Frankly, I could have fun with that as a full grown adult in 2026!
Ad above was a Tyco set. The first commercial slot cars were sold by Lionel in 1912,
In the 50’s and 60’s, slot car racing arcades were popular, where people would go to race or watch others race. They still exist today of course, just not in the same popularity and prominence as then.
Vintage track. Also, a greater than average number of ceiling tetrahedrons.
Group of 1960’s ladies having a blast,
8-way track,
There was a place in Brooklyn called Buzz-A-Rama, it was the last slot car racing place in New York. My dad used to take me there in the '80s, it was open until 2021.
Sort of sad to see them go. I understand it’s probably not easily viable in an age of advanced home video games, where you need to pay rent on an entire building and pay salaries and everything to run a slot car venue.
Still kinda sad.
The original owners died (they were anti-vaxxers and died of COVID, who’d a guessed?) and their son decided to shut the place down. Can’t really blame him.