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81 of 83 found the following review helpful:
 What's Needed to Have FunMar 30, 2006
By BLB
If you didn't have slot cars yourself as a kid, here are some things to keep in mind. The reason the sets are for 8 and up is that there is some patience, maintenence, and care involved. This is a good set for durability within the genre, but slot cars aren't made to be indestructible.
Slot cars are best for the budding mechanic, the child who will enjoy the fact that you have to keep the metal contacts on the track and the car clean to get the best performance, who likes that you have to have just the right pressure on the trigger to get the car going fast without crashing, who is a reasonably good sport, who will take it as a matter of course that you can't walk on the track, and so on. It is also an activity that is by far the best if you have someone of like mind to share it with.
Our not-quite-seven year old twins got a set like this for Christmas, and they enjoy it, but they need help to keep the experience fun. They are also patient for their age, liking to focus on one activity for a long time. If you're buying for younger kids like this, though, you need an adult who is going to enjoy the patience required both by the kids and with the toy itself. (With the pay-off that the grown-ups can play with it by themselves when the kids go to bed.)
I would never buy this for a child of any age, even if there was going to be supervision, if there was the goal that they'd "learn" patience and all the rest. It would be more frustrating than fun for a kid without natural inclinations in that direction.
Also, slot cars are the most likely to be used if there ia a large surface available to put the set up and leave it for some length of time without tripping over it or having it tampered with by younger (or perhaps I should say less mature) children. The best would be a big piece of plywood for the set, set down on a carpet to save the knees.
13 of 13 found the following review helpful:
 Tomy/AFX 4-Lane International Super ChallengeMar 19, 2007
By Anthony Carvalho
Excellent product! Whether your a slot car hobbyist or just introducing yourself to the fun of slot car racing, this set is a great deal to either increase your stock or get yourself started. The G-Plus cars included are some of the best cars on the market.
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Best HO Scale Slot Car SetMar 10, 2009
By C. D. Moore
This is arguably the best HO-scale slot car set on the market. Though it is on the expensive side, it is a good value for money and big enough that you might not feel the need to buy additional track or sets.
The biggest selling point for me is that it is a four lane track. On two lane tracks, someone is always having to wait their turn to drive, or the two cars end up on opposite ends of the track and rarely race head to head. With three or four cars, the action gets considerably more fun. However, this set can be used to build an enormous two lane track, too, if that's what you want.
Additionally, this track is large enough to be interesting with varying size corners and some nice straights, but not so big that the cars rarely pass one another (see the "AFX Giant Raceway" for an example of too much of a good thing).
It is possible to upgrade a two lane set to four lanes at a later time, but doing so usually involves buying a lot of specialty track to match the insides or outsides of the corner pieces you already have, and that can get expensive. So, if you want four lanes, start here -- it will be much more economical in the long run.
The only down side of this set is that the bodies on the F1/CART/Indy style cars are somewhat fragile, and the wings will almost certainly get broken with enough abuse. If this set is for younger children, buy one of AFX's closed-wheel cars for them to bang on.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Lots of FUN!Feb 18, 2009
By Commander Data
New to slot car racing, never owned or used one before.
Bought this after reading the reviews which were all good.
Not at all disapponited and in fact was quite surprised with the overall size of the track when assembled - I couldn't believe all that track fit in the little box the set came in.
When setup the length of the track is quite impressive - especially to someone new to slot car racing. Setup of the tracks is quite easy but it does take some time.
Also, it's great that this is 4 lanes so 4 people can "play" at the same time.
Set is complete with 4 cars and everything else to make them run together - no need to purchase anything else to get this set up and running.
Everything worked perfectly, no problems with any of the cars controllers, tracks or power cords.
6 of 7 found the following review helpful:
road race setJan 18, 2008
By Danny M. Crow
My grown sons and I had much fun reliving old times when we set up the race set. We enjoyed the variety of international races and found it to be totally satisfactory. I had concern that the wiring connections would be "spotty" but my fears were unfounded. Great purchase.
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