Not Trains! Shock Horror - My Other Love Slot Cars

I forgot to say Scalextric do have a USA operation, so if you wanted that batmobile you should be able to order direct from them at a reasonable price...

Ha...are you trying to get me into another collection? 🤨

Frankly, I didn't even know that Slot Cars are a thing now-a-days with all the R/C stuff.

To be fair I think they are more popular with the 'Dads' who had them as a kid than they are with the current generation of mobile obsessed kids.  This is shown by the number of nearly new sets that crop up on eBay at frankly silly low prices with a description along the lines of "As new, bought as a Christmas present, used once or twice since".  Still if you are a dad or like me a big kid its a cheap way to build up a collection of cars.  It's often cheaper to buy a set, take out the cars and if you don't want/need the track throw the rest away rather than buying the two cars separately.  Of course you can also pick up good condition 2nd hand separate cars also, some in better condition than others of course and often 'New, Old Stock' or 'New never run, from my collection' type auctions.  Similarly you sometimes get cars listed at silly prices because they are limited editions or whatever, which appeals to collectors, but as the limited editions are often 5000 big or similar they are hardly rare even if limited.  Bottom line is if you are careful to sort through things and you're not looking to just build a massive collection you can get some good bargains and build a superbly large track layout for not a lot of money

When I say cheap sets lets just say I've picked up some nearly new sets with say a figure of eight track, controllers, power pack, 2 cars, barriers, etc... for as little as £20 + shipping (which can often be nearly as much as the set price due to the size/weight of the bigger sets

Add in that even the oldest Scalextric cars (and often non-Scalextric brand cars) will still run even on the latest track (even be converted to digital if you're that way inclined in most cases) and it is a cheap hobby if you want to just play with them and ignore the collectible items...