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Porsche 917 & Lola T70
Published: October 4, 2001
 FLY 1:32 Scale Porsche 917 & Lola T70 | In
the old days, detail on a slot car meant putting it there yourself. You
took plastic model kits and converted them into slot cars, or bought
slot car kits from Monogram or Cox and painted and detailed them
yourself. In later years detail seemed to fade away completely from the
slot car scene, replaced by flat "pancake" lexan bodies that offered
less weight, more downforce, and more speed. | In
the past few years, the hobby has seen a resurgence of cars with great
detail. But on top of the great looks, the cars are quite fast. FLY is
well known for their highly detailed and above average performing cars.
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I
was fortunate enough to sample a couple of these awesome cars, the
Porsche 917 K and the Lola T70 Mk 3B. Both came packaged in a very nice
display case. The finish on these great cars just shines. The tampoed
graphics are crisp and very scale appearing. The collector would
certainly appreciate the work that has gone into these cars. In fact,
there is quite a collector's market for these cars, as I will get into
in a minute. | | |
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the track, these cars live up to their name; they FLY! Held to the
track by a traction magnet, they corner much faster than my Scalextric
Mercedes CLK's that came with my track set. They look very realistic on
the track, and are a great pair to fight it out, side by side. Breaking
is quick and controllable with the standard Scalextric controllers that
I have, and acceleration is very quick. Out of the box, you'll find
that they tend to leave the track before they slide out in the corners.
You need to learn where the breaking point is because when they do
leave the track, they might just become a projectile. |
I'd
mentioned that people actually collect these. It is intesting to note
that several of the early FLY cars from 1996. Several of their early
Vipers that sold for $45 retail are now going for over $150! Taking
cues from other markets, FLY has also started producing limited edition
cars as well. Recently they've released some Steve McQueen cars,
replicas from his years of racing.
It's
the detail, though, that make these cars so special. Yes, their
performance is quite impressive, their collectibility inviting, but
when it comes from cars that are as beautiful as these, you can't go
wrong. Some have detailed motors, like the Lola here, and both of my
test cars have real rubber spares under the "bonnet". Both have full
detailed drivers and interiors, as well as multi-piece headlights. If
you're tired of the same old thing, and want to collect something
different, I HIGHLY recommend looking at FLY slot cars. You will be
impressed. Better yet, put them on a track, and burn some rubber!
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