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(...) images to look at. I simply built it from my childhood memories of some small motorized cars I had. (What's the name of those again? The cars that go around in laps, and the only thing you can conrol is the speed. I know the Norwegian name of (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic)
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Scalextric? Glad I could help with the pictures by the way. I play Grand Prix Legends when I'm not playing Lego..... (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic)
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In lugnet.technic, Fredrik Glöckner writes: [snip] (...) Are you talking about the "slot" cars toy? they run on a plastic track with metal rails imbedded into it? I am not talking about the HO scale that is around today but a larger scale car. Each (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Ah, yes. That's what I was thinking about. I don't think mine were Scalextric brand, but it was basically the same thing. (...) Mine were small scale, about the same scale as the LEGO adventurer's cars, I'd say. While I didn't have too much (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic)
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the generic term is "slot cars" due to the fact that they have a tab or pin which rides in a "slot" in the track. the slot provides power and, of course, steering. -- -Steven "Nothin' But Net!" "Fredrik Glöckner" <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic)
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