I'm sure that most of you had a Scalextric set when you were children - or you had a sibling with one. My brother had one and we both loved it, we would play for hours racing the cars up and down, practising and getting the technique just right!
My husband has been waiting for the day when he can get a Scalextric set for our children and has been waiting until they were old enough, but he's waiting no more as we were recently sent My First Scalextric set to try out!
Geared at children aged 3+ this set means no more waiting for your child to be old enough to enjoy this toy, this beginners set is ideal to start them off on.
It consists of a really simple figure of 8 track with two cars and two race lanes. It is really easy to put together (it takes about 5 minutes) and you can plug it in and go because it is mains powered.
There is a red and a yellow car and their lanes are easily identifiable as they are marked red and yellow, as are the controllers. This all makes it really easy for younger children to play and understand.
All they need to do is press the trigger on the controller and off they go!
All three of my children (10, 6 and 3) loved this and took it in turns racing. The only thing I would say is that if they pressed too hard on the controller, the car would go too fast and fly off the track. It's hard for a 3 year old to grasp how hard to press the controller - their instinct is just to press it down completely so my three year old struggled a little bit with this, but my 6 year old got the hang of it soon enough.
I made a little unboxing and review video if you would like to see the set in more detail...
I know that this toy will be flying off the shelves this Christmas time so we've teamed up with the team promoting My First Scalextric to offer one of my lucky readers the chance to win a set. Enter via the Rafflecoper widget below. UK entries only please and the giveaway ends at midnight on the 12th November 2017. Standard giveaway terms and conditions apply.
Disclosure - we were gifted this set for the purpose of this post. All opinions are honest and my own.
Victoria Thurgood says
I never had it as a child but my two teen sons use to love racing each other
Paula Cheadle says
I never had one, but my best friend did, we had lots of fun racing each other
Tracy K Nixon says
My brother had a set and used to play against my dad - they fell out loads lol! I couldn't play as I kept crashing! Hense why it took me three attempts to pass my driving test!
janine atkin says
playing with my brothers and making the cars go o fast they spun off the track
Katie Kingsbury says
Playing my friend's brothers set because I didn't have my own because #sexism :-/ .
Victoria Prince says
Mine is racing my dad on our dining room table and inevitably the cars would go flying off the track at some point!
abigail edkins says
Im not sure I had any, my brother was all about his action men
iain maciver says
my dad and mum bought one for me many years ago it was a four track , four cars it was quite big figure of eight track and my dad made a place for it in the loft on a board so we didn,t have to keep taking it apart the good old days
lapsapchung says
I never had a Scalextric but the big boys next door did so I spent hours playing with theirs.
Jane Willis
Tony Courtney says
Me and my brother spent hours playing on our scalextric, my sons would love this to
Angela Treadway says
I had a set with a Mondeo and a jag and me and my dad always used to have a great time playing it x
Leila Benhamida says
Never had some and never played with car.
Susan B says
Neither my siblings nor I had one but I was aware of them and rather envious of those boys who did have one.
jo liddement says
I remember my friends brother having a scalextric and it was good fun
Helen Thurston says
WE never had a Scalextric growing up - but I remember my brother-in-law buying one for himself for Christmas one year - not sure who enjoyed it more, him or his cats.
Ellen Stafford says
Always wanting one but never getting one!
Emma Whitworth says
Never had one but really wanted one that's the great thing about having kids!
Chris Andrews says
What's your favourite Scalextric Memory from your childhood? . . . .sibling rivalry . . . .l always want ed to beat my brothers
Margaret GALLAGHER says
Three brothers had one - I wasn't allowed to play as I was girl - got my own back when I saved up and got one myself !!
pete c says
when I was a kid, taking a bit of time to use the trigger so the cars didnt shoot off the track!
Susie Wilkinson says
We had my Dad's old Scalextric set, so I just remember being so careful with it so that we didn't damage it!
Anthony Harrington says
I always wanted one but had to make do with watching my friends play with theirs
Solange says
Arguing with my brother because he wouldn't let me have a go. My mum had to buy me one of my own.
Lyndsey cooksey says
I remember playing against my brother. I was the black, he was red. I never did no good as I would press and hold the button in and the car would shoot off the rails!
maria blythin says
building the track all up the stairs
Fiona Paley says
I never had one and I don't even remember playing with one. I think my parents might have thought they weren't a girls toy and never gave me the option. My nieces would love them though.
Sally Collingwood says
Never had one but my friend did and we played it together, grat fun!
isis1981uk says
Setting it up in my grandparents' dining room and having family races!
Sarah Forster says
My brother and I used to turn off all the lights in our living room and have races in the dark - we loved it because the lights on the cars came on!
kelandab22 says
I remember racing with my brother but my car always seemed to end up off the track - I'm sure it was sabotage!
