Cashing in.....

johnboy183
johnboy183 Posts: 832
edited September 2011 in The bottom bracket
...... And not very well!

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/p ... nformation

Much as I enjoy cycling and scalextric, this is not a match made in heaven. BOA and BC should be ashamed :oops:

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  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    Wow. Brilliant.
    The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
    momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
  • APIII
    APIII Posts: 2,010
    Yeah, saw this somewhere the other week. Looks ace.
  • wakou
    wakou Posts: 165
    johnboy183 wrote:
    ...... And not very well!

    http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/p ... nformation

    Much as I enjoy cycling and scalextric, this is not a match made in heaven. BOA and BC should be ashamed :oops:

    You must be a dreadful old cynic, I think it looks brill!!

    (50 years old, still wants a scalextric velodrome, how sad......)
    "I had righteous got my wheel backmost from a fettlin' at the LBS and was hunt transport to equitation it. As it was Refrigerated in the AM......"
  • GiantMike
    GiantMike Posts: 3,139
    Have you seen the review?

    I purchased a Team GB Scalextric Velodrome set in late 2011. Due to the intense Olympic build-up and the pressure put on the plastic riders by the British media, by the time the games started the performance of the riders differed considerably from the pre-purchase hype.

    Most of the events were won by the German team resulting in the British Performance Director (plastic doll, bought as an extra) being ceremonially sacked by BC (large gold-plated bucket of self-righteous dung, bought as an extra). The set's only entertaining feature was the Boris Johnson Mayor figure (plastic doll, turned up as an uninvited extra) streaking during the opening ceremony.

    With hindsight I should have bought the Evel Knieval BMX track, where the Shaznay Reade figure falls off in the final. At least I'd know what I was getting.
  • Keith1983
    Keith1983 Posts: 575
    Good luck to them, if they can get a few extra quid, and it's invested in the sport them why not!
  • peter101cycle
    peter101cycle Posts: 298
    Wouldn't buy it but if it gets more cycling into the mainstream, then good for them
    Summer - Dolan Tuono with Sram Force and Dura-Ace 7850 CL Carbon wheels
    Winter - old faithful Ribble winter bike
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  • Squillinossett
    Squillinossett Posts: 1,678
    GiantMike wrote:
    Have you seen the review?

    I purchased a Team GB Scalextric Velodrome set in late 2011. Due to the intense Olympic build-up and the pressure put on the plastic riders by the British media, by the time the games started the performance of the riders differed considerably from the pre-purchase hype.

    Most of the events were won by the German team resulting in the British Performance Director (plastic doll, bought as an extra) being ceremonially sacked by BC (large gold-plated bucket of self-righteous dung, bought as an extra). The set's only entertaining feature was the Boris Johnson Mayor figure (plastic doll, turned up as an uninvited extra) streaking during the opening ceremony.

    With hindsight I should have bought the Evel Knieval BMX track, where the Shaznay Reade figure falls off in the final. At least I'd know what I was getting.

    Brilliant :D
  • Yossie
    Yossie Posts: 2,600
    Miserable sod - that looks well cool.

    Yossie likes lots.
  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    It was on that sunday morning programme with that bald chef guy and jamie redknapp's missus. It looks really sh*te when you see it in motion.
  • Yossie
    Yossie Posts: 2,600
    Garry H wrote:
    It was on that sunday morning programme with that bald chef guy and jamie redknapp's missus. It looks really sh*te when you see it in motion.[/quote]

    Well, she never was much of a dancer really, to tell the truth. Or a singer.
  • johnboy183
    johnboy183 Posts: 832
    I can be an old fuddy duddy at times Wakou but this is still dreadful! Cars yes but not bikes. I hope it does bring in funds for whoever but surely it could've been done better.

    Gets no better when you see this
    http://www.scalextric.com/shop/sets/mic ... set-g1072/
  • kev77
    kev77 Posts: 433
    Seen this advertised on the kids channel my boys watch

    Problem is though do they drive the same as the slot cars, fast straight off the throttle on the bends?

    Or with it being banked hammer down?

