Both of them said they had owned slot cars as children, during the hobby's birth in the late 1960's.
Some slot cars have a significant level of detail.
These were common until slot cars largely replaced them in the 1960s.
In 1960 with the release of the slot car, the design was changed to its current form.
But did you know that the idea for slot cars originated nearly 100 years ago?
However, by the mid-1950s, public interest had shifted from trains to airplanes and slot cars.
A couple of slot cars with track were also produced.
Power for most slot car tracks comes from a powerpack.
"They might have been interested in this if the slot cars hadn't come along."
A few of them were also modified and marketed as slot cars.