007 and fast cars are inextricably tied to each other. You can’t have a good James Bond story without a Bond car, and the king of Bond cars is easily the Aston Martin. Few of us will ever be able to afford such a fantastic vehicle in real life, and an even smaller number of us will ever get to race one.
There is, however, another way. You can always get your hands on scale model versions of Bond cars and race them at fun speeds. It’s nowhere near the same experience, but it’s still pretty fun and you don’t have to worry about SPECTRE trying to ruin your day.
The Scalextric 007 DB5 vs V8 set pits two classic Aston Martin cars against each other. These are well-made, well-thought-out models of cars that happen to be rather delightful. Both cars are evenly matched and yes, the lights work (though neither has an ejector seat). You’ll need to use skill and a bit of luck instead. Scalextric is a game for folk of all ages, and once you’ve mastered the track it’s sort of hypnotic to watch the cars go round.
The box contains the two cars and all the track pieces and gubbins you’ll need to get started. We get a ‘side-swipe’ piece and cross-tracks so the cars can potentially smack into each other. This is a beginners set so they aren’t any fancy electronic counters and the like, but honestly that sort of thing is only for the hadrcore Scalextric fan.
This is a nice bit of Christmas fun firmly aimed at your inner-child, as well as your inner secret agent.
This set is only available on the official Scalextric site, find it here.