    Imagine the scale speed of these bad boys if they were modified!
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    Unopened, 50 years on, Antiques Roadshow gold. :D
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,183
    dmclite wrote:
    Unopened, 50 years on, Antiques Roadshow gold. :D

    No chance with two young boys and a immature dad in this house
  • Smokin Joe
    Smokin Joe Posts: 2,706
    They should have gone the whole way and made it digital with lane changing sections, plus the addition of a slight power surge when one rider came off another's wheel. And the track is not a proper oval either.

    Yeah I know, but if you're going to do something do it properly or don't bother.
  • mouth
    mouth Posts: 1,195
    I've just contacted a builder to come and extend the kitchen in anticipation of the Tour de France version.......
    The only disability in life is a poor attitude.
  • mikeyboy12345
    mikeyboy12345 Posts: 187
    Smokin Joe wrote:
    They should have gone the whole way and made it digital with lane changing sections, plus the addition of a slight power surge when one rider came off another's wheel. And the track is not a proper oval either.

    Yeah I know, but if you're going to do something do it properly or don't bother.

    Yeah, a real missed opportunity. This was doing the rounds in a few mags back in March, and I assumed it was actually an April Fool's joke. But I'm still getting one for Christmas! My velodrome set will even have a trackside crowd as I'm planning to use my old Subbuteo grandstands. It's gonna be the best Christmas Day I've had for 25 years :D

    I'm a real sucker for all this Olympic-branded tat. Anyone else shelled out for the Hornby train set? I'm getting my back garden re-done in the spring and I'm wondering if I can re-create a mini Olympic park in the corner, maybe using the Airfix Olympic stadium :oops:
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    When I was a lad we had a similar toy. It was a little velodrome with cyclist models which had a magnet under the front wheel. Under the track magnets moved around and pulled the cyclists with them. It was one of the best toys I ever had.....I guess this is the updated version, with an updated price.


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  • pdstsp
    pdstsp Posts: 1,264
    Is it just me or are they going the wrong way round?
  • mouth
    mouth Posts: 1,195
    pdstsp wrote:
    Is it just me or are they going the wrong way round?

    It's you!!
    The only disability in life is a poor attitude.
  • zanelad
    zanelad Posts: 269
    Mouth wrote:
    I've just contacted a builder to come and extend the kitchen in anticipation of the Tour de France version.......

    Uneccessary surely. Velodrome indoors, TDF outdoors.

    Open the door and run the track round the garden.

    Spend the money you've saved on a new bike or two. :lol:
  • DavidJB
    DavidJB Posts: 2,019
    Zanelad wrote:
    Mouth wrote:
    I've just contacted a builder to come and extend the kitchen in anticipation of the Tour de France version.......

    Uneccessary surely. Velodrome indoors, TDF outdoors.

    Open the door and run the track round the garden.

    Spend the money you've saved on a new bike or two. :lol:

    Yep, recreate the alps stages over your rockery :lol:
  • mouth
    mouth Posts: 1,195
    DavidJB wrote:
    Zanelad wrote:
    Mouth wrote:
    I've just contacted a builder to come and extend the kitchen in anticipation of the Tour de France version.......

    Uneccessary surely. Velodrome indoors, TDF outdoors.

    Open the door and run the track round the garden.

    Spend the money you've saved on a new bike or two. :lol:

    Yep, recreate the alps stages over your rockery :lol:

    was gonna use the stairs a la 'the galibier' but quite like the other suggestions. also means i can invoke s-1 (tight mrs).
    The only disability in life is a poor attitude.
  • Smokin Joe
    Smokin Joe Posts: 2,706
    mikeyboy12345 wrote:
    Yeah, a real missed opportunity. This was doing the rounds in a few mags back in March, and I assumed it was actually an April Fool's joke. But I'm still getting one for Christmas! My velodrome set will even have a trackside crowd as I'm planning to use my old Subbuteo grandstands. It's gonna be the best Christmas Day I've had for 25 years :D

    Now there's an idea, I wonder if the track will go round a Subbuteo pitch? That would give it a real continental flavour, especially if you added the stands and floodlights.

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