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Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Mon Jan 13, 2025, 08:32 PM

Jan 13

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Anyone had one of these as a youngster? [View all] True Dough Jan 13 OP

Yes! gay texan Jan 13 #1

Yes. Drove my mother nuts. marble falls Jan 13 #2

My HO scale racing sets were Aurora House of Roberts Jan 13 #3

Same here. Bought a lot of extra track, including an intersection, and it took up my parents garage. Little gray mobeau69 Jan 14 #27

I just got a new set every birthday and Christmas House of Roberts Jan 14 #31

I remember those hop-up kits but never got one. Used mobeau69 Jan 14 #33

I did, They always flew off of the tracks , especially going around curves. debm55 Jan 13 #4

As long as True Dough Jan 13 #10

I don't drive on interstates, True Dough. I take the back roads. debm55 Jan 13 #13

Be careful. Some of those backroads are way more dangerous. mobeau69 Jan 14 #34

Yup. n/t FSogol Jan 13 #5

Trains were the big thing when I was a kid; sets like these came a bit later. patphil Jan 13 #6

Was that the super deluxe model or something? Shermann Jan 13 #7

You're right True Dough Jan 13 #9

I had something similar to that. I believe it was called Motorific Torture Track. Borogove Jan 13 #8

I had one. The straightaways , where a kid would speed up, almost always lead into a curve , That is where the car would debm55 Jan 13 #11

Do they not sell them now? I'd think kids would still love something like that... No? hlthe2b Jan 13 #12

Had an earlier set. Aurora maybe. cachukis Jan 13 #14

I've got one or 2 sets in the basement Marthe48 Jan 13 #15

Didn't have the track set but had a number of cars. marked50 Jan 13 #16

My son had one. sinkingfeeling Jan 13 #17

No. I wanted one but it was a "boy's toy." Lunabell Jan 13 #18

No, but I wanted one as an adult! 😄 But priorities dictated otherwise. electric_blue68 Jan 13 #19

My Husband and I got one when I was pregnant with our Daughter. I was 23, he was 25. dai13sy Jan 13 #20

I did not but my best friend next house over did drray23 Jan 13 #21

Great memories True Dough Jan 14 #22

I don't think saw I ever saw those (ads) as a kid, otherwise I might have wanted one!😄 I had wooden train tracks... electric_blue68 Jan 14 #23

Yes. OldBaldy1701E Jan 14 #24

My younger brothers had one LogDog75 Jan 14 #25

I had a small figure 8 track with two 50s style hot rod cars. Very fun.... wcmagumba Jan 14 #26

From JCPenny no less. EarnestPutz Jan 14 #28

My three older brothers had them. Two became Formula race drivers. My nephew is a pro racer. Nanuke Jan 14 #29

That's a beauty. Mike 03 Jan 14 #30

Yes, I did! Niagara Jan 14 #32

Not exactly JoseBalow Jan 14 #35

Us kids had two racing car sets, one that was very much like the one you picture... Archae Jan 14 #36

All us kids shared the toys, we had one almost exactly like that. Clouds Passing Jan 14 #37