Scalextric Blog

Argos have a fantastic offer on at the moment. They have reduced the price of a there range of Scalextric along with prices for other toys including Disney Princess, Fisher-price, Bob the Builder and Power Rangers Toys.

Unfortunately these reductions are only temporary and are available until the 25th of November, so now is the perfect time to get the Christmas shopping done!

Fantastic offers listed on there site include:

• Save £32 on Scalextric Speed Supreme
• Save £27 on Scalextric Silverstone F1 Track
• Save £24 on Scalextric Top Gear Powerlaps
• Save £20 on Scalextric Street Sliderz
• Half Price Scalextric Micro Turbo Power Track Set
• Plus lots more offers on the Argos website!!!

Click on the banner above to visit Argos, and take note, you can get free delivery on orders over £50 if you enter the discount voucher code AFD10 in the trolley.

More Argos Discount Codes

• 10% Discount on Selected Electrical Products - ELEC10
• 10% Discount on Homeware - HOME10
• 10% Discount on Toys - TOY10
• 10% Discount on Sports and Leisure products - SPORT10

A third dose of old Scalextric adverts. I can’t remember this advert despite its rather catchy tune and lyrics!

The Black Capri and the white BMW shown in the advert were my first Scalextric cars, I think they were a hand down from a friend or a find at a carboot sale.

I’ve found another 1980’s Scalextric advert. The advert itself starts at 2mins through the video clip.
This advert features Metros, Formula 1 cars and Porsches.

Below is an advert for Scalextric from the 1980s that I found from trawling through youtube.

I can remember the advert from when I was growing up. I can also remember writing to Santa Claus at Christmas asking for the starting gantry!

Earlier in the year Scalextric made a “miniaturized” spoof version of BMW’s highly successful “Be water” advertising campaign.

In the original advert, it is Bruce Lee who speaks to camera in English, in Scalextric’s version his lines were spoken by a young Chinese boy. In the new spoof version the three shots of the car at first glance appear to be the same as in the original, but it is not a real BMW, but a Scalextric miniature.

Below is a video showing off the Scalextric Powerslide set. The cars in the Powerslide set are fitted with a unique pick-up system that enables full 360-degree movement. Over cook it round a corner and you are going back the way you came!

The Scalextric Street Pursuit Set also features the same pick-up system which makes for some fantastic racing action!

Whilst browsing on Youtube I found this news clip from last year which celebrates the 50th birthday of Scalextric. The clip features the former Formula One World Champion John Surtees.

Watch Sam and Mel on a 007 Scalextric shoot to promote the new Quantum of Solace Scalextric set.

Click here for more info on the James Bond Scalextric Set used in the video

Lewis Hamilton won the Formula 1 world championship in dramatic style on Sunday.

Here at Scalextric Racing we are hoping that Hornby produce a special edition Scalextric set to mark this fantastic occassion but until then there is already a selection of Scalextric featuring Lewis Hamilton.

Currently there are 2 main Lewis Hamilton sets available where you can race Hamilton against Fernando Alonso:

• C1214: Digital - Hamilton vs Alonso Set
• G1034: Micro - Hamilton vs Alonso Set

You can also buy the 2007 Lewis Hamilton Car

• C2837: Lewis Hamilton Scalextric Car

nick.co.uk is running a competition to win a Scalextric set. To be in with a chance of winning you have to complete 2 levels of a Scalextric racing game.

The competition closes 15/12/2008.

The site also has three, free Scalextric themed desktop wallpapers that you can download for your computer