Assembling and running 1971 Hot Wheels Sizzlers Fat Track. The track and cars are vintage. For more info visit my blog at: hotwheelsracetr... Music written by: Bon Jovi Song: Livin' on a Prayer
Just found and bought a scramble start for my fat track. Not easy to find in England but once I’d seen yours I just had to have one. Great track, great racing, great channel.Thanks for sharing 👍 2 million likes
Our next door neighbor had one of these when I was a kid. We loved it when we got an invite to go race those Sizzlers. Great fun and a wonderful memory. Thanks.
Mattel came up with some really clever mechanical ideas, the lap computer is genius. Never realised that how the fat track fitted together, looks pretty substantial, like it would stay together and not keep braking apart. Great video thanks.
Why would they stop making these kind of tracks? With new technology they could come up with really sweet stuff.... im gonna buy a fat track with sizzlers cars for my son but wish they had some new stuff too
Hot wheels, Johnny Eagle guns, Knock Hockey & table top hockey were the best .toys in 60's were the best toys ever. Do you have the Bat Mobile & Green Hornet car ? If so race em would be interesting. My kids would have that carpet ruined in no time! lol
Ok!! Well, once again I had a question about something hotwheels and found the answer right where I thought I would--right here on Smakeral Cafe!! Saw the 4 car "Scramble Start" for Sizzlers on Ebay, and wondered how's that work?? And now I know! Thanks!!
I had this as a kid, absolutely loved it! mine had an extra feature though, two people had a controller linked to a flipper on the track, if you let cars straight through they hit this barrier that slowed them down a bit, or max flip would guide a car into rotating hay bales on the insdie of the track that slowed a car down a bit. The right pressure would guide your car between both 'hazards'.
so had one of these. I swear the one I had had a mechanism that propelled the cars around the track everytime they made a lap though. like 2 little spinning wheels that the cars went through. could be something else I had though
Any guesses on how many cars you can charge with new batteries in the Juice Machine (how many cycles do you get)? Does the type of battery in the car influence how long each charging session should last?
I get several hundred 3 minute charges out of 2 fresh D-size batteries. The original Nickel-Cadmium batteries took a 90 second charge but the new Nickel-metal Hydride batteries can take a 3 minute charge. It depends on the capacity of the car batteries and their metal composition as to what kind of "quick dump" charge you put in.
Orange track segments fit on these Fat Track curves...makes an off-ramp if you offset black track to the inner two. This is the California 500 set. First time seeing "Scramble Start", and lap counter "computer". I had simple Fat Track set, loop shown at the end. No memory of rubber bands to secure curve sections. I set small barbell on top of charging station "pump", and let cars go in school hallways before other kids showed up. White w/ green stripes car is 69 Trans Am sizzler...only 2nd one I've ever seen. First was at a Super Chevy Sunday swap space...for 50 bucks in early 90's.
Just found and bought a scramble start for my fat track. Not easy to find in England but once I’d seen yours I just had to have one. Great track, great racing, great channel.Thanks for sharing 👍 2 million likes
As someone who grew up in the 2000's, it was genuinely disheartening for me to not know about these sets. I would've LOVED to have this as a kid. I seriously think that Mattel should give the Sizzlers series another run. Maybe give some sort of spin on it for new audiences.
Mattel brought the Sizzlers back out around 2007-2008 they were only sold at Target. I remember seeing them and bought the track and several cars for my son who was nine at the time. I always wanted one when I was a kid, but never got one. We still have it today.
