Video 2 - Unboxing The Motorway kzread.info/dash/bejne/lIh5w5SdgNmvY5M.html more details on this track

Oh my good God! Never dreampt in a million years I would ever see one of my toys from the late 60s, couldn't even remember what it was called. Sticking those pegs on all my cars, trying to squeeze back overstretched springs...hours of fun and not an accident in sight! KZread never ceases to amaze, you have just made an aging man very happy!

@DiecastMovies

4 жыл бұрын

thank you ... I'm an old man myself .... now with more pocket money and NO restricted bedtime !! pleased you enjoyed the show, I hope my other videos entertain and bring back a few memories , best wishes to you

@user-fp7rc6sp5t

7 ай бұрын

Got one of these from Santa AKA my parents for Christmas 1970. I still have it, albeit incomplete. I haven't the heart to part with it 😢

Won one of these sets, and two cases of 40 Matchbox cars, in the Kellogs Car of the Future compethtion, around 1970. They were more fun than a Scakextric I reckoned, because it was fun to drift the cars around corners. They came with tiny pkastic t-shaped pins you taped to the underside of the car. You had to carefully look after the spring which was lightly oiled and stored in a polythene bag. I guess the use of a spring limited the size of the track. It worked and was lots of fun

@DiecastMovies

4 жыл бұрын

what a great win back in the 70's, must have been very exciting times. I have linked up 2.5 sets and use 2 power houses on each track to make mt film set. Still a bit 'sticky' and jumpy sometimes , plus the odd pile up as one car loses its pin. I hope you explore some of my videos I made with this, best wishes

@Freewheal

3 жыл бұрын

@@DiecastMovies A light application of WD40 when in operation?

I'm sitting here in the middle of the night engrossed! I have an M2 I bought a few years back and have been meaning to get it running. I'm looking at my plastic Norev 1:43 collection on my coffee table thinking they'd fly on this and being bigger there'd be much hi-jinx! Dauphines and Citroen Amis flying about, ha ha! The little Husky Toys would go really well on here too, the Anglia van and Commer Walk-Thru, Citroen Safari and VW with luggage on the roof etc. Not forgetting the Matchbox Fiat 1500 and Ford Thames Estate. Inspiring stuff, thank you! 😀

@DiecastMovies

7 жыл бұрын

thank you my friend, pleased you like it , most of my videos are made past midnight, its a great time of day, You can run larger cars on it - some of my recent videos are of Dinky and Corgi 1.43 - if you just pull one car per track it works fine . Have a look at this kzread.info/dash/bejne/e5yhya2AhtDQk7g.html Corgi Police Hillman Imp, best wishes

Had one...Very quick to get bored with it..went back to my train set. THEN Scalextric came into my life...great times.

@DiecastMovies

5 ай бұрын

Yeah , noisy and hard to put together - but put a camera on a car and send it fast around a track ( with sound effects ) and it looks fun again. if you get time check these out kzread.info/dash/bejne/gKGhzpZsg9G_odo.html best wishes to you

this just made my day!! had one when I was about 7 to 10, and you’re right in your other vid, it vanished one day!!!

@DiecastMovies

7 жыл бұрын

i'm old enough to untangle the springs now :) glad it took you down memory lane, best wishes

@seabass62yearsago

4 жыл бұрын

*you’re

@rottenbot

4 жыл бұрын

@@seabass62yearsago So, "you're" the one who spends all there time looking through posts for spelling and grammar errors, it must be a terribly sad life if that is all you have, bear in mind, many of these comments are written on a phone, this is not an English exam, its just entertainment, but just to keep you happy, and feeling justified, I have corrected my laid back grammar and spelling. ✔ Its probably still wrong, but I don't give a 💩

I grew up in the Seventies and I often thought that I'd love a Scalextric type racetrack that I could use my favourite Matchbox cars with, perhaps with some sort of widget that fits on the underside of the car - MIND BLOWN!!! 😮

@DiecastMovies

3 жыл бұрын

It was a great idea that never caught on , cheap imports ruined the Matchbox company. Old matchbox toys were great

oh man! with today s technology, this would rock the market! just a little wider tracks on the outside to drift without limit, plastic springs to reduce noise, and a few electronics to upgrade the electric part, and it would be perfect!

