How Large Channels Are Killing The Slot Car Hobby! 

What did I just watch? That was like watching an angry confused high school kid.

Hey Billy great video I appreciate your willingness to step out and call out things as they are

Great video Billy .At the end of the day ,we are all grown up kids playing slot cars at different levels of competitiveness. At 59 years old this is my( escape).

THANK YOU!!!!! Well said !!! I’ve only been back into this hobby for a year now .., and have unsubscribe to several different channels that I used to watch because of the thing you have said in your video and the things you didn’t say or speak to. Thank you for making this video !!!!

Great video. Thanks guys.

The difference between hobby and toy grade is the ability to get replacement, repair and upgrade parts for your "toy", regardless of the hobby. Based on that logic, if you can't get parts, its a toy. Therefore, FLY cars are all toys as well as you can't get parts for them. Both Scalextric and Carrera need to make a lot more parts available to be considered "hobby grade". Like all hobbies, slot cars has its level of snobbery over brands and magnets or not. Such a shame that people just can't enjoy the hobby and stop trying to divide things into hobby grade, toy grade, magnet cars, non magnet cars, etc. etc.

Give em ell’ Billy! If you spend one more dollar than the set it’s self, then you got a hobby my friend!

Hi, I would encourage using any confusion on terms with a customer as an opportunity to build knowledge while increasing desire to expand involvement. All the Best, Jack

Very well said. Thank you.

I totally agree.

YES!

Carrera go cars maybe toys but I have been collecting them for few years and I love them because they are affordable and fast and well made

Very true 👍

I agree 100%.

Well said.

1:24 and 1:32 scale may be considered hobby grade and more geared for adults, but plenty of adults do collect and race 1:64 scale. The Carrera Go sets are geared as a first "toy" set for kids, yet plenty of adults have them and collect and race 1:43 scale. The Carrera Disney Go is also geared for kids, and I do not know many adults who race those or collect those cars. I personally went with the 1:43 scale as the cars are a bit better than 1:64 scale, and the track is not as large as 1:32 or 1:24 scale and does not take up much more room than 1:64 scale track. When I was a young kid, I used to have a Tyco HO scale set that was fun for many years until one of the trigger guns smoked and burned out. I know 1:43 scale is getting more popular for the hobbiest, but I do not really understand why 1:64 scale is still more popular. You do mention that big slot car channels are ruining the hobby as they say they are toy racing sets and do not try to sell the slot car kits as a hobby. I watch many channels on and about slot cars, and they are in it as a hobbiest and teach you about what a great hobby it is. They do not really refer to slot cars or slot car sets as toys. I do not think any channel is ruining slot cars as a hobby, but actually promote it. Also, from watching many channels on slot cars, they all, for the most part, say that the hobby is getting bigger. In the 1980s, slot car racing was a huge fad, and there were large public tracks all over. Sadly, the fad died off some, and most public and club tracks went away. From what I have seen and watched, public and club tracks are making a comeback, and more adults are getting into it as a hobby. The one thing I will agee with you is if they advertise slot cars as a hobby rather than a kids race set it would help to grow the hobby bigger. Also, there are not even a lot of commercials or advertisements for slot cars and sets. I remember as a kid, I used to see all kinds of slot car commercials and ads for them, and now I really do not see any. If you want to grow slot cars as a hobby, there needs to be more commercials and ads for them showing how much fun they are and can be as a hobby rather than a kids' toy. It would be nice to see slot car racing as a hobby get much bigger and not just a small niche in the world of hobbies.

You are telling the truth

Toy grade is not repairable hobby grade is repairable with parts available

It's a hobby and they're all toy cars. RTR vs Tuner Grade would be the better description.

Hobby grade does not equal performance, period. Tamiya RC cars are slow and antique compared to modern rc cars, but I would consider a Tamiya rc kit being more into the hobby than buying a ready to run traxxas or Arrma. Same for Slot cars

So which large channels are killing the hobby. name and Shame because you don’t even mention it in your video !!!!!!!!!!!

I like the hobby.

How many people can afford brand new Carrara Slot car sets at 300.00 a set Not to mention the cars themselves go for 50.00 😅

Well said these so called experts bagging out these brands and only thinking there brand eg revoslot are the best is just a joke oh the point 01 of a second really matters just look at there small layout what a joke and embarrassment for them get real idiots and just enjoy without the drama of your wired and crazy opinions

The title is clickbaite Billy. Any product that can be bought at a shop in a toy section is a toy including 1/32 or 1/24. Hobby doesn't really mean anything unless you put context behind it. When people talk about hobby cars then it is likely they are talking about competitive cars ran at clubs or collected by people looking for more performance over mass produced toys. Carrera is a toy, they have age specific sets relating to younger or older children teenagers or adults. I don't see any large channels killing the hobby.

As far as I'm concerned untill Carrera make a lighter car and SCX ,pioneer and scalextric can manage to have centerd wheels , they will all be toys. I wont even go into the fact they're sold as kids toys.