New Information About Transformers Movie Racing Set
Tuesday, January 30th, 2007 5:46pm CST
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Recently we reported here that Scalextric would be releasing a slot car set based on the upcoming Transformers Movie in the United Kingdom. At that time not much was known about the set. Now new information about the set has come out of UK Toyfair. Break of Transformers @ The Moon reported the following:
"I went to the UK Toyfair too and the scalextric set was there but was 'hidden' in a secret room on the Hornby stand apparently by Hasbro's request. The set features Bumblebee and Barricade and the figures/cars are very similar to the old scalextric set of the 80's as in they flip up to robot mode but can carry on racing. The Hornby rep. said there were plans for other sets (featuring other characters) depending on the films success. The secret room was decked out with pictures of Bumblebee & Barricade on the walls and they really looked impressive. Someone also commented on how amazing the 'bots look in the film."
"I went to the UK Toyfair too and the scalextric set was there but was 'hidden' in a secret room on the Hornby stand apparently by Hasbro's request. The set features Bumblebee and Barricade and the figures/cars are very similar to the old scalextric set of the 80's as in they flip up to robot mode but can carry on racing. The Hornby rep. said there were plans for other sets (featuring other characters) depending on the films success. The secret room was decked out with pictures of Bumblebee & Barricade on the walls and they really looked impressive. Someone also commented on how amazing the 'bots look in the film."
Credit(s): Break of Transformers @ The Moon
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Re: New Information About Transformers Movie Racing Set (6296)
Posted by D-340 on January 30th, 2007 @ 5:47pm CST
Posted by D-340 on January 30th, 2007 @ 5:47pm CST
Sounds pretty sweet. I like the old HO electric sets, I may get this.
Re: New Information About Transformers Movie Racing Set (6299)
Posted by Liege Evilmus on January 30th, 2007 @ 5:51pm CST
Posted by Liege Evilmus on January 30th, 2007 @ 5:51pm CST
I'm picturing crappy renditions of these to standing perfectly upright and zooming around. I can't wait to get this and throw stuff at them as they race along.
Re: New Information About Transformers Movie Racing Set (6301)
Posted by Bouncy X on January 30th, 2007 @ 5:52pm CST
Posted by Bouncy X on January 30th, 2007 @ 5:52pm CST
man those old sets never worked properly...mom would buy some for me and my brother every xmas and before new year came, we'd barely touch em cuz it either didnt work at all or the cars wouldnt stay on the track.....good times..lol
Re: New Information About Transformers Movie Racing Set (6333)
Posted by Nemesis Cyberplex on January 30th, 2007 @ 6:29pm CST
Posted by Nemesis Cyberplex on January 30th, 2007 @ 6:29pm CST
I'm just wondering when Hasbro's going to bring back the TF rock'em sock 'em robots.
Re: New Information About Transformers Movie Racing Set (6357)
Posted by Ninja Sixshot on January 30th, 2007 @ 6:47pm CST
Posted by Ninja Sixshot on January 30th, 2007 @ 6:47pm CST
i bet the little cars r going to be like the throttlebots. i really dont care for those kind of racing sets cuz u have to set them up and they work half of the time
