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I was sitting here at the bar, and when I saw this and was waiting for the main page to finish loading, I asked some friends if they remembered the Kenner SSP Smash-Em-Up Derby cars, and when they gave me a kinda' weird look, I said,
"Remember back when you were a kid, and it had that rip-cord thing that would get that wheel in the middle spinning so fast it would burn you?"
"Oh Yeah, I remember!! And you could just yank on it, and put the wheel on your friend and burn him!"
"And the pull-cord was great for whipping your sister!"
They were trying to remember the song, and were getting pretty close, but when this page finally loaded and I clicked on Murillee's vid, they all sang the song perfectly and loudly, like it was some Irish-Pub-Drinking-Song with one guy finishing the dialogue right to the"....'cheer" at the end!
Murilee, you made these guys day! Now they're talking about that little helicopter thing on the wire that flew in little circles on the top of the table........
I can't find them anywhere on the internet, but, does anyone remember the Matchbox cars that when hit, a spring loaded panel would rotate to reveal damage?
It might have been Hotwheels. I remember having one or two when I was very young.
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@Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: Yes! I also had one that had a plastic hood that would pop open when the spring-loaded front panel would rotate. Probably still in a box at my parents' somewhere.
The Hobby Store semi-permanent layouts are amazing....and not that expensive to have fun with, especially compared to RC cars. I just bought 2 Traxxas Slash trucks for my girls with Spektrum digital radio upgrades and a few good battery packs each and it was close to $1k total.
I have about the same amount "invested" in Ninco home-grade slot track and cars, bought before things went digital. Good fun as well, but you need some serious real estate to set up a track worth setting up.
i love slot cars but i have to wonder.... how is this actual toy racing? is there variable power or something? because so far as i can tell, you pull the trigger the car goes around. how can one be faster than the other is this is the case??
@vdiddy210: The remote increases the voltage as you pull down on the trigger. Therefore the higher the voltage the faster the car will go. Also, these cars are just like real race cars when it comes to speed and handling. Cars that sit lower to the track and have wider tires usually handle better than those that have a high center of gravity and skinny tires. Even things like the motor you use, the gearing, tire compounds, and weight make a huge difference in performance for these tiny cars.
Also, another new form of slot car racing is digital slot cars where you can actually run up to 6-8 cars (depending on the system you use) on just two lanes of track. This means you can switch into your opponent's lane at certain crossover sections and block or bump draft. Plus, they now have fuel mileage races as well so you can actually do pit stops with your slot car! It's amazing stuff.
@dalejrfanfreak:
Note that running one power pack per lane is de-rigeur, IMHO. Otherwise, you can let off on your controller while your your opponent is going into a turn and cause a momentary power surge for him/her and SUPER CRASH POTENTIAL!!!
i have a 16-foot long track table in the basement with a 4-lane Atlas/Lionel layout. i have a collection of a few hundred HO cars--my favorites are the old Aurora Thunderjets from the '60s, followed by AFX and Magna-Traction, but i take anything i can find cheap. my kids and i go downstairs and race every chance we get. in the past, i've raced in a couple of organized leagues, but haven't had time lately...
@Al Navarro: ahhh, the old black Shadow. the only one i have is missing the wing... but that's a fairly common car, easy to come by. you should cruise Fleabay for one...
@Forgetful - GT Junkie: this is pretty hot stuff, too. I've been set on getting rid of the wii and buying a system for forza/gran turismo (whichever is best), but maybe I should be focusing on PC racing with a setup like this. Tell me more, I am here for teh learning.
Trust me... RC is NOT cheaper than slots. I used to race 1/10th Spec Touring... I ran a Tamiya Evolution IV MS, about a $750 car, tires were $35, bodies about $55, controllers $300, batteries $50, charger $250, speed controllers $200, plus a shit ton of tools and support stuff, and breaking carbon fiber a-arms, tierods, etc isn't cheap. It's more technical than a lot of people believe. Tyco is not how you spell RC.
Umm... out setup is about 75 feet of slot. It goes under and then doubles back into a hairpin at the end there. We have a variety of cars, just anything 1/32 really. Doesn't matter as long as you have two that are comparable. It runs a G gauge train power supply, and has an infared timing system routed to a laptop. We designed the track layout so that the inside and outside lane are within 1/8th a foot of being the same length.
Mille Borne! I loved that game...we play it every Christmas, its a family tradition. When my brother and I were younger we used to run around the house holding up cars at each other to signify how fast the other should run. We'd hold up like a 200 card and then hold up an Accident card, and the other person would go careening across the room into the couch or something. Good times.
I never heard it called "Touring". "Mille Bourne" sounds so much cooler.
"all flash, no dash" was always my favorite... I seem to remember it coming up frequently with the Continental Mk II. Oh, and that new blue Monte Carlo on the game box cover? I could cry...
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(And yes, the little pull-cords were indeed good for whipping your sister. So was that orange hot-wheels track).
09/27/09
"Remember back when you were a kid, and it had that rip-cord thing that would get that wheel in the middle spinning so fast it would burn you?"
"Oh Yeah, I remember!! And you could just yank on it, and put the wheel on your friend and burn him!"
"And the pull-cord was great for whipping your sister!"
They were trying to remember the song, and were getting pretty close, but when this page finally loaded and I clicked on Murillee's vid, they all sang the song perfectly and loudly, like it was some Irish-Pub-Drinking-Song with one guy finishing the dialogue right to the"....'cheer" at the end!
Murilee, you made these guys day! Now they're talking about that little helicopter thing on the wire that flew in little circles on the top of the table........
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It might have been Hotwheels. I remember having one or two when I was very young.
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I have about the same amount "invested" in Ninco home-grade slot track and cars, bought before things went digital. Good fun as well, but you need some serious real estate to set up a track worth setting up.
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Also, another new form of slot car racing is digital slot cars where you can actually run up to 6-8 cars (depending on the system you use) on just two lanes of track. This means you can switch into your opponent's lane at certain crossover sections and block or bump draft. Plus, they now have fuel mileage races as well so you can actually do pit stops with your slot car! It's amazing stuff.
09/21/09
Note that running one power pack per lane is de-rigeur, IMHO. Otherwise, you can let off on your controller while your your opponent is going into a turn and cause a momentary power surge for him/her and SUPER CRASH POTENTIAL!!!
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Can you adopt me? My Shadow UOP Can-Am racer was my favorite. AFX, and not even a G-Plus car, IIRC.
09/21/09
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you can pick up track cheap too...
09/20/09
We think this option is safer.
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Yeah; it's kind of a sickness.
Cheaper than real racing though!
09/20/09
@AustinMiniMan: I'm familiar with a couple of cheaper forms of motorsport... R/C and now sim racing
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Trust me... RC is NOT cheaper than slots. I used to race 1/10th Spec Touring... I ran a Tamiya Evolution IV MS, about a $750 car, tires were $35, bodies about $55, controllers $300, batteries $50, charger $250, speed controllers $200, plus a shit ton of tools and support stuff, and breaking carbon fiber a-arms, tierods, etc isn't cheap. It's more technical than a lot of people believe. Tyco is not how you spell RC.
Umm... out setup is about 75 feet of slot. It goes under and then doubles back into a hairpin at the end there. We have a variety of cars, just anything 1/32 really. Doesn't matter as long as you have two that are comparable. It runs a G gauge train power supply, and has an infared timing system routed to a laptop. We designed the track layout so that the inside and outside lane are within 1/8th a foot of being the same length.
07/25/09
I never heard it called "Touring". "Mille Bourne" sounds so much cooler.
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I've never actually played the game though, everyone always wanted to play Life instead...
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