@DiecastMovies

8 жыл бұрын

i agree - to be able to run all model cars makes it fun, but this system never caught on as everyone wanted Scalextric

@cyberfrank-bx2nv

8 жыл бұрын

did you contact matchbox to suggest to try again? electric tracks are all out of business now...

@DiecastMovies

8 жыл бұрын

Matchbox now part of Matel , Matel just pump out popular stuff - no risk taking

@CZ350tuner

4 жыл бұрын

@@DiecastMovies It also had to compete with 1:76 scale Triang Minic Motorways (which integrated with the Triang Hornby OO gauge model railway system).

@ekspatriat

6 ай бұрын

It would fail terribly. If you keep it on a spring ..any spring you are fkucked

I used some silicone spray from the furniture industry at a £1 a tin to make the spring slide well. Works wonders and no residue. I have a few sets going on ebay as no room and money left as of 20 04 18 in the UK

Thanks for the info! I just picked up a pretty complete set tonight for $25. Don't know if it works but it's only missing half the bridge support, the cars of course and the activator pins. Everything else is there. Just cleaned it up but haven't tested it but the transformer does humm quietly when plugged in. Can't wait to get it running. Hopefully it will! Will get my '65 Mustang on it as you have done!

@DiecastMovies

8 жыл бұрын

+phw340 great - yes they do hum, hope it all goes well for you, you can make the pins with wire and sticky tape - just make sure they are not too long or they catch on the joins in the slot. best wishes

Thank you, this has brought some great memories back......

Great video and nice tip about the bit of foil as a marker! Hopefully I might be able to get one of these tracks. Thanks for the video, it's convinced me to try to get one locally! Nice Mustang! I believe you are correct to say it might be the only Matchbox with steering. Funny story. When I was a kid I had one and it was my favorite car. Used to drive it around listening the the Beatle's tune, Drive My Car. Lost it as many of those cars do disappear. About 20 years later I was at the Picadilly Flea Market and found one mint with the box for 10£ (pounds). Was a little pricey but since I'm from the U.S. I grabbed it as I knew I would never see one again. About 10 years after I bought this Mustang my brother gives me a tub of toys from when I was younger and lo and behold my old Mustang was in there, found after about 40 years. So now I have 2 of those Matchbox Mustangs!

@DiecastMovies

8 жыл бұрын

+phw340 hi, you can still pick up sets on ebay, some at bargain deals. You may have to buy 2 sets to make up one good one - or there is a website in the UK who still has ex shop stock new sets and spares - Rockertrontoys.com ( a great place for diecast old cars ) best wishes, pleased you liked it

@SPCLPONY

4 жыл бұрын

I liked your story about finding your old Matchbox Mustang. I had a similar story. My mom and siblings lived with my grandparents while my dad was in Vietnam. It must have been around 1967. I was 5 as I recall starting kindergarten there in Erie, Pa. We left Gram n Gramps for Philadelphia when dad returned from overseas. Twenty five plus years later, my brother and I returned to Erie to clean the house out and prepare it for sale. During the cleaning and packing, we found a few G.I. Joe's, a Buddy L metal truck with the plastic veterinary compartments, several soft plastic cars and trucks, and best of all.... some Matchbox cars! The white Cadillac Ambulance, Denver fire pumper, green and yellow BP tow truck and a teal green Land Rover. Meanwhile, back at home, I found a Motorway still in the box practically unused at a flea market. I can't recall what I paid for it, but I still have it. Yes, we played with it way back then, and it worked like the one in this video. Great fun!

