Hi Super,
That's pretty interesting, the first time I saw 1/64 slot cars in the UK was Aurora AFX, I don't think the earlier incarnations ever hit our shores or at least not on a fully commercial basis. I'm sure there would have been some people with money that may have imported the earlier sets for personal use/collections, but I don't believe they were ever in stores here.
This of course is nothing new, many things that get released in the USA never quite make the leap across the pond and we only get to hear about them through specialist clubs etc... that monitor these things. I'm talking here of all sorts of things, not just slot cars or trains etc...
I'm sure there is also the opposite sometimes, but I suspect its far less as after all any ambitious company with a good product wants to break into the American market if they can for obvious financial reasons.
That's pretty interesting, the first time I saw 1/64 slot cars in the UK was Aurora AFX, I don't think the earlier incarnations ever hit our shores or at least not on a fully commercial basis. I'm sure there would have been some people with money that may have imported the earlier sets for personal use/collections, but I don't believe they were ever in stores here.
This of course is nothing new, many things that get released in the USA never quite make the leap across the pond and we only get to hear about them through specialist clubs etc... that monitor these things. I'm talking here of all sorts of things, not just slot cars or trains etc...
I'm sure there is also the opposite sometimes, but I suspect its far less as after all any ambitious company with a good product wants to break into the American market if they can for obvious financial reasons.
Happily collecting things all my life... 
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