Moofenstein Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Hi all. I bought a used micro scalextric recently and it arrived today. There was a car included but not one of the ones from the set. On closer inspection, iim pretty sure it isn't a scalextric car but i can't find anything about it anywhere. Do any of you have any idea what it is? Thanks in advance, Moofenstein /media/tinymce_upload/b112337158ee0d3ef970c7e699f61ea8.JPG/media/tinymce_upload/7cdaedf56c8f22b7a30a4e6cde3a76f6.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodcote Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Very nice! That is a Micro Scalextric car - or rather a Scalextric Micro MR1 car - from 1994. The chassis is the original MR-1 version that Scalextric released when Scalextric Micro was launched in February 1994 - 25 years ago. Although the MR-1 chassis and track system was changed a year later to the Micro Scalextric system we know today, some MR-1 cars like this Sasol Jordan was available individually for a few more years. The car will run on Micro Scalextric track or you can swap the body onto the current ‘narrow’ Micro Scalextric F1 chassis. Spares for the MR-1 cars are getting hard to find. That car in good used condition is worth in the region of £25 to £40. I really like these 1990s Micro Scalextric F1s - I have them all :-) If you want to read more about the early Micro Scalextric history, there’s this article: http://ho-uk.org.uk/articles/micro-scalextric-history-part-1 There is also this complete listing of all Micro Scalextric sets and non-set cars released between 1994 and 2014: http://www.microscalextric.wickedlemon.co.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moofenstein Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 Very nice! That is a Micro Scalextric car - or rather a Scalextric Micro MR1 car - from 1994. The chassis is the original MR-1 version that Scalextric released when Scalextric Micro was launched in February 1994 - 25 years ago. Although the MR-1 chassis and track system was changed a year later to the Micro Scalextric system we know today, some MR-1 cars like this Sasol Jordan was available individually for a few more years. The car will run on Micro Scalextric track or you can swap the body onto the current ‘narrow’ Micro Scalextric F1 chassis. Spares for the MR-1 cars are getting hard to find. That car in good used condition is worth in the region of £25 to £40. I really like these 1990s Micro Scalextric F1s - I have them all :-) If you want to read more about the early Micro Scalextric history, there’s this article: http://ho-uk.org.uk/articles/micro-scalextric-history-part-1 There is also this complete listing of all Micro Scalextric sets and non-set cars released between 1994 and 2014: http://www.microscalextric.wickedlemon.co.uk/Wow! Never expected that! It came with the MR1 set i bought. Never seen one before so really appreciate the info. The track has a few damaged pieces and i have managed to buy some track on ebay to replace it. Sadly the 30 degree banked curve i need to replace the damaged one is proving a little harder to find but i keep looking. Thanks again! /media/tinymce_upload/f4b13727f390abb058936fa01216d23d.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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