Simple to point Thank you and now I will check out some more of your tubes

I got one of these tracks for Christmas one year. It didn't have springs running through the track though. It had white nylon bands. I don't remember how they hooked together. The rest is the same. It made the same noise and it wasn't long after Christmas that my track was banned from most area's of the house my mother used. She did not like the noise. The little post that you attached to the cars came off a lot also.

@DiecastMovies

4 жыл бұрын

LOL .. memories , my mum hated this too ! we lived in a small house so involved setting up in the living room ... and yes .. that noise meant it disapeared one day .. never to be seen again . I got this one off ebay 7 years ago - a chance to play again ! best wishes to you

What a cool set! Thanks for sharing.

@DiecastMovies

5 жыл бұрын

you should get one for displaying your cars

Sounds just like a real motorway. I always wondered about these and I must say I'm impressed. Thanks for sharing.

@DiecastMovies

3 жыл бұрын

LOL you are right there - far to noisy

Know what is awsome about being a grown adult. Im 30 and have pocket money and no one to tell me what i can and can't have or do. So I got my second bedroom in my apartment setup with a full 1/24 scale quarter mile two lane slot drag strip. Huge 6 lane ho race track slot 1/24 scale rc mini z race track on floor and all my model cars and rc airplanes on display it's a adult dream hobby room. But this design is genius spring and motors and pins wow so simple yet so effective. It's loud as heck but more rigid then any toy sold today.

@DiecastMovies

2 жыл бұрын

sounds great fun , big cars to , must look great

I love how the Mustang turned into the skid as the tail end swept out on the corner… I had this as a child and recently I picked up a few inexpensive ones on eBay to fix up and sell on. Still a work in progress. I also have the bigger layout with the roundabout.

@DiecastMovies

Жыл бұрын

sounds great , hope you do some vids

Very interesting! Never thought the slot would carry the car forward! Now that I think about it, that is probably the reason it can drift like mad

@DiecastMovies

3 жыл бұрын

they can get up quite a speed if you can stand the noise

I had pretty much forgotten about these. I had one as a very young child but I only got to use it a couple of times before it 'broke'. Hearing how noisy it is I have a suspicion mine was never broken after all... Naughty parents telling fibs lol

@DiecastMovies

2 жыл бұрын

LOL ... me to ... it got used 2 or 3 times then ' disappeared' when I was at school. They are still very noisy and a bit un-reliable .

I had a Hot Wheels Sizzlers race track around 1970 or 1971(Xmas) and I thought it was really something. This Matchbox track is far superior and FAR MORE labor intensive(lol). The cars I had were polar opposites:one was really slow,the other wouldn't stay on the track. I had a lot more Matchbox vehicles because they were better made,more realistic and had more opening parts. But I loved the Hot Wheels vehicles too. I had that Mustang and that Zephyr. Great memories. Thanks.

@DiecastMovies

Жыл бұрын

pleased you enjoyed it, best wishes

Fantastic video! Brings back so many memories😊

@DiecastMovies

3 жыл бұрын

thanks , pleased you liked it

when you were setting this up it reminded me of the frustration i had as a 10 year old kid putting it together, and that spring! oh that spring was the annoying factor about it! but when i eventually got it going it was fun:) only to be told an hour later to put it away by my parents. Then thinking about the hell it would be to set it all up again next time!!!!!!

@DiecastMovies

3 жыл бұрын

you are right there , i had one as a kid and i only used it twice ... then it disappeared :) got this one a few years back off ebay - I have now linked 2 set together to make a big one , noisy and the spring stick .. but a bit of fun to see the cars move

@avelinosilvadias

3 жыл бұрын

@@DiecastMovies Yeah disappeared into the bin 🤔lol

Excelent video berry nice is cool

@DiecastMovies

5 жыл бұрын

thank you Jorge, best wishes to you

just beautiful Thank you for sharing the video

@DiecastMovies

9 жыл бұрын

thanks, I enjoyed making it, I'm going to make a few more with this before I pack it away.

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Amazing!

@user-rq2gt6so3q

4 жыл бұрын

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Cheers col i try as old one got round pegs on plug col thanks again

Interesting to finally see and hear one of these being set up and run. I imagine a Superfast rather than a regular wheels steerable Mustang might work better here.

