Yes more news-Big Carrera news!

[Dave Kennedy]

Some Carrera news in this video.

[Billy boy]

thanks dave, always good stuff

[dw5555]

Too bad about the C8R. Was looking forward to that one. By the way nice haircut!

[Dave Kennedy]

High and tight.

[32lbking]

Looking forward to the 1/24 C8's as well But they weren't due until 4th quarter anyhow, which pretty much meant Christmas [if we were lucky]. So hopefully they will be no later than 1st quarter 2021

[Broman62]

Great vid DK!! That sucks as I had them (C8R-1/32) already pre-ordered so now it will be a long waiting game for them...oh well!!

[Bluevista]

Long wait to get a C8?, just like the real thing.
Take heart...at least the Scalextric Batmobiles are hitting the beaches, just got an email for the pre-order saying they are going to be taking my money .
I wonder why no boy wonder? The Polar lights one may work? I wonder?

[Dave Kennedy]

dunno why no Robin the Batmobile. I'll ask them and see what they say. That car is arriving within the next week I believe here in the US BTW.

[F1Fan]

I was unable to find the article, but I read an interview with the Scalextric designer that was responsible for this car and the way she explained it, it was due to cost. Creating a likeness of the Robin figure would have increased the cost of the car significantly and they had to make a decision to include Robin and increase the MSRP or leave Robin at the Batcave and sell the car at a more regular price.

I often read complaints about any slot car price increase, even a tiny amount, so I would say that this was a wise decision by Scalextric.....taking into consideration, "you can't please all the people all the time, and you can almost never please any slot car buyer! "

Chris

Update:

I found the interview with Caitlin Williams from Scalextric courtesy of Jadlam Hobbies Blog - the complete interview and be found: here: https://blog.jadlamracingmodels.com/...966-tv-series/

"Like many people, my first reaction to seeing the car in the Scalextric catalogue was ‘where’s Robin?’. Caitlin explained, “Robin was omitted because to sculpt a character is very, very costly. To add Robin would add an extra 20% or more to the tool cost and, as a result, the retail price would have to be increased. It was therefore a cost decision to ensure the final product was still affordable.”"

[Rooster]

I was unable to find the article, but I read an interview with the Scalextric designer that was responsible for this car and the way she explained it, it was due to cost. Creating a likeness of the Robin figure would have increased the cost of the car significantly and they had to make a decision to include Robin and increase the MSRP or leave Robin at the Batcave and sell the car at a more regular price.

I often read complaints about any slot car price increase, even a tiny amount, so I would say that this was a wise decision by Scalextric.....taking into consideration, "you can't please all the people all the time, and you can almost never please any slot car buyer! "

Chris

Update:

I found the interview with Caitlin Williams from Scalextric courtesy of Jadlam Hobbies Blog - the complete interview and be found: here: https://blog.jadlamracingmodels.com/...966-tv-series/

"Like many people, my first reaction to seeing the car in the Scalextric catalogue was ‘where’s Robin?’. Caitlin explained, “Robin was omitted because to sculpt a character is very, very costly. To add Robin would add an extra 20% or more to the tool cost and, as a result, the retail price would have to be increased. It was therefore a cost decision to ensure the final product was still affordable.”"

I think that was probably a good decision overall.
Now, what I would do if I were Scalextric is look at selling a Robin figure separately. A little hot glue and Robin would be in the car with ease. Maybe retail them $9.99 - $14.99 ???? I’d bet they would sell, and be profitable. I could of course be 100% wrong.

[Fathead59]

Hey , you never know , they just might get enough emails about not having robin in the car to where they may make the figure to retro fit the car . I say we start a brass roots complaint about not having Robin with the Caped Crusader

[Fathead59]

And not should not have been brass , it should have been grass , and not the kind you smoke .