The History Of Scalextric Part Two (1970-1992)

Another video long out of production from 1992. Transferred from original VHS.
This is the second of a two programmes.
From Margate To Date
The Seventies
The Models That Never Were
The Nineties
The Collectibility Of Scalextric
Part One available. • The History Of Scalext...

[@garrywitcomb2334]

Still a big part of my life Great physical toy that can be enjoyed by the young and the old Because it requires the brain to keep rethinking tracks and endless set ups,its a real broad spectrum that keeps you interested.

[@giusepperescigno1657]

My long-lasting story with Scalextric started when I was maybe 5 yo. It was the end of the sixties and my father had a set with a Jaguar D and a red car that I guess was a Ferrari. In the nineties I became father as well and decided to renew this passion for my son. I bought a simple oval with 2 F1 cars a Ferrari and a fantastic Ford Riello. I then added a few tracks. He was not very fond and I gave it to a friend. I now regrets. Thank you for sharing this video.

[@TojuRacing-ry4cf]

Part 2 is even more interesting. Thanks for this upload as well! Race On!

[@igolfjtweetler4097]

the scalextric catalogue in 1981 was like a top shelf mag to me age 13

[@passiton3801]

Fascinating an well researched program on the amazing world of British slot cars.

[@rohanwhelan5720]

Lovely hobby , enjoy it , so , I ll keep my slot car racing , till am old so at my passing , given away , so or sold cheap , so , really till then , I ll enjoy it , so , I love it , it changed my life , and brings me lots of fun and joy , so, I continue on , so love it , Im happy , like am 12 or 13 , my parents bought , me a single Bathurst set , so it was lot of fun , so years later , in my mid to late , 40s after a set , picked Scalextric sets so am glad enjoy it again , Im so happy and enjoy it so so nice , so just fantastic so good , 😊😊😊

[@michaelrasmussen9679]

Been waiting to see this second part for a year. Thank You for finding and Posting this amazing documentary.

[@moozeek]

Sorry it took so long. I also posted a later video as well from 2000.

[@michaelrasmussen9679]

No worries man you posted this stuff for the masses and the time is irrelevant to watch an amazing video about those amazing things I could not afford as a little. Have a fantastic day and thanks again.

[@aureliobrighton1871]

0:04 Henri Pescarolo in a Ferrari. 14:00 sporting Brumos colors. The most exotic slottrack idea I have ever encountered though is 'Horse Racing'. I enjoyed it very much, Cheers:)

[@Nooziterp1]

I remember when I was 12 and 13 (1971/2) there was one boy in my class at school who everyone wanted to play with. The reason - he had a Scalextric!

[@stuartliddle7228]

My wife says this is the most boring film shes ever seen.....oh shes gone... ITS THE BEST FILM IVE EVER SEEN! there should be a movie made for slot car racing. OMG its AWESOME

[@toddfrendell6837]

Why did I hit subscribe? Because Scalextric. I've got important stuff to do on this Sunday, but then: story of, thirty years of, history of (pts. 1 &2), and oh look! There's a guy doing scalextric on the patio with his kids! My whole afternoon shot to hell

[@GPgman]

Great information! Scalextric is an addiction!

[@1000sofusernames]

Amazing toy for the times but I guess when you've got Gran Turismo in VR with force feedback wheels , it's hard to live your motorsport dreams through some plastic track and hand controllers. For me it was one of those 'always wanted' toys but we didn't get a set until relatively late in the 80s and computer games, skateboards and the potential lure of women ensured my interest in it was fairly brief. 5 years earlier and I'd have probably been on it all day.

[@TheWorldsWorstMan]

1000sofusernames And when you compare prices today, a PS4 isn't much more than a good Scalextric set!

[@SlotCar2021]

@@TheWorldsWorstMan I race slot cars and play Forza Horizon. Both great fun 👍

[@aces-ww8zl]

Great vid, argh!!!!I had the bloody green March needless to say the back wheels didnt last long, think it came with the yellow renault. LOL happy days, remember having 2 TR7s as well.

[@papishow]

When I was a kid, the JO special was the most sort after car in scalextric.

