Tycopro HO Slot Car Set

Here is the Funny Car Pro-Racing set from 1975/1976. This features a great high-speed, high-banked curve set (40 degrees!) and came standard with Pinto and Vega Funny Cars.

Upside of these sets is that they are fun and cheap. The downside is that this is one of the flimsiest, easy-to-break plastic sets of ANYTHING that I have ever had. This is my original set I got at 13 years old and retained it. Alot of track tabs broke, and it is a challenge to carefully get this put together. For a child, forget it. The funny car pieces break easy too. The standard cars, however, are well made and seemingly run forever. The accessories are great, but again, are cheaply made. My lap counter and curved section need more work to function, but I am enjoying as-is.

To me, the middle 70s represented a lot of bad things. The WORST period for American cars (165hp Corvettes, no more muscle cars), absolutely lousy music (Disco, bad romantic ballads), only surpassed by today's rap, and terrible movies. Toys like this that were clever but horribly made. The 60s were definately better on all counts!

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• HO
• slot
• cars
• Tyco
• Tycopro
• race
• track

[synopsis7654]

I picked up a box of this set at a train show for $5. I'll have to try it out later.

[ToyKingWonder]

Let me know how it works out. I think you can replace the tires with new ones, although not sure what brand would be the closest. Use a pencil eraser on the tires to get them white and clean again, otherwise they slip all over the place. I would use caution with that track because it breaks so easily, especially on that high banked curve. Last year I found an old store stock sound tower!

[ToyKingWonder]

Yes they are. This was one before various HO scale companies started putting "traction magnets" in their cars. I know Aurora did this, and I thought Tyco did too. My friend brought his over and there was no way I could compete with him. He would just floor them through the whole setup and the car would never go off the track...I thought, what fun is that? I was glad to have mine.

Yes, you can really slide into the corners and have all sorts of fun with these.

[mrfixitman123]

Nice cars keep racing

[MorkaGraven]

@ndogg20 Aurora had a better supply of stuff.

[MorkaGraven]

@ToyKingWonder I purchase Magna-Traction replicas and pop out the neodymium buttons for a bit of fair yet challenging fun.

[ndogg20]

My childhood era was the late 60s when i got an Aurora HO car set.The Aurora car 3 gear motor set up was clunky,it was typical of it to burn out or fall apart. The tyco Ho car direct drive motor always held up.But I stayed loyal to Aurora despite that for god knows what reason. Properly the same reason im still a Mets fan tho i moved to the other side of the country from NYC.

[davids8aff]

my dad and i used to race this exact track all the time. and the cat would chase the cars around. thanks for the nostalgia!

[The88drunkredneak]

I like the ending

[ztwntyn8]

see the way the guard rail is loose at some points so the outside car can slide like the one on the inside lane? That's so cool, I just learned that myself a few days ago. lol

[jplumber100]

very cool

[JBofBrisbane]

There is MagnaTraction and there is MagnaTraction. I have had AFX cars that were hard to break off, but their top end speed was lousy. Others had just enough magnetic downforce for good traction and speed, but could still be flung off in curves if not cornered correctly; they were great fun. Secret is, don't drive magnet cars against non-magnet cars. Your track may just be brittle with age.

[skaterpunk1171]

1:24.... amazing drift!!!!!