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Hi Bonnaf - welcome to the forum! Your Micro Scalextric Alfa Romeo set was produced in 2011 - that makes it compatible with any Micro Scalextric product that was manufactured between 1996 and 2018. The cars from the 1994-6 Scalextric Micro MR1 era will also work - and there is a converter piece that connects MR1 track with your Micro Scalextric set, if you should ever need it. There's a great site with most of the 1994 to 2014 sets and cars here: http://www.microscalextric.wickedlemon.co.uk/ In 2019, Scalextric released a brand new Micro and My First Scalextric system which is totally different and totally incompatible with the earlier versions. In my opinion, the new system is much better quality - and the Scalextric team did an excellent job. Here is a complete list of all the new 'Second Generation' Micro Scalextric products available... 2019 sets G1150 - My First Scalextric G1140 - My First Scalextric Looney Tunes (Daffy Duck vs Bugs Bunny) G1143 - Micro Scalextric Justice League (Superman vs Batman) G1142 - Micro Scalextric Wacky Races (Mean Machine vs Turbo Terrific) G1149 - Micro Scalextric Law Enforcer Aldi exclusive - Micro Scalextric City Collision Lidl exclusive - Micro Scalextric Rocket Raiders Lidl exclusive - Micro Scalextric Arctic Assault 2019 & 2020 individual cars G2164 - Looney Tunes Road Runner car G2165 - Looney Tunes Wile E. Coyote car G2166 - Wacky Races Penelope Pitstop car G2167 - Justice League Superman car G2168 - Justice League Wonder Woman car G2169 - Justic League The Flash car 2020 sets G1141 - My First Scalextric Looney Tunes Battery Powered Set (Daffy Duck vs Bugs Bunny) G1151 - Micro Scalextric Justice League Batman vs Superman (Battery powered) - US exclusive G1154 - My First Scalextric (Battery powered) G1155 - Micro Scalextric Batman vs Joker (Battery powered) G1160 - Micro Scalextric Ryan's Police Chase (Battery powered) G1161 - Micro Scalextric James Bond - No Time To Die (Battery powered) There are also four Micro Scalextric accessory packs in the 2020 Scalextric catalogue: G8043 - Micro Scalextric Mains Powered Track Piece (UK only) G8045 - Micro Scalextric Track Extension Pack - Straights & Curves G8046 - Micro Scalextric Track Extension Pack - Stunt Loop G8047 - Micro Scalextric Spare Guide Pack (8 guides and braids, plus one screw) Although the new cars will run on the old track system, they will be very fast and the motors I hope that helps!

Hi Bonnaf - welcome to the forum! Your Micro Scalextric Alfa Romeo set was produced in 2011 - that makes it compatible with any Micro Scalextric product that was manufactured between 1996 and 2018. The cars from the 1994-6 Scalextric Micro MR1 era will also work - and there is a converter piece that connects MR1 track with your Micro Scalextric set, if you should ever need it. There's a great site with most of the 1994 to 2014 sets and cars here: http://www.microscalextric.wickedlemon.co.uk/ In 2019, Scalextric released a brand new Micro and My First Scalextric system which is totally different and totally incompatible with the earlier versions. In my opinion, the new system is much better quality - and the Scalextric team did an excellent job. Here is a complete list of all the new 'Second Generation' Micro Scalextric products available... 2019 sets G1150 - My First Scalextric G1140 - My First Scalextric Looney Tunes (Daffy Duck vs Bugs Bunny) G1143 - Micro Scalextric Justice League (Superman vs Batman) G1142 - Micro Scalextric Wacky Races (Mean Machine vs Turbo Terrific) G1149 - Micro Scalextric Law Enforcer Aldi exclusive - Micro Scalextric City Collision Lidl exclusive - Micro Scalextric Rocket Raiders Lidl exclusive - Micro Scalextric Arctic Assault 2019 & 2020 individual cars G2164 - Looney Tunes Road Runner car G2165 - Looney Tunes Wile E. Coyote car G2166 - Wacky Races Penelope Pitstop car G2167 - Justice League Superman car G2168 - Justice League Wonder Woman car G2169 - Justic League The Flash car 2020 sets G1141 - My First Scalextric Looney Tunes Battery Powered Set (Daffy Duck vs Bugs Bunny) G1151 - Micro Scalextric Justice League Batman vs Superman (Battery powered) - US exclusive G1154 - My First Scalextric (Battery powered) G1155 - Micro Scalextric Batman vs Joker (Battery powered) G1160 - Micro Scalextric Ryan's Police Chase (Battery powered) G1161 - Micro Scalextric James Bond - No Time To Die (Battery powered) There are also four Micro Scalextric accessory packs in the 2020 Scalextric catalogue: G8043 - Micro Scalextric Mains Powered Track Piece (UK only) G8045 - Micro Scalextric Track Extension Pack - Straights & Curves G8046 - Micro Scalextric Track Extension Pack - Stunt Loop G8047 - Micro Scalextric Spare Guide Pack (8 guides and braids, plus one screw) Although the new cars will run on the old track system, they will be very fast. The new system runs at 9 volts, the old one at 18 volts. I hope that helps!

