The return of slot cars?!?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/22/AR2010042202154.html?sid=ST2010042203902
I suppose I should be excited about this, but the fact is that HO scale was always for the little kids. Slot cars were HUGE around NoVa in the mid 60's. There must have been two dozen tracks. It was the 1/24th scale that rocked. I still have my BZ Banshee, and was pretty damn good, if I do say so myself. And you could get some serious speed going on those tracks. While I grant you that 100 feet of track is mighty impressive for HO, the scale and speed is just too small for my tastes.
The whole hobby collapsed in a manner of weeks back in '67, under circumstances that I still don't really understand. Wish it would return.
I suppose I should be excited about this, but the fact is that HO scale was always for the little kids. Slot cars were HUGE around NoVa in the mid 60's. There must have been two dozen tracks. It was the 1/24th scale that rocked. I still have my BZ Banshee, and was pretty damn good, if I do say so myself. And you could get some serious speed going on those tracks. While I grant you that 100 feet of track is mighty impressive for HO, the scale and speed is just too small for my tastes.
The whole hobby collapsed in a manner of weeks back in '67, under circumstances that I still don't really understand. Wish it would return.
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