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doctorfoz
03-19-2008, 11:18 AM
...awaits me. For, at the insistance of my son, I have got my old Scalextric sets down from the loft. I will be cleaning it at the weekend in order to build a mahoossive track, complete with video camera plugged into the telly so we can watch the cars go past on the screen (sounds nerdy, but is actually pretty cool!)
anyone else here ever been into (or still is into) slot car racing?
Red Kittie Kat
03-19-2008, 11:24 AM
I'm not even sure I know what it is .. I thought you were talking about drugs lol :D
I used to love mine, would always put washing up liquid under the rear wheels to simulate wheel spin at the start, never released the trigger quick enough to stop the car flying off the track and into the wall!!
The new tracks are great as you can drive the cars on the same slot and swop tracks at particular points simply by pressing a button, makes it more real!!
doctorfoz
03-19-2008, 11:29 AM
I know - but they're super expensive. Apart from the set I had when I was about 10, all my stuff was bought when I was young, free and single (aka lots of disposable income).
but, I have been reading today about the joys of Scalextric Digital and now I have a severe case of the 'I wants'!
Danger_Mouse
03-19-2008, 11:29 AM
That sounds awesome!
doctorfoz
03-19-2008, 11:30 AM
Kittie, it's this sort of thing (these are not my layouts)
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x308/doctorfoz/ScalextricTrackAtMine.jpg
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x308/doctorfoz/SCR1.jpg
Red Kittie Kat
03-19-2008, 11:37 AM
ooooooh I know what you mean now - I don't even know what they call them here .. remote controlled race tracks or something like that. :confused:
I never had a set .. my brother did ... I used to love to play with them.
Sounds like a lot of fun Fozzie :D
doctorfoz
03-19-2008, 11:39 AM
More fun for me than them, methinks! (doctorfoz = big kid)
:)
TheBluePanda
03-19-2008, 01:15 PM
I used to have a few of those when I was really young. I seem to remember them flying off the track all the time! Also hair getting in the wheels. It was a lot of fun though! I think they even had some crazy tracks with areas where the cars could potentially collide.
doctorfoz
03-19-2008, 01:19 PM
ooooh yes. Crossroads, chicanes, crossovers... all potential crashzones.
in the late 80's/early 90's, they (Scalextric) put magnets under the cars (Magnatraction, they called it) to assist with the whole 'flying off the track' thing
Typically
03-19-2008, 01:26 PM
haha i thought you were talking about drugs as well... i was at toy-r-us a month or so ago and saw these tracks and i soooo wanted to buy one. they all looked kinda cheap though so i resisted. maybe when i get my economic stimulus check =]
maybe when i get my economic stimulus check =]
What a waste - you gotta give that check back to the people that need it. I was talking to a friend over the weekend and he suggested that we spend our entire check on drugs, strippers & alcohol. What ever is left we should gamble with. I think its a good idea, strippers need stimulus too.
Typically
03-19-2008, 04:29 PM
HAHA ya know that does sound like a better idea! I should gather my friends up and see how many strippers and how many drugs we can fit into my living room and just stare at boobs and get faced till the strippers and drugs are gone :D
doctorfoz
03-19-2008, 04:33 PM
*slightly regrets getting married now....
Red Kittie Kat
03-19-2008, 05:16 PM
Well .. an innocent thread about toys - first mistaken to be about drugs has now derailed on to boobies ... I love it :D
Quick get buda in here to mention food :p
WannaBrie
03-19-2008, 05:37 PM
Well .. an innocent thread about toys - first mistaken to be about drugs has now derailed on to boobies ... I love it :D
Quick get buda in here to mention food :p
Innocent thread? From the title, I thought Dr. Foz was Breaking Bad. :rolleyes:
Anyone seen that btw? Its pretty out there, Malcolm's Dad does a good job with it.
HAHA ya know that does sound like a better idea! I should gather my friends up and see how many strippers and how many drugs we can fit into my living room and just stare at boobs and get faced till the strippers and drugs are gone :D
I know!
$600 will throw a pretty good regular old kegger. But imagine if you could convince 15 people to throw in their stimulus check.
15 people x $600 = $9000
20 people x $600 = $12,000
Think about what kind of party you could throw for 12k
Any party after that would be a total yawner.
Typically
03-19-2008, 07:47 PM
you got it MD i have at least 7 friends that i could convince to get in on this. we could even get spitzer's hooker to come by for a few hours :D
Red Kittie Kat
03-19-2008, 07:53 PM
I hope just to look at .. cause I think that little sports car has got a few miles on her
:D