Kelly Ellen Hirst
S Edwards says
Winning every race against my dad
Sally Lean says
Playing against my younger brother 🙂
Jacqui Graham says
playing with my twin brother on Christmas morning - after falling out setting all of the track up and choosing our cars.
stuart hargreaves says
The cars flying off the track because they were going to fast around the bends
lozzle77 says
going round to my friends house to play his as i didn't have one
Claire Glace says
It sounds terrible....but i didnt have lovely toys like this whilst growing up, but i would love for my grandchildren to own one....x
Ren Taylor says
Having races on a Sunday afternoon with my dad,we had loads of track so it went all round the house!!
amy bondoc says
playing races with my dad 🙂
Clare Hubbard says
I remember my brother has it but i was rubbish at it, my cars always flew off the track!
Tracy Hanley says
Not getting a look in for my brothers
Alison Johnson says
My brother has a Scalextric & I was allowed to play it with him but I wasn't allowed to choose whick car I could race.
renae says
Racing against my cousins and my car always flying off
Sidrah Ahmed says
I never had a scalextric when i was young
Rhia says
My older sister had a set.... we'd race them round so fast the cars would go flying off the track and my mum would know what we were doing coz of the loud clatter as the cars hit the radiator!
Heather Hibbert says
Makig them fly off the track
Jo Hutchinson says
The race track that kept on growing, my Dad would add bits after I had gone to bed.
lorraine kirk says
I never had one but my cousins used to and we loved going around to their house to play it.
Kerry Kilmister says
I remember my parents bought a huge set for me and my 3 brothers. We had hours and hours of fun playing it with our dad.
Sarah Mackay says
Playing against my cousin in their attic
Becky Yeomans says
My dad had alot of scalextric toys as he is a big kid! I remember him going up the attic picking one and we would all sit round the table watching it go round and round!
ashleigh allan says
Racing my friends!
Hannah Rowley says
Me my brother and my dad all racing against each other
Ruth Harwood says
The cars constantly falling off cos we were trying to go too fast!!
Jo Carroll says
I always took great pleasure in beating my brother's at Scalextric. I always favoured the 'slow and steady' approach - which has served me pretty well as an adult driver...instead of their full throttle spin off the track style which never ends well 😉
sadiewoohoo says
I remember playing my brothers set but we were only allowed to touch it when he was there as he was so protective of it lol
John Tingay says
I remember being thrilled to set the "best time of the week" in the town centre toyshop that had a massive Scalextric layout, only to be beaten by the very next kid who had a go.
Christine Hall says
My partner and son challenge on scalectric but my 3 yr old grandson dosen't get a loom in, he just sit watching and hoping to get a go.
Sarah Addey says
Playing scalextric at christmas
Sadiyya Maryam says
Playing with my brothers was so much fun and competitive!
Sophie Marie Cartwright says
I have twin brothers who are 11 months younger than me, i vividly remember playing with them all day long! I was such a tomboy - and now my Son is just as boyish!
Lorraine Stone says
My brother having a set and us racing each other!
Sue Bowden says
watching my uncle race his car's around a track that he had built in his garage.
john prendergast (@jprendyuk) says
playing against my sister
Claire W says
I never had my own but loved playing with my uncles set and racing 🙂
Judith Allen says
I never played it when I was young, not something I ever asked for.
Misty says
christmas morning memories with all my brothers
claire griffiths says
i can remember my grandparents having one and me and all my cousins used to love it
Kirsty Ward says
Trying to beat my older brothers!
Rachel Craig says
Can recall my brothers and their friends playing with Scalextric as children. They seemed to have lots of fun.
Christina Palmer says
Playing with my younger brother when he got his first scalexitric set
hannahlig says
Racing my brother, he always won!
Amy Tidd says
Playing with my dad as a child and making a huge track around my bedroom.
Kelly cooper says
My brother used to have one and play with my dad just remember the cars flying off the track
libradragon2 says
I remember my dad and I setting the track up, it took forever and everytime we tried to race it fell apart, in the end we couldn't play for laughing
Dawn Hull says
Playing Scalextric with my friends and having tournaments.
Rich Tyler says
Playing with my little brother, the smell, speeding off the corners
STACY SORRELL says
I remember all my 'boy' friends had one, and my mum wouldnt let me have one as i was a girl! my daughter loves cars, id love for her to have one!
francis lee says
racing my older sister on my first track and her never winning
Laura says
I never had it, but my friend bought one with her first pay packet and we used to spend every weekend round at hers racing it!
Tracey Mitchell says
I remember playing with my brother and sister and our cat used to swipe the cars off much to my brothers discust.
Lynn Heath says
I can remember always wanting one, but never getting it! It always looked so much fun!!!!
amanda greensmith says
i always remember wanting to play on my brothers but got told it wasn't for girls
Tammy Westrup says
Used to play with my dad brought back his childhood to him
Anthea Holloway says
I never had one - too old I guess - but my children did and I remember them setting it all up in the living room and having such fun.