Hi Tony - as I suggested before, always worth contacting customer services... For as long as there are cars knocking around on eBay, there will be ready supply of parts by breaking down those chassis. It's not too difficult to remove the motor and fit a new one. Some basic soldering is required. Slot Cars Direct in the UK sell a nice 7-ohm Mabuchi motor from the AFX Turbo cars that will give you a quicker than average Micro car. There are an endless supply of these types of motors available worldwide. Replacement tyres (front & rear) are also available from the wider HO scale market place. Thankfully, the Micro gears are excellent and usually outlive the other components! Probably the only part that will be in short supply is the plastic guide plate and guide. I still see plenty on eBay... for the moment. This would be an ideal candidate for 3D printing - either making the file available to print at home or commercially printing and selling the parts. On the whole, the slot car manufacturers have been slow to embrace the possibilities of producing spares this way, but small-scale producers are beginning to tap into the market, usually via shapeways. I hope that helps.

Hi Tony. I would imagine that any of the 'old' 1995-2018 sets still under warranty will be supported. It's always worth contacting the retailer - or Scalextric Customer Services - if you have an issue with a product that's in or out of warranty. For those who choose to stick with the old track and chassis system, there will continue to be a huge amount of sets, track pieces, controllers and cars available at boot fairs, swapmeets, on auction sites and social media groups and marketplaces. A lot of it is nearly new - and I often see new-in-packet stuff dating back to the birth of Micro in 1994 and 1995. I am sure collectors and enthusiasts will continue to keep much of it out of landfill. Not surprisingly, Hornby seem 100% focused on the new Micro / My First Scalextric system. I think they are right to do so - it's a much, much better system for the target audience. Even though I don't fit into that audience, I am really enjoying the new system - it has been the basis of some socially-distant mail-in drag racing this summer. The smoothness and excellent connections of the new track makes a fabulous 1/64 scale drag strip - a good test of the quality of any track.

Hi Esacks - welcome to the forum! Those new Fords need to fitted with digital chips to work on a digital layout. The lights coming on and the motor buzzing is typical of a non-digital ('analogue') car sitting on a Scalextric digital track. The Ford GT40s are Digital Plug Ready, which means they can be easily converted to digital using the C8515 Digital Plug. That takes about a minute per car and requires a small cross-head screwdriver. The latest Scalextric digital powerbase - ARC Pro - has the option of running two 'analogue' cars in a traditional one-car-per-lane format. There is a switch on the side of the powerbase that toggles between digital and analogue mode. The older C7042 six-car Advanced Powerbase also has an analogue mode, accessed through the software in the display tower. The basic 4-car powerbase (which was the most common powerbase 10 years ago) does not have an analogue mode, just digital. I hope that helps!

