QUESTION Who invented Scalextric? Was it the first electric race car set? In 1912, New York toymaker Lionel Co. launched the first electric slot car racing set, featuring heavy tinplate cars ...

The Scalextric. A bloody great slot-car racing set. I should get rid of it, if only to enhance my dating prospects. But I really can’t. A Mini Cooper in the foreground, and in the background a ...

Is it a thing of beauty or a ridiculous relic? Karl Quinn just can’t decide, but he knows that slot-car racing set is just ...