Is SCX slot cars still in business?
Scalextric/SCX. SCX/Scalextric Digital/WOS is NOT out of business. They are growing and just created the greatest digital system on the market today and we will do different article about that!
What happened to SCX slot cars?
SAD NEWS for the USA SCX world. The one and only SCX Rep in the United States has cut ties with SCX because of the terrible customer service of the new owners. The Rep was asking for a demo track so he could make videos and sell the track here in the US.
Is Carrera go digital?
Carrera. Carrera has two product lines: GO!!! (analog) and Digital 143. Both are 1:43 scale, so a little on the smaller side.
Can you convert Carrera analog to digital?
If you currently have an analog Carrera track, you can purchase the CU separately and convert your analog track to digital. A nice feature of the Carrera digital cars/decoders is that you can flip a dipswitch on the bottom of the chip, accessed from the bottom of the car, and run the car on analog track.
What are digital slot car sets?
Digital sets have crossover sections that allow you to switch from lane to lane for passing, blocking, and overtaking. These tracks also support more cars, so that three or four (with some sets, up to six) people can race at the same time.
How much does a digital slot car cost?
We looked at three digital sets—from Carrera, Spanish maker SCX, and the mack daddy of them all, Britain’s Scalextric (imported exclusively by Hornby America)—ranging from a two-car starter set that retails for just over $200 to a larger, $500 four-car layout. Let’s see what they are saying about the different track sets:
When did the first slot car come out?
Slot Machines: Digital technology has juiced up the slot-car-racing scene. Slot cars, as we know them, have been around since 1957, when Minimodels electrified its clockwork Scalex cars.
How many Carrera digital slot cars does Electric Dreams have?
Electric Dreams carries 12 different Carrera Race Sets. You can see them here: Carrera Digital Slot Car Sets. “With four cars and 22 feet of track, motorized mayhem ensued when we set up this one; the rear wing of one car was destroyed after just two races.” Hmmm… sound like fun. We carry 11 different Scalextric Racing sets.
When did slot car racing hit the wall?
During the 1960s, slot-car racing enjoyed a boom, but the craze “hit a wall in the late 1970s to the 1990s,” according to Dave Kennedy, the North American marketing manager for Carrera, an Austrian maker of these sets.