That would be a cool feature to consider for any future track design app - but it certainly doesn't exist at the moment. Although a lot of people enjoy spending hours designing their own layouts, there are plenty of others who would love that automated design. Another important set of parameters to include would be size of space available. You could then input the space and track pieces and get an output of half a dozen or so options from a database.

Hi DWE - welcome to the forum! I put together a few things about getting ARC Pro to count laps here: https://slotracer.online/arc-pro-guide/preparation.html Hopefully that might help.

Hi Kenny - welcome to the forum! The C8071 (also W5230 or G30) long-stem guides should fit most cars from the 1970s, 80s and 90s. I'm pretty sure they will be the ones your F1 cars. I hope that helps.

Hi Dr.mario - welcome to the forum! There are two buttons on the top of the ARC controller - the lane change button (with a 'Y' on it) is above the brake button (with the 'X'). Maybe you are pressing the wrong button? What you describe is what the brake button does. It is a very good idea to keep the ARC Pro Quick Start Guide handy as you are getting to grips with the new system - there's a lot to learn and remember. When you start to look at using the ARC app, I've written this guide: slotracer.online/arc-pro-guide I hope that helps!

Hi CarlosF1 - welcome to the forum! I think the best solution is to buy a new underpan. I looked up the service sheet for the car and it is SS449 in the Help & Advice section of this website. It is listed as the MP4-7, but the parts are the same. The underpan reference number is W9905 and is available from Pendle Slot Racing in the UK. You may also find it elsewhere online, including eBay. I hope that helps.

Something else I thought of overnight is to check the interior is fitted correctly and not pressing on and distorting the underpan. When you reassemble the car, don't over-tighten the four body screws - I always loosen them off a turn.

My Astons are nice and low, but not that low... I'm sure you've done this already, but the first thing I'd check is that one or both of the rear axle bushings hasn't popped out. That's easily fixed - just pop them back in. Worth checking the wheels are on the axle nice and straight - and don't wobble when you give the car power. If the rear axle isn't the cause, I'd check the underpan / chassis isn't warped ot twisted - that might get one corner lifting and/or part of the chassis dragging on the track. Best to check that on the flattest piece of track you have or - even better - a flat set-up plate. If it's not the rear axle bushings, I'd say it would be a reason to contact Customer Services. Hope that helps.

https://www.magicstudio.eu/index.php/games/arcapp On the Magic Studio website there is also a user manual to download. If you're still having problems with the download, you could contact Cristiano via the site.

The ARC Pro / ARC Air throttles are 2.4GHz wireless. Hornby have not released the protocols to the public. The ARC controllers were developed in conjunction with Slot.it, whose oXigen-compatible SCP controllers use a similar system. With a change of firmware, ARC Pro controllers will control oXigen cars and the SCP oXigen-compatible controller will work with the ARC Pro and ARC Air powerbases. You could always email Scalextric Customer Services to request the information you're after.

Hi Kev - sure, those old school barriers are an alternative and they are what many of us grew up with in the 70s, 80s and early 90s. The problems with them was that they fitted straight onto the edge of the track, meaning the car on the outside of the corner could just lean - full throttle - on the barriers and have a huge advantage over the car on the inside that would naturally drift out. The borders & barriers allow both cars to drift and keep the corner action more realistic.

Hi Kev. I use the Scalextric borders and barriers on my Scalextric Sport track. The borders allow the cars to drift out on the corners - which is what most Scalextric cars naturally want to do. They are different borders designed to fit all the different Sport curve pieces and there are straight sections too: https://www.scalextric.com/uk-en/track-selector Track and borders from the Scalextric web store are not bad value - especially with the 10% Scalextric Club discount. Otherwise shop around. There are often cheaper Radius 2 borders and barriers on eBay - but I have also seen them listed for more than the RRP! If you are building a permanent layout, it can be nice to use foamboard (Foamex, Sintra) of a suitable thickness and cut it so it makes a perfectly smooth run-off for the layout. Then you could add barriers of any style where you want to. Hope that helps

I have posted two long answers here today, both times they failed to post - each time for different reasons / error messages. So, no - that doesn't really encourage me to stay. That's 45-60 minutes of my life I won't get back.

