New Artin sets, parts & track prices

54047 2 Lane racing set R3 curves $149.00
with 2 DTM cars
Dimensions: 6'10" x 4'4"

54045 4 Lane outer oval set R3/R4 $149.00
No cars in set
Dimensions: 8' x 5'4"

54046 2 Lane Outer oval Set R4 $149.00
with 2 Stockers and wall outer borders
Dimensions: 8' x 5'4"

NEW ARTIN 1/32 MERCEDES DTM HAVE ARRIVED
LIGHTS, REVERSE SWITCH FOR RUNNING ON TRACK BOTH WAYS
GREAT CARS FOR RUNNING AND CONVERTING IF YOU WANT
SAME GREAT ARTIN CHASSIS
TALK ABOUT A GREAT PRICE
EVERYONE CAN AFFORD
NEW ARTIN 1/32 DTM CARS $16.95 EACH
5810A Black
5811A Silver

ALL ARTIN 1/32 STOCKERS COME WITH
THEIR OWN STICK ON DECAL SHEET
$26.95 EACH
7000 Stocker red 2005 $26.95
7001 Stocker white 2005 $26.95
7002 Stocker blue 2005 $26.95
7003 Stocker black 2005 $26.95
7004 Stocker green 2005 $26.95
7005 Stocker yellow 2005 $26.95
7006 Stocker orange 2005 $26.95
7007 Stocker silver 2005 $26.95

PARTS FOR CARS 1/32
------------
5737 Headlamp bulb (1) $ .50
5738 Motor $6.00
5739 Front Axle gold with tires F1 $4.00
5739A Front Axle black with tires F1 $4.00
5739B Front Axle silver with tires F1 $4.00
5740 Rear Axle gold with tires F1 $4.80
5740A Rear Axle black with tires F1 $4.80
5740B Rear Axle silver with tires F1 $4.80
5741 Front Axle black with tires DTM $3.00
5741B Front Axle silver with tires DTM $3.00
5741C Front Axle gold with tires DTM $3.00
5742 Rear Axle black with tires DTM $3.80
5742B Rear Axle silver with tires DTM $3.80
5742C Rear Axle gold with tires DTM $3.80
5743 Front Tires F1/Fatboy (2) $2.00
5744 Rear Tires F1/Fatboy (2) $3.00
5745 Front Tires DTM (2) $2.00
5746 Rear Tires DTM (2) $2.00
5747 Magnet $1.00
5748 Pinon Gear $ .35
5749 Rear Axle Gear $ .50
5750 Body Screw all except F1 $ .10 each
5750A Body screw F1 $ .10 each
5751 Eyelet for guides to wire $ .08
5796 rear axle complete new stocker $4.80
5797 front axle complete new stocker $4.00
5798 stocker wheels $ .66 each
5798A stocker tire (2) $2.00
5799 Insert driver/roll bar $4.50
5804 Stocker windshield insert $4.00
--------
ARTIN 1/32 SLOT CAR TRACK
FOR EXPANDING SIZE OF LAYOUTS UP TO 8 LANES WIDE

5711 Straight Track 10 1/2" $5.00
5712 R1 60 degree Curved Track $4.00
5713s Crossover Track 10 1/2" $6.50
5714 Banked Curve $5.00
5715A Pistol Grip Controller spade plug $7.00
5715B Pistol Grip Controller peg type $7.00
5716 R2 15 degree Curve Track $4.75
5717s Squeeze Track 10 1/2" $6.50
5718 R2 30 degree Curve Track $5.00
5719A Power Base 2 Lane spade type $10.00
5719B Power Base 2 Lane peg type $10.00
5720A Power Base 4 Lane with Arrows $15.00
5720B Power Base 4 Lane with lines $15.00
5721 Sensor track 2 Lane for lap counter $10.00
5722 Lap Counter 2 Lane $17.00
5723 Transformer 2 lane $15.00
5724 Transformer 4 lane $20.00
5725A Guard Rail yellow on borders $ .50 each
5725B Guard Rail silver on borders $ .50 each
5726A Track Extension (lift) base $ .20 each
5726B Track Extension (lift) post $ .20 each
5727 Apron Ends $1.50
5728 Apron Curved Ends $1.50
5729 Grand Stand w/figures $12.00
5730 30 Degree outer borders black $3.00
5731 Guide and Brushs (2) $2.00
5732 Track Clip (4.6.8 lane) $ .25 each
5733 Track Extension( lift) Holder $ .20
5734 4 Lane Controllers $6.50
5736 Start/Finish Stand $3.00
5752 60° Curve Inside border (black or arrows) $1.50
5753 Border 60 degree outside (black or arrows) $2.25
5754 Border 30 degree outside (black or arrows) $2.25
5755 R3 Curve to make 6 lane track $5.25
5756 1/2 Straight $4.00
5757 People for Grandstand (6) $6.50
5758 straight border 10 1/2 inch long black $2.00
5760 30° 1/2 Curve outside border black $1.75
5763 15° Curve Inside border (black) $1.75
5767 Banking Curved outside border (black or arrows)$2.25
5769 Small 60° 1/2 Curve Inside border( black) $1.75
5774 60° 1/2 Curve outside border black $2.25
5775 Straight or curve border ends (clockwise arrows) $.75
5776 Straight or curve border ends(counterclockwise arrows) $.75
5777 Hump over pass track takes 2 to make it $11.00 each
5778L Left border over pass (black) $4.50
5779R Right border overpass (black) $4.50
5783 Outer Border for 5755 6 lane $2.75
5784 R1 1/2 track of 60 deg $5.00
5785 R4 curve (7/8 lane) $7.00
5786 Border 1/2 straight black $2.00
5787 Border sensor track black $2.00
5790/5791 Overhead Lap Counter 2 Lane $89.95
comes with 2 controllers 4 lane type
5792 60° outer border w/wide pattern $5.00
5793 Border ends left side wide $1.50
5794 Border ends right side wide $1.50
5795 R4 curve outer border black with wall $4.00

