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Anonymous Mon 05 Dec 2016 20:57:03 No.6054975 View View Reply Original Report

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Looking to get a set for my nephew since I had a blast with them as a kid but I honestly have no clue what I'm doing
You'd think a basic kit would be maybe $40 or so nowadays but goddamn this shit's expensive
I was eyeing https://www.amazon.com/Carrera-GO-Ferrari-GT-Experience/dp/B00NAR2KGM/ but it seems like the models are on the nice side, he'd probably ruin them pretty fast
Other (cheaper) option was this https://www.amazon.com/Scalextric-Micro-Hyper-Cars-Race-Set/dp/B00IJZIFW8/ but the reviews make it out to be shit
What do?
Any recommended brands?
I want to get him a traditional slot racer, not one of those new fangled anki things

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 06 Dec 2016 10:20:31 No.6056303 Report

Quoted By: >>6057941

Scalexctrics is the gold standard. 10 years ago, my dad bought me a $240 set with 2 Lola GP cars, like in your pic. The track was an elongated ovular figure 8 with a bridge and railings. It took skill to keep them on the track.

$40 will buy you shit that is kitschy and will instantly lose its value.
Carrera GO is fun, but the cars are pretty tiny. That track is awesome though...
Maybe buy a bit simpler track in larger scale or buy used?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 07:31:26 No.6057941 Report

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>>6056303
I'm trying to find something but most stuff is from third party sellers or out of stock and therefore probably won't arrive on time
maybe I'll check out some hobby stores, better luck there probably
there aren't many where I live though

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 13:30:34 No.6058216 Report

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>those new fangled anki things
what?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 20:20:10 No.6058662 Report

Quoted By: >>6059184

>>6058216
https://www.amazon.com/Anki-000-00031-Overdrive-Starter-Kit/dp/B00V6951I0/
one of the first result for "slot cars" on Amazon, I assumed it was a thing

jimmy jongas

jimmy jongas Wed 07 Dec 2016 22:45:59 No.6058881 Report

Quoted By: >>6059184

this is the next gen of slot racers https://anki.com/en-ca i want this sooooo bad

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 08 Dec 2016 01:53:54 No.6059184 Report

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>>6058662
>>6058881
We had(have) a hot wheels version of this for 88 bucks during black friday, barely was touched and are still stuck with them. They look pretty cool though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 08 Dec 2016 01:54:39 No.6059185 Report

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I could never get gud at slotcars because my cat would swat them off the track.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 08 Dec 2016 07:04:52 No.6059784 Report

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I wanted to see if slot cars were a fun hobby, so i got a golden bright set for seventy bucks. It's basically super cheap, but it's pretty durable. I wasn't going to drop hundreds of dollars on a simple oval if I was bored of it in half an hour.

Golden bright licenses to a ton of places, I got a 'fast lane' slot car set from toys r us that has a fairly huge layout. I think it was called long bridge challenge or something.

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