[@donwest5387]

the "first ones" didn't even have pick-up brushes; just stripped wires

[@durbangardencity9388]

I still love scalextric but that's an interesting line to finish on saying that many companies have tried to copy scalextric with little success, Carrera doesn't get a mention, yes its expensive but it's in a league of it's own in terms of quality materials and build, it's also the worlds largest manufacturers of slot car racing. But far too expensive

[@matttaylor1372]

Great documentary. Helen Masters at 50:47.

[@alphadawg81]

Irony: The narrator talks about the misspelling of Porsche but is entirely oblivious of the fact that he misspronounces Porsche every single time (the "e" is NOT silent!).

[@jofmar7914]

classiccarz Amazing. Stereotyping and borderline racism under a video about slot cars....Typical idiot.

[@aureliobrighton1871]

I guess Brian Redman must have the last word on that :)

[@alphadawg81]

@@aureliobrighton1871 I think Fedinand Porsche already had the last word on that. 😉

[@FuchsiaShocked]

Oh CRAP. We used to have the green 911 and black Escort with the gold pinlines on them. I wish I'd known they were particularly collectable, I'd have hung onto them.

[@marks.17]

The wood scale cars, molds, painting items are also collectable.

[@MsStephaniegirl]

fantastic!!!

[@timm2904]

35:25 Nonsense, the Bentley and Alfa Romeo from 'The Power And The Glory' range went on to become collectible in their own right and I don't think they affected the value of the original releases at all.

[@vasili1207]

The mighty metro set was actually the only set I ever owned .... as a kid I just remember it was boring because of the small track as ...... in fact I think this may be why I hate oval nascar racing with a passion, I love the cars mind you

[@rustyracing6798]

Great documentary

[@MrTamiya89]

THIS IS AWESOME 😃👍.

[@jetblack5115]

Great...

[@mrrolandlawrence]

wow making stuff in the uk!

[@Ducksauce33]

Was that a Eagle mark III with that Jaguar group c around 24 seconds in?

[@mlight6275]

i notice no mention of the red and the black trans am in the knight rider set, are these of interest ?

[@danny-li6io]

1:40 Hotwheels is a gimmick? They’ve sold billions and still to this day sell millions of units a year. Sounds like someone might be a little bitter? ( and delusional) 😂

[@bigbow62]

Check out... Lunch King video's, the man builds his own tracks with 4 lanes & 2 cars in each lane with passing zones... his track is amazing ✌😎

[@ungurdani8346]

. Salut my friend super car super video subscribe subscribe .

[@rhythman69uk]

Jeez! No wonder the company floundered! If that uninspiring loon with the comb over was in charge?! Who the hell wants to race Mini Metros lol or trucks, plastic turtles on skateboards or for God's sake, HORSES!? - on plastic trolleys! hahaha! Concentrate on it being mini reality, like with the trains, and you're entering the realm of the user. I have seen amazing tracks, lovingly detailed, with handmade buildings, sections of track sprayed sand colour to replicate dirt tracks for rallying or snow courses. The company became clueless as to what the toy actually was and lurched from one gimmick to the next. They should have made two sorts of cars and track only. Racing for the F1 cars and Rallying. The cars also ran too high off the track, with the front wheels often not touching the circuit, hand throttles overheated, motors were not powerful enough, tyres not grippy enough, magnets came too late. So many mistakes. Today's cars are so much better. Done by the Chinese lol Don't know whether to laugh or cry at that. And with anything 'collectable', its only of value if there are enough people prepared to part with money for it, or outbid others. If there aren't, it becomes worthless. If youngsters today have no interest in the car/model train set because they were not bought one or introduced to it by dad, then people in the future really couldn't give a monkeys about it, because they didn't play with them as a child.

[@trevorlogan1120]

You don't no what your talking about collectible no like your ps or Xbox

[@SlinkiestTortoise23]

I inherited a boxed blue Bugatti and numerous other cars. There’s one currently on EBay for 7.5k. It won’t sell for that but I’m gonna keep hold of them and pass them down another generation.

[@bananabrooks3836]

He was more of an accountant, rather than product development.

[@SporeZoo]

Toyzaros

[@robertgarrett4046]

TOYS R US you fucking bloody wanker ,get it right.

[@mikem8145]

The narrator is f... annoying, he finishes every of his sentence with a remark about the collectibility of this model and the higher value of that model. And like rytmman69uk wrote with a guy like Richard Lion (the director with hair cut from the '60) no wonder Scalextric went bankrupt.