[darrenp60]

I've read this thread and I've much enjoyed this presentation and all the comments.  If there is any common theme to Scalextric's range post COVID then it seems to me to be eclecticism.  It's a scatter gun approach and one which provides outside interest and 'catches' for us all in some (usually four wheeled) shape or form.  I've enjoyed the Porsche 911 in both its modern GT3 and older RSR versions (Jagermeister) from the 2022 range and so I'm pleased there's more of the same.  I do recall living through the 1976 - 1979 Scalextric catalogues as a teenager and what we wouldn't have given back then, here in England, to have enjoyed the (earlier) 1976 British Grand Prix Triple pack as now supplemented with the new Brabham BT46 'fan' car and Mario's Lotus 79?  However, and in the way 'performance' slot cars have moved on and in terms of the social potential inherent in the generics then I am not so sure of these now.  These are certainly great ideas, great reminders and great tributes to Nikki Lauda and to Mario Andretti (still with us) but, and for me, the main attraction with Scalextric has turned to cars with front and rear working lights (out of the box) and particularly for these long, cold and dark winter's nights.  Certainly the Scalextric teams aim to please and to serve their customers and we've got to admire and respect them in what they do and what they are about.