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Season Two? A continuation model? Sadly inevitable?. However you look at it, the return of (possibly) the world's favourite slot car podcast is reason to give thanks to the Gods of Slot. What have we been doing? Why Is Nick half the man he was? Has Scott managed to resist buying EVERY Renault 5 Turbos Fly release? There's only one way to find out - listen! It's good to be back. Hosted on Acast. Se...

Worth the wait? You decide. We've got the Top 10 from UK Slot Festival - why do people buy those event cars? - and news from the rally slot stages of Sussex and Wales. There's movie reviews and suggestions for the next cars in Fly's 'Cars from the Movies' series. All this is less than half of 60 minutes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Worth the wait? You decide. We've got the Top 10 from UK Slot Festival - why do people buy those event cars? - and news from the rally slot stages of Sussex and Wales. There's movie reviews and suggestions for the next cars in Fly's 'Cars from the Movies' series. All this is less than half of 60 minutes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Harry Potter and a new Top 10: what more can you ask of a slot car podcast? More: well, there's also talk of new tyres for old Carreras and the new slot.it Audi R8 in retro rally livery has ticked all of Scott's boxes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can a 70s Scalextric Ferrari on new tyres really keep up with a Policar F1? Was the mid-90s Ferrari F40 GT a mass hallucination? Plus, Nick buys his first Policar (no, really) and Scott learns the hard way about racing digital with weather effects activated. All this plus the latest Top 10 selling slot cars from Pendle Slot Racing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

G'day slot pickers! It's the first, the original, the best slot car Top 10 brought to you by Talking Utter Slot and Pendle Slot Racing. Data kindly supplied by Pendle Slot Racing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week there's talk of honey covered Mercedes, headless drivers, a chap called Whitney Straight who ISN'T a country singer and why taking decades to build a kit might inspire a future feature. Hear also how Scott bought over 70 cars for less than the price of an Avant Slot Audi set. There's also the new Scalextric Mirage which inspired the running of previous shelf queens, the Vanquish MGs. No...

Six-wheelers feature in both the racing and the fun this week as Scott gets a FABulously big pink thing and - unknowingly - cheats with a classic SCX F1. The delightful eccentricities of English slot car clubs feature and, in the absence of much new News that's caught our eye, we do note a very rich man has bought shares in Hornby. A saviour? The show rounds off with another 'Trackside Slot Story...

What once was lost has been found, or at least bought on eBay. Yes, the great quest (see Episode 45) to find the Green Morgan has been completed. Or has it. We hear how things went at Round 2 of Slot Rally GB and decided things will be better if all the entrants have stage names and walk on music like in darts or wrestling. Success on the stages seems to require either an SRC or ScaleAuto and to b...

Scott reports back from a successful foray into the world of digital racing and helps the economy by instantly splurging his tax rebate on slot cars. Nick is doing his best to not mention certain rumours in F1. He did it once, but we don't; think anyone noticed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2024 World cup of Slot - Final : Slot.it/Policar vs Scalextric And here we have it, the big one, the final of the World Cup of Slot. The two finalists have seen off 14 other top slot car companies to reach this final hurdle. Who will be crowned World cup winners for 2024? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2024 World Cup of Slot : Road To The Final It's the build up to the big match between Slot,it/Policar and Scalextric, the World Cup Final, but how did we get to this point? Nick and Scott look back over the preceding 14 'matches' and trace the path each finalist took to see if there's any hints about form in the final itself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2024 World Cup of Slot - Semi-Final 2 : Scalextric vs Sideways With a place in the World Cup Final at stake, granddaddy of it all, Scalextric, meet nouveaux arrivants, Sideways. England and France fought The Hundred Years War, but this slotcar match up has to be decided in less than 15 minutes. Who will go through? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2024 World Cup of Slot - Semi-Final 1: Slot.it/Policar vs SCX The first of the semi-finals pits Italy vs Spain, Slot/Policar against SCX (Scalextric in Spain). Both make cars, both make track, both have digital systems and both have huge numbers of fans, but who can win through to eth final of the 2024 World Cup of Slot? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2024 World Cup of Slot - Quarter Final 4 : SRC vs Sideways Emerging from unquestionably the toughest corner of the draw, these two offer high performance and high quality cars. On the surface there's little to choose between them so can we avoid another match decided on penalties? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2024 World Cup of Slot - Quarter Final 3 ; SCX vs Fly Two titans of the slot world, both with long and proud histories. One famous for looks over performance, but is that enough to win over the resurgent giant. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2024 World Cup of Slot - Quarter Final 2 : Avant Slot vs Scalextric David vs Goliath, Spain vs Britain, boutique vs full service manufacturer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2024 World Cup of Slot - Quarter Final 1 : Slot.it/Policar vs Carrera Just four 'teams' left with a chance of becoming World Cup winners. This first Quarter Final pits two giants of the slot world together, both make great cars and excellent track systems as well as cars, but which will win? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2024 World Cup of Slot - Match 8 : Sideways vs Scaleauto The final and arguably most hotly contested match of the first round. Both make high performing cars, but which is the best overall. Not to give anything away, but this one goes to penalties. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2024 World Cup of Slot - Match 7  : Le Mans Miniatures vs Fly Car Model. Le Mans Miniatures vs Fly. A clash of two companies with somewhat similar appeal : very nice models which place looks of performance, but which take very different paths to their objective. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2024 World Cup of Slot - Match 6 : Scalextric vs Teamlsot Time for the 'home side' to enter the fray. It's Scalextric, the oldest and most famous company, up against a small but growing Spanish brand which specialises in rally cars. A David vs Goliath, if you will. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2024 World Cup of Slot - Match 5 : NSR vs Carrera Two giants of the slot world, but with very different philosophies. One out and out racers, the other makers of robust, highly detailed and accurate models and one of the best track systems. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2024 World Cup of Slot - Match 4 : SRC vs RevoSlot A clash of what on the surface seem evenly matched 'teams': both famous for good looking, fast cars, but which will win? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2024 World Cup of Slot - Match 3 : SCX vs MRSlotcar Match 3 brings together a giant of slotcars, SCX (Scalextric in Spain) and another of the small, specialist makers, MRSlotcar.ca. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2024 World Cup of Slots - Match 2 : Avant Slot vs Thunder Slot Match 2 brings Avant Slot head-to-head with Thunder Slot. One quirky and often fast, the other small and very fast, but who is best overall? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.