@DiecastMovies

4 жыл бұрын

yup you are right there - come and see how I use this system kzread.info/dash/bejne/k4isqrOdaJuWeJM.html A full on police chase - Matchbox Police chase a Hot Wheels Mustang, i hope you like it best wishes to you

I always wondered how this worked since they cars do not come with motors. Must be a genius who figured out a way to animate the cars.

Great memories

very interesting video thanks :)

@DiecastMovies

4 жыл бұрын

pleased you enjoyed it , have a great day

cool man...

The bad driving is very realistic also the absence of police anywhere in site 😂

@DiecastMovies

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you ... The Police come out in force here kzread.info/dash/bejne/k4isqrOdaJuWeJM.html I made a city and have a police chase .. hope you like, best wishes to you

hi! on the white car at the end, is that some sort of button on the left hand side?

@DiecastMovies

9 жыл бұрын

its a little steering lever - push forward the wheels turn left, pull back and the wheels turned right - think this is the only car Matchbox did with this ( never worked that well ) you can see it more clearly on this car Ford Mustang Matchbox MB 8 e 1966 E type box

What a shame these didn’t catch on...modern versions of this for model railways are far too expensive..great channel btw

@DiecastMovies

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Aron , yes it failed to catch on and they stopped making it

Any idea how much one of these sets could go for? I have one in near immaculate boxed condition I'm thinking of parting with but have no idea where I'd even start to look for interested buyers

@DiecastMovies

6 жыл бұрын

Full sets with cars still in boxes maybe £100 Uk pounds - sets missing the boxed cars £30 - 50 Uk pounds. Ebay is a good place to list and research what other sets sell for, hope this helps

@markrobertmurphysr

6 жыл бұрын

50-100$ ON EBAY THOUSANDS WERE MADE'.....KNOT IN HIGH DEMEND HWEVER AH MUST HAVE'..COMBINED WTH HO SCALE 'LAYOUTS ITS CREATIVE

@adamdennis5617

5 жыл бұрын

look on ebay. I was looking for one not a lot on there but it will give you a good determination

Hi there, a very good video. I'm Interested in getting a motorway set from the USA for which there are some on ebay. However what is the right transfromer to use? Live in Ireland with 220 volts and the American transformers are 110 input. What is the voltage transformer input on your device? Like to know, Patrick.

@DiecastMovies

Жыл бұрын

Hi Patrick sorry for long delay, Im using a Hornby 12 volt UK 240 transformer. as long as the motors get a 10 or 12 volt supply they will run. if you need more help use my contact email to get to me, good luck

Youth recaptured thank you so much...............

@DiecastMovies

3 жыл бұрын

... and its easier to set up when you are grown up !, Hope you explore my channel for recent stuff - I put this track to good use, best wishes to you

Do you know where I can get the Spring for a Matchbox Motorway?

@DiecastMovies

8 жыл бұрын

+Valen Skywalker a website called Roctertron toys www.rockertron.com/ you will need to ask them as they do keep them in stock but not on the website, also the odd one comes up on ebay, hope this helps you

Outrageous, I've never seen a dandy like this. A bit loud.

@DiecastMovies

4 жыл бұрын

is a bit

Oh my good God, I had one of these that must have cost my parents a fortune for what it was at that time. Anyone any idea how much this would have been in around 1969? My father never liked it but I loved it, unfortunately it was too much for my hands at the time to set it up and my father, not liking it, avoided setting it up for me. It did last though, perhaps paradoxically because it was rarely played with due to my father's reluctance to set it up; however it was played with heavily when it was.

@DiecastMovies

6 жыл бұрын

sounds like my story too...set went missing when I was at school one day, think I only played with it twice. Found this on ebay and thought...that looks fun and a good way to show the cars on video, best wishes

Do those pins come with the track? I’m lookI got into buying one

@DiecastMovies

Жыл бұрын