Are slot cars too expansive ?


That's a good question, isn't it !

I recently saw on Internet some examples where very rare slot cars (see picture above*) did sold for hundreds of dollars or euros !


But even if they are not very rare, and manufactured in China, quality miniature toys are usually expansive. But especially in the case of slot cars. Difficult to find any limited model like Scalextric Sport Edition under 50 or 60 euros in an official retailer shop ! That's a lot, especially for so called children toys.

Fortunately, it is much cheaper on Internet, the Ebay likes for instance, for those who have enough time and the good connections. Why...

Why are they so expansive ? Because, they are manufactured in small quantities ? Not only. Because they have a limited number of sells worldwide ? Not only. In fact, those slot cars became very expansive because of speculation. Do you know Dinky Toys, remember the cars when you were a youth ? Even used, they sell at terrible prices now..., because they are bought by adults with nostalgia mainly.

They collect them again, as they did when they were young, but with much more money this time. Now, it is the same phenomena with a 50 years old brand like Scalextric, which has created hundreds of different cars all this year. In fact, it seems that they have commercialised more cars than all its competitors (Carrera, Fly, Ninco, SCX, etc) united ?


But, one will argue that those cars are not so expansive, because it is good quality stuff. Very collectible for most of them, and so, easy to resell, even with some profits, after years. Furthermore, you can race them and not the "inactive", but very nice, regular model cars from Minichamps, Dinky Toys, which are almost as expansive.


So, Finally, passion is passion. If you can afford those wonderful slot cars, good for you; otherwise, this site will help you to dream about them in the meanwhile.

No ?


* Photo credit on the site : thanks to Scalextric, Fly, Ninco, Carrera and all the slot cars fans
** see my other blog on slot car in French : http://slotcarscollecteurs.blogspot.com/