Spirit releases for 2007

Schlitzrenner.de photo contest results

Richard from Schlitzrenner.de has sent the results of his 1/43 slot car photo contest... and the winners are...
1st Place-"Raceface" (Germany)

2nd Place-"XT638" (France)

3rd Place-"Zippo" (Germany)

Full results can be seen at this link.

More NY Toyfair photos

SCX:
One last SCX car to show here.

Carrera:
I don't know how but I missed publishing this earlier...a new livery of 1/24th Carrera Corvette.

Some 1/32 cars that are new paint schemes from previous releases.



Bburago is releasing a new line of 1/32 cars. There are some really nice rally cars and some tuner cars. They will retail at about $12.00 with the case and slightly less without the case. They're made from all new tooling and should be in stores by May of this year.


The VW buses looked really cool, if you're into the large wheeled look they've got some nice versions of these coming out.


Scalex:
In a discussion with Scalex, they admitted that this probably won't be a terribly popular slot car in the US market. While the Range Rover Scalex is going to produce is a really well done model, I just don't see many being sold here at all.

NKOK:
NKOK had several new 1/32 radio controlled cars on display. Some hobbiests like these to convert into slot cars. The best looking one in the bunch was the Rubicon Jeep, nice and boxy looking.


DaveK

Carrera's Hot Rods 1/24 & 1/32

First the 1/32 cars.






A pair of 1/24th hot rods were on display.


DaveK

Carrera 1/24 LMP's

I'm a huge fan of the RS Spyder, this is a pretty good model of the 2006 version of the car. The 1/32 cars were on display, actually they were in use on the test track for the 132Digital set, but I wasn't allowed to shoot them because they were a little "worse for the wear" after lots of racing.




DaveK

New Scalextric Classic Mini

A 15k motor has been squeezed inside the body of the new Mini. I talked with Mike Walters Development Director for Scalextric and he said they've put a lot of work getting this car just right. The gearing of this car has been worked on for some time, not only to get a gear small enough to fit inside but to get the ratio just right for driveability. He said the interior had to be trimmed to what you see below to get the motor to fit inside. The motor will be visible inside the car but you'll have to really look to find it. It will be blacked out so it will take some inspection to find it in there.

This model has been through a lot in its short life. It's been showed around Europe and now in NY, but during set up of the Scalex USA....er sorry Hornby USA stand...the Mini took a tumble to the floor after being knocked off the display table by a worker at the Javitts Center!
DaveK

Carrera's Richard Petty Nascars

These are possibly the first photos of the new Richard Petty slot cars. Please do not use these photos without contacting me first about.





DaveK

Fly 911's from the NY Toyfair

More photos taken at the NY Toyfair.




DK

Fly 935-a good long look

Yeah, yeah, I know...here I go again with the Fly 935! These are my pix from the NY Toyfair yesterday.






I know this prototype has been photographed before, but I thought this is such an important model for Fly, and a car that will be an instant classic, it was worth a further look.

Dave

Slot It McLaren

A few shots of the Slot It McLaren. Quite a nice model.

Mini or MINI? Take your pick

The new Scalex classic Mini Cooper has been seen everywhere already, so I thought I'd post a photo of the prototype next to the standard, modern MINI. It's really amazing the size difference, eh?
DaveK