Toy for the price of a car


Biginch Blake

GT Owner
Mark II Lifetime
Nov 4, 2008
983
Rockville, Indiana
Always get tons of catalogs at Christmas time and once in a while there is an outrages gift/price that needs shared with others. For the price of this toy race track set up you can buy a top quality REAL race car. PM me if you need my address to ship this to. Merry Christmas




http://www.hammacher.com/Product/Default.aspx?sku=12005&promo=search&query=JW-12005
 

Xcentric

GT Owner
Mark II Lifetime
Jul 9, 2012
5,213
Myakka City, Florida
"...a 1:32-scale working wooden slot car track faithful to the iconic Le Mans raceway."

Not exactly. At 1:32 scale, the Mulsanne straight would be 615 feet.
 

Empty Pockets

ex-GT Owner
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Le Mans 2010 Supporter
Oct 18, 2006
1,361
Washington State
As one of my local car dealers always used to say, "There's an a-- for every seat." The same principle probably also applies to something like this...although for the life of me I can't understand why.
 

Sinovac

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Jul 18, 2006
5,832
Largo, Florida
"...a 1:32-scale working wooden slot car track faithful to the iconic Le Mans raceway."

Not exactly. At 1:32 scale, the Mulsanne straight would be 615 feet.[/QUOTE}

The engineer in you wouldn't let that slide. :lol
 

GTJack

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Le Mans 2010 Supporter
Oct 1, 2006
1,728
Saddlebrooke, MO
Some people have more $$$ than brains...like the guy that designed this and then the marketer who says it is faithful to iconic Le Mans. Not sure anyone could claim that. Me thinks Blake will just have to keep dreamin.. which is better than the nightmares Rene would have if he got one.
 

ChipBeck

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Staff member
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Le Mans 2010 Supporter
Feb 13, 2006
5,773
Scottsdale, Arizona
That track layout bears no resemblance to LeMans.

Chip
 

RALPHIE

GT Owner
Mar 1, 2007
7,278
That track layout bears no resemblance to LeMans.

Chip

:agree:
 

Waxer

Well-known member
Le Mans 2010 Supporter
Jul 22, 2007
927
I saw this in the catalog too. I was shocked at the price then wondered what the person who would drop $125K on this looks like and what meds he's on.
 

Gulf GT

GT Owner
Mark II Lifetime
Feb 9, 2006
1,539
California
Looks much better with 3D glasses.
 

FBA

GT Owner
Dec 5, 2010
1,663
31.022340° N / 44.846191° W
Someone's got too much money on their hands...
 

BigsGT

Tungsten GT Owner
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Le Mans 2010 Supporter
Mar 8, 2006
604
Austin Texas
For what it's worth my experience (limited) with HS is they sell overpriced junk.

I got a tool kit once as a gift in a neat aluminum case. First time I torqued on the screwdriver it failed, blade just broke off. Cheap chromed junk.

They seem to do a lot of marketing though.