Thanks to Slot Car World for the photos and news I posted here.
DaveK

New Artin DTM's...only $16.95 each!

Holy cow what a bargain at $16.95 each! Slot Car World and other Artin dealers are selling these cars now.

Artin's Stockers...great for little hands.

Something struck me when I got the American Thunder set from Artin North America...these cars would be great for kids to race. They're evenly matched, all have the same relatively low RPM motor, and don't have detailed pieces to be shed when the go for a trip to the floor. Today I put that to the test.

My niece and nephew Nicholas and Anastasia Miller came to visit, they've been coming to see my track for a few years now. Nicholas is 8 and Anastasia is 5, they're very enthusiastic about driving the cars and always make a B-line for the track as soon as they get in the door...and boy did I have the cars for them today!


(BTW, that's my wife Karen and my 18-month-old son Tyler taking in all the action)

"Hey, let's race the Nascars" I said and we headed down to the basement. I don't have a variable power supply so having cars that aren't lightning fast is a good first step to racing with heavy-trigger-fingered kids, don't you think? So I put the cars on the track and I was amazed that within a lap or two both the kids were taking the corners like champs! Even Anastasia, who on her last time racing the twists and turns of the San Francisco Grand Prix, didn't really grasp the idea of braking...but then she was 4 so what did I expect, eh? Or was that Nicholas? Hmmmm.....



Lap after lap both racers were able to round the course easily, with only occasional nerfing incident...Cole Trickle eat your heart out!


Anastasia tried her hand at marshalling and was able to get the car back in the slot easily even with a quickly approaching F1 car that Nicholas switched to between laps with the Stocker.

"The colors were nice and the motors worked really well around the corners", Nicholas said during a post-race interview in the Miller Racing hauler, "I liked how they drove, they weren't bumping up and down...they just rode smooth." A ringing endorsement from an up and coming driver.

In the end they were hugely popular with the kids. I was pleased that they were able to race the cars, actually race the cars against each other. It's cool to have cars that, out of the box, work well as evenly matched racers.

Thanks again to Frank at Artin North America for the cars...the kids loved 'em (BTW, I do too).

DaveK
Publisher, Slot Car News

Artin's "Thunder"ous set!

The price of everything is going up. You have less money to spend on extra stuff...in my house the first thing to go (as it should be) is spending on non essentials. Slot cars fall squarely into that catagory. But this Artin American Thunder set puts a set back within the reach of many slot racers.

I was piecing the track together (not as the directions or box show you to...I'm such a rebel! Or is it dork?) but trying to get the most track on the floor as I could as quickly as my grubby little fingers could. Soon the track stretched around the dining/living room. I was whizzing around the American Thunder track as fast as the brakeless little Stockers would let me. What fun! I was struck by the lighter, non-neo magnets and how much I preferred them to their more sticky cousins. They hold the car just enough but not too much that you get a false sense of magnetized security.


So the wifey came down the stairs and saw me in my slot car induced stupor...laughing as carrying on with the red Stocker (one of four...yes 4) and she sits down on the floor and grabs the controller and says she wants to race too! "Which one?" I ask..."the red one of course!" so ever the dutiful husband "the red one" is handed off. I grab the blue Stocker and now it's "Days of Danbury", we're racing side-by-side, laughing and trying to nerf the other into the fireplace. Damn this is entertaining! Yes folks, this one gets the wifey seal of approval.

I took the red car to Rob's today and did some hot laps on the East New York Raceway, the tires stuck like crazy as they did on my track. You'd want your aftermarket tires to stick this well, but in this car...no mod's needed. They work as well as tires should on my circle of tracks.

Can you put a price on fun? Well, yes you can. Did you spend twice the money on track that doesn't lay flat? Not fun. Does this power supply work well with the track? Yes, more than adequate. The surface grippy, but not overly so. The pieces fit well together, and come apart easily when you want to disassemble the track. And the slot around the edge of the track makes it easy to put in thin pieces of plastic or cardboard and make your own fences! Again, don't know if this was a thought in the design process but it's a way to keep costs down so who cares!

Sometimes it's about just having fun, not being a "serious" racer, actually it should always be about having fun... this set reminded me that fun is what it's about. I don't mean to overstate the issue of price the point is that the set is probably as inexpensive as sets should be, not everything has to cost tons of money to be worth it...and this set is worth it!

And none of this review would have been possible without the support, and of course, the track from Frank at Slot Car World/Artin North America.

A side note. If you'd like to know even more about this set, Harry at Home Racing World did a great review that goes into more detail about aspects of the set I only touched on.

Dave Kennedy
Publisher, Slot Car News