Hi Algers - welcome to the forum! I seem to remember this is set-up issue. I don't find it easy to set up the Advanced Powerbase using the LCD tower and tend to watch Greg Gaub's excellent videos for help. This is the one on pace cars: If you're not using the APB with the LCD tower, but using the APB to PC cable instead, let us know - that'll be a different solution. I hope that helps

Hi Hayden. In analogue mode on ARC Pro (equivalent to the ARC Air system), you can only activate the pit process by stopping on the power base - that's how the system works. If you put digital chips in your cars and switch the powerbase to digital mode, you can activate the pit process by pressing and holding the brake button - anywhere on the layout. This is to allow the use of the digital pit lane track, which does not have sensors in it to tell when a car is in the pits. Potentially, you could use ARC Pro in digital mode without any lane changers and carry out pit stops on your own pit track piece - or in an old analogue pit lane section - but the cars must be fitted with digital chips to achieve this. An alternative is to move the ARC Pro powerbase to where you want to pit the cars. I hope that helps.

Me too 😎 I had my eye on that car when the Platinum GT set was announced, so I am delighted it's available as a boxed car.

Hi StuffnBother - welcome to the forum! Value of any Micro Scalextric set or car is always down to how much someone is prepared to pay. There isn't a particularly large collector community for Micro stuff, so prices can vary hugely. I know people who have picked up various near-mint 1994-5 MR1 sets for £5 or £10 at boot fairs. I've seen them priced at £20-£30 by dealers at slot car swapmeets and toy fairs. I've also seen them listed on eBay for £50, £100 or even £150. If someone is prepared to pay that, great. Maybe that's the value - but I prefer to hunt for bargains, even if that takes months or years. The 7000 set will be trickier than some to track down, but there will be some out there.

Hi Tony - welcome to the forum! Your layout sounds fabulous. I think Micro Scalextric is perfect for the scenic treatment - the small size allows for plenty of space and all the OO model railway scenic materials work very well. As for the speedometer, I guess you mean a lap timer? The older 1995-2018 Micro Scalextric track system does have a mechanical lap counter, but not a timer. The new 2019 track system has neither - at the moment. I heard some rumours that the Scalextric team are developing something - hopefully for 2021. In the meantime, I find using a lap timing app on a smart phone or tablet works very well. I use 'LapTracker - Auto Timer' on my iPhone and iPad. There are similar apps for Android devices. The apps use the camera to trigger the timer. It is possible to set up a phone in a trackside building to look like a scoreboard - so it can be quite realistic and well as functional. I hope that helps. Take care and have fun!

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Hi Livio. Yes, that is the best-known paint variation in the Micro Scalextric range. The blue-green cars are the most common, but the green-green cars are certainly not super-rare. The two cars side-by-side do look very cool! Both variations were found in the basic figure-of-eight G094 World Championship set that first appeared in 1996. The blue-green car continued to feature in subsequent versions of the World Championship set, until that entry-level set was replaced by My First Scalextric in 2001. It also appeared as an individually-packaged car. The #28 Ferrari and #5 Benetton are two of the most common Micro Scalextric cars.

The Ultimate Guide to Scalextric 8th Edition only lists 1/32 and 1/24 scale Scalextric products - not 1/64 Scalextric Micro MR-1 and Micro Scalextric. The very brief mention of Micro Scalextric in the introduction is incomplete - there is no mention of MR-1 at all. There were some Micro Scalextric catalogues published and some Scalextric catalogues have included Micro Scalextric products. There is a partial collection at SlotRacer Online: slotracer.online/library/scalextric/index Yes, it was me who wrote the two articles about the origins of Micro Scalextric - first published in the National Scalextric Collectors Club Journal in 2014. I have also written some articles about Micro Scalextric for Slot Car Magazine and Slot.