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Scalextric Star Wars Death Star Attack: Force powered slot car racing
TOY FAIR 2012: These aren't the droids you're looking for

Toy maker Hornby warns on profits
Model train and Scalextric maker Hornby issues a profits warning after sales of its train and slot-car racing sets were hit in the run up to Christmas.

Is the Force Strong With Star Wars Scalextric?
Scalextric slot car racing has been around for ages, but like so many other toys these days it has had to adapt its business model to keep going.

Star Wars slot car sets don’t use cars
This is so awesome. I had a bunch of slot car sets when I was a kid; I was never very good at racing them though. Mostly I concentrated on making the cars leave the track and hit the people racing against me in the gonads. That trick takes more skill than you might imagine. [...]

This Is The Fastest Slot Car Race I've Ever Seen [Video]
# slotcars When I was slightly too old to still play with slot cars I just about demanded my parents buy me a slot car track that featured two Jeep-like vehicles racing through a scene that was a total Indiana Jones ripoff. I loved it. This is so many times faster my brain can barely comprehend it. More »

Pack racing is back, but is that a positive thing?
To NASCAR fans desperate for the way it used to be, the vision was as breathtaking as seeing water in the desert.

RB8 nose slot has no trick application
Adrian Newey insists that there is no hidden benefit of including a slot in the front-end treatment of Red Bull's RB8.

Need a boy's toy for the billionaire in your life? Vintage slot car racing makes a comeback
The 12-year-old inside every enthusiast will still remember the satisfaction to be had from zooming miniature cars around tabletop wooden race tracks powered by electric current.

F1: Red Bull 'letterbox' slot for driver cooling - Newey
Feb.8 (GMM) Adrian Newey has cleared up the mystery about the 'letterbox' opening in the nose of the newly-launched 2012 Red Bull car. Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing in the new RB8 Photo by: xpb.cc The F1 world noticed that Newey's 'step nose' differs from its rivals in the form of an air inlet where the monocoque height meets the new lower nose height. Some surmised it must be for KERS or engine ...