Kayleigh Watkins says
My sister was a tomboy I'd have all Barbie's and she would have action men etc, she had a scalectrix set and we had hours of fun playing with it, until I won anyway xXx
Lara Latchem (@Laracroft69) says
Having races with my brother
Kev Cannon says
When I was a child Scalectrix was so expensive that i was never lucky to own one, but once a year at the end of term we were allowed to bring games into school and one of the boys brought his to school and we all got to race a few times.
claire croft says
Normally arguing over who was which car and trying to persuade Dad to get off it so us children could have a go!
sandy hill-smith says
I remember spending hours picking up the cars from wherever they had landed and fixing them back onto the track lol
foreverastri says
racing with my cousins x
Vicki-Anne Smith says
I didn't have one as a child, but my dad did and I wasn't allowed to play - only watch! Loved seeing the cars whizzing round!
Dinah Butcher says
Goog memories of getting the whole family involved
James Donovan says
I used to use my star wars action figures alongside my track so i had a whole world going on .
donna l jones says
playing with my brothers
mynellie says
spending half my time putting it back on the track as i always wanted my car to go too fast
adeinne tonner says
For me it has to be playing it with my sister and i was always losing!
Hazel Rush says
Playing with my brothers when he wasn't looking!
Jules Eley says
My Dad brought me one Christmas and we played everyday for a month it was great!
Sam Parkes says
My dad buying the family one when I was 10, we spent Xmas morning having races against each other.
Frances Sunshine Hopkins says
Mine would be from when my kids were younger, my Dad used to set it up for when they arrived - were special times
Hannah P says
My grandfather actually used to play with me and I loved it!
Lindsey w says
My brother running his track all round the dining room and my Dad falling over it and breaking his toe...true story!
tricia bingham says
not quite getting round the corners before the car flew off the track
Tracy Hughes says
I never had one as a child, but I know a little person who would love one now.
Hayley Fountain says
Playing it with playing it with my brother for hours and then dad having to fix the track as it broke x
A.E. ADKINS says
We seem to spend more time putting the cars back on the track after smoothing the wires under the cars than we did racing
Rachael O'Brien says
My eldest is 20 , mother other daughters are 16 and 12 , I always wanted a boy to get all the toys for him the girls never had . I now have a two year old boy and this is something I really want for him ! Thankyou for this chance x
Elaine Livingstone says
taking it in turns with the siblings and who ever lost dropped out and another person played. 10 rounds at a time. and yes it did cause arguments.
Dean Boyle says
Racing with my brother as kid and the cars flying off the tack because we woof too fast
Ruth Davies says
Loved playing on a sunday with my grandpa
Sarah Wilson says
Trying to prop up the track to build bridges!
Kat 'Sally' Allinson says
Playing scalextric with my Dad and brother and our cars always flipping off the bend at top speed
Rachael Sexey says
My two brothers getting one from Santa
Stacy Fenemore says
beating my brother
sheridarby says
I never had one as a child, my children did and we all thoroughly enjoyed it
Lesley Bain says
I could never get my car to stay on the track either so I sympathise with your son! 🙂 x
Sue Hall says
Mine was my brother when he inherited our uncles scalextric there was tons of it - he was very lucky and we had it all over the house from room to room it was so much fun and all his friends used to come over to play with it too
lynn neal says
I remember trying to get the green car before my brother did because this one stayed on the track better!
cathryn1 says
playing with my dad
Anna Brown says
Racing against my brother we always fought over it.
Jo Hutchings says
I don’t really have any Scalectrix memories so I’d love to make some with my little boy.
Katie Walker says
I remember playing with my brother and the cat chasing the cars along the track
Adrian Bold says
I used to love making them fly off at the corners by going too fast. It was an extra bonus if the car hit someone as it flew off 🙂
Tina Lighten-Duncan says
I always wanted a scalextric but never received one, for the first christmas I was together with my husband I brought him one, I played with it more then him 😀
Tammy Neal says
My brother used to have one when I was younger and I used to play it haha would love this for my niece xx
Laura Findlay says
Spending quality time with my Dad building and playing with it x
Diana says
I remember my best friend had it, we loved playing it while mums were drinking coffee and catching up 🙂
Kate EM Davies says
I remember my car always flying off and both me and my brother being in fits of giggles.
Paula T says
I remember playing withy big brother and then our mum couldn't help herself and played too. She's very competitive lol x
Teresa Sheldon says
I remember my brother getting a set for Christmas and we had so much fun with it he use to over push his button and his car would keep flying off the track i was steady and slow and nearly always won to his anoyance
Amy Wright says
I used to play it with my mum and brother for hours - it was so much fun!
Lisa Brignall says
These are just so much fun. Question is who will play most, son or dad??
Lia Burns says
Racing my cousins every Christmas and always winning!
Christian says
Unwrapping it on Christmas Day.
Rachel Craig says
Great prize.