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Scalextric is a brand of slot car racing sets which first appeared in the late 1950s. Scalextric was invented by engineer B. Fred Francis, [1] when he added an electric motor to the Scalex tin cars that were produced by Minimodels Ltd, his own company. [2] The first "Scalextric" were first made in Havant, Hampshire, in 1956.
Smyths is an Irish multinational chain provider of children's toys, games and entertainment products with over 297 shops throughout western and central Europe. The business is owned by the Smyth family. [4] The company is headquartered in Galway, with other offices in Belfast and London.
The tiny cars fascinated the public, and their cost and space requirements were better suited to the average consumer than the larger scales. In only a year or two, Scalextric's 1:32 cars and Aurora's "Model Motoring" HO line had set off the "slot car craze" of the 1960s. [24] An Aurora "Thunderjet-500" HO chassis and motor, 1963-1971.
Rico – Spanish tin and plastic toy maker set up by ex-Paya employees [79] Rietze Automodelle – German (Altdorf, Nuremberg) manufacturer of plastic models mainly in 1:87 scale (H0), buses/coaches, cars, vans, trucks, some 1:160 scale (N gauge). Since 1983. Rio – Italian manufacturer of 1:43 scale classic models, 1900–1960.
Seven years after their acquisition, Nabisco sold the company to the Anglo-US toy company Dunbee-Combex-Marx who also owned the Scalextric racing system and Frog kits for $11.5m. [23] Aurora had been loss-making for a number of years but Dunbee-Combex-Marx failed to turn Aurora around and ended up failing itself in 1980. [citation needed]
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Scalextric Digital uses the exact same track pieces as the standard analogue system but with additional items such as lane changers, powerbase and controllers. For cars to work on the Digital system they need to be fitted with the Scalextric Digital chips."
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