and keep giving us the excellent content you create. 👍
I used to own a Starsky Torino my cousin and I painted just like in the show. This was way before it became popular again and not many people recognized the car. Years later, after I'd had to sell it, ScaleXtric released a Starsky & Hutch slot car set. Didn't care how much it cost, I was taking it out of that Hungate's. Great video, man! Also, thanks for the Coyote love! That car is still #2 on my dream car list (after the Mach 5).
I had the Knight Rider set as a kid and would set that thing up and break it down blindfolded. Loved that set. Got it for Christmas. Miss those days.
The Living Daylights is my favorite Bond movie. Much to mine preference is the Aston in that beautiful metallic brown. So, I really get your point Michael. Good video as always.
I’m loving this track!
Dude, Crack Ups!!! That takes me back. Thanks for that...and right off the bat too.
When I was a kid I wanted to race slot cars so badly at one point that I bought a 1 : 32 Cox Cheetah kit with all of my savings and built it really nicely. Had no track or place to ever run it, so all I could do was touch the brushes to my brothers model train transformer and watch the motor turn. I think at some point years later I gave it away or traded it.
Thanks for the video and your enthusiasm for cars on display.
Even if the just made the Soviet police car.....some custom break away props for the trailer and shed...
I had (I believe made by tyco) race sets as a kid. I even spotted 2 of the race cars in your video that I had too!
Ah the memories...great video Michael!
that jump, it scarred the living daylights out of me ;) lol
What a great video!!!! You sounded like you were again having fun after beating the wolves away from you digital door!
This video bought back good memories.
Hello love your channel. My Dad always bought Lionel (General Mills Fundemension?) Trains for my brother in the mid 70's. He also bought a Lionel race car set. It was cool because you could move from lane to lane (no slots). Have you ever seen a set?
i no longer have it, but close to 20 years ago i made in my back yard a GIANT sized figure 8, 4 lane slot car race track.. it was so big that you needed 4 people to play it.. one person at each turn to put the cars back on track when they came off.. each track had its own power supply independent.. the electric part was aluminum sheet metal and routed deep slots into wood... it was fantastic.. But it required 4 to play and it was OUTSIDE where weather got cold or hot or buggy.. than came X BOX and ended the reign of the mighty slots..
Believe it or not there use to be stores you could bring you cars to. They had huge tracks to race on. This was the mid to late 60's. My brother and I would race for hrs. That is a good memory, thanks
One of the best videos put together love it please do more
Fantastic video man. Loved the ending
Being British, I love Scalextric, and had many sets and cars as a kid. About 10 years ago they released a Starsky & Hutch set with the Ford Gran Torino. You have made me want to get it down from the loft!
Between the brittains and tempo toy soldiers the action man the Evel Knievel wind up bike there was always a scaletrix set under the tree at Christmas
Brittains had working battery powered tractors for a while.
Our town in N.S.W had a shop that sold slot car accessories & had a massive slot car track that took up half the shop. Your could hire a car to race & they even had weekend comps. The best time growing up was in the 80's, there just isn't that kind of enjoyment anymore. Cheers🍻👍🏻
Awesome! I'm totally sold on the Living Daylights set.
I prefer the 70s and 80s versions, the smell of the motors alone made it worth it. Still trying to get my formula one cars to work 🤷🏻♂️
Welcome to slot car racing aficionado heaven!! I'm up for the Living Daylights set as well.
I had a couple tyco tracks as a kid. I remember one had a monster with a rolling eyeball that would knock the trucks off the track. It was pretty awesome.
A man of great tastes, the 80s Aston Martin is so beautiful! Plus it's my favorite Bond film.
I had a couple hand-me-down sets growing up, a ‘70s AFX Aurora set from my older brothers with a Chevy Nomad & Camaro, then an ‘80s Tyco US1 set from a relative with a dump truck & tractor-trailer. Then in the early ‘90s i bought another Tyco set because it had a Mustang GT police car 😎 Good times.
That Tyco US1 set was ubiquitous back then. The idea of the tracks was sometimes more fun than actually using them (mainly the glow in the dark ones fall under this for me).
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That set had a lot of play value IIRC, each truck had a station for loading & unloading cargo, and you could buy individual add-on vehicles & depots for more trucking action 🚚 plus if you removed the truck cabs, the chassis looked kinda like weird dragsters... at least to 10-year-old me 😄
Michael, you need to check out the Scalextric 2021 range - there is a Living Daylights Aston Martin V8! The Batmobile from the 1960s tv series looks great too!
Great review 👍👍
Back in the day there was a James Bond racing set with the Goldfinger Aston Martin DB 5. I had an HO scale racing set and my brother had an HO train set. We combined them of course.
im glad that sclextric made the move to cable power instead of battery power
Loved slot car racing. I had several sets.
Scalextric offered a James Bond theme race set. A few years back, and I think it had the exact same track layout.
I have always enjoyed slot cars and in the late 60s, i had a Eldon 1/32 scale set. A few years later, I had a Tyco HO scale slot car/train combo. It was always fun to crash the cars and train at the crossing.
Awesome review love the 007 commerative track set idea
with a new rb video,2021 is way better than 2020,please keep up the great work
I completely disagree with you Michael my dear friend.... a Aston Martin always needs rockets under the Foglights 😂 🚗 🚀 😉. fantastic video, there is something so nostalgic about scalextric that speaks to me right down to the smell that puts it among the best toys ever made right up there with Star Wars. I have so many amazing memories of night time racing with my very close friends at Christmas time, it makes me tear up 🥰👍. (edit) Tim Dalton is the best bond IMO, but I love the books and his interpretation is by far the best and nearest version to what Ian Fleming wrote.
I don't really care for Slot Cars,James Bond or Back to the Future.
I've not even watched the video yet but I'll watch it.
Retroblasting somehow makes almost anything interesting,even if it's a topic I don't personally care for.
I’m just happy to see someone else who likes the Dalton era. Here’s hoping we get that set!
Living Daylights massively underrated, brilliant Aston and fantastic car chase!
Couldn't afford Scalextric back in the 80's i had a TCR set instead, which i was still thrilled to get. My friend and me would go and watch the "grownups" race at a local Scalextric club in North London The tracks they used to build were awesome and the speed they could get their cars to achieve thrilled us kids back then.
Awesome video Retroblasting!! Living Daylights set could happen, Scalextric and Eon have a good licencing deal, mostly focused on the new movies . Eaglemoss released a great Collection of 1/32 Bond Cars including both Versions of the Aston v8 the volante AND the "winterised" AND the Lada police car with the láser damage. Bond Cars always sell well, Bond figures not so much, I would love to see a Retroblasting 007 Action figures video!
This signed up member of the 'Scalextric Drivers Club' 1980 just subscribed! 🏆🇬🇧 (300 set, yellow and red mini coopers if you were wondering).
My father once brought 4 boxes of the same set when I was a kid and built a massive, elaborate race track in the basement. He even built a 5x10 table to hold the damn thing. You had to know what you were doing if you wanted to complete a lap without launching your car off the track with some of the tight turns. You couldn't just hold down the trigger if you wanted to win a race.
I'm currently watching the Bond films in order of release, and any 007 fan will have to admit that Dalton's contributions can not be overstated. Not only were his two films a fantastic call back to the Connery era, but I would also say that today's modern Bond owes them a toss of the hat as Dalton's Bond provided the blueprint for Craig's adventures.
Living Daylights? You bet! A Fall Guy stunt set would be awesome as well!
In the late 90's or early 2000's I had a slot car set with two Cameros of that era, one red, one yellow, good times
Would have loved a Delorean slot car as a kid, so cool
Nice. I never got into slot car racing as a kid. I wonder if I would have liked it. But again, it was one of those things where unless your dad had home interest in them as well, it was not something that came to mind. Since Michael I know you have an interest in the Time Machine Delorean, perhaps you might wanna head over to my channel to see my documentary on the car itself I just released for the 35 Anniversary. If so, I hope you like it. Cheers. Looking forward to the Saturday livestream as usual.
Thanks Michael, now i have to go shopping for Scalextric sets...lol
Nice review mate. I actually just picked up the only fools and horses set last week. Classic three wheeler van and Capri gear 😂
Very glad you liked the slots. Sorry I wasn't still with Scalextric USA to help you get some more. -Dave K
This was a massive toy line in the UK. As you say made by Hornby originally who probably make the best toy trains in the world. There are numerous very good sets. The Rally set comes to mind and several JB 007 sets. The one I wanted and didn't buy was the Starsky and Hutch set. Believe it or not circa 2005 Marks and Spencer produced a Starsky and Hutch set that was made/licenced by Scalextric. Fully compatible and was priced around £50/$65. Top end slot cars. Scalextric have a new post on this channel. 2021 BTTF part 2 and Batmobile added now. They have released an Only Fools and Horses 3 wheeled van. As you like police cars check out the Jaguar XJS police car.
As a 1/24 scale slot car racer, I have owned many 1/32 scale cars as well. If you want some nice alternative 1/32 cars to look into, look up Fly. These cars are very detailed! On top of that, there are many motor, magnet and tire upgrades available!
I grew up with a Strombecker race set in the 70's. Very good, but the cars did flip off the track a lot. It didn't have that speed limiter switch, that would have been nice! I also remember having to bend the braided wire contacts away from the car every so often, so they make better contact with the track, that might help with the stopping issue.
growing up I was always torn between action figures and cars. I loved my hot wheels as much as I loved my x-men figs and gi joes. Somehow I ended up with a tyco slot car set in the late 90s. It had an s-turn, a wall climbing U-turn, and a 360 loop. I used to disassemble it and make custom mini tracks, usually using the loop to make a high speed oval because i wanted to see how fast they could go without flipping off the track. looking back I wish I still had it. They're surprisingly pricey on ebay today. :(
Fun watch, thanks!
This... was... COOL!
Nicely done as always.
Ok I have to say those do look pretty cool. Those cars do look like they would be some family bonding fun.
As for the Gen X comment. I am Also a Gen X. As a kid growing up in the 80's I think I may have have had 1 friend that had a set of those. Where I lived, no one really had these. Except the one time my friend had these the only other time I saw these toys was at the mall around Christmas time.
I know there is a large group of people who enjoy these. And truthfully I can see the appeal, I just don't remember many people having these when I was a kid