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Posted on 02/11/12 14:56:57

richard

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100 years

According to Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slot_car#History

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Richard

Posted on 06/11/12 09:07:30

Shawnster

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Re: 100 years

but a bit younger for HO slot cars.

On the wiki there is a link to these new slot cars that can change lanes.

http://dmxslots.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=116

Look pretty interesting as they still have a guide pin, or actually 4 pins.

Posted on 06/11/12 12:03:33

richard

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Re: 100 years

Yep, true .... !! Only 53 years for HO:

and British-American engineer Derek Brand developed a tiny vibrator motor small enough to power model cars roughly in scale with HO and OO electric trains. In 1959, Playcraft division of Mettoy produced these in the UK, and a year later, Aurora Plastics Corp. released HO vibrator sets with huge success in the USA. The tiny cars fascinated the public, and their cost and space requirements were better suited to the average consumer than the larger scales. In only a year or two, Scalextric's 1:32 cars and Aurora's "Model Motoring" HO line had set off the "slot car craze" of the 1960s

Saw that site, it looks interesting, but a few companies have bought this out earlier (and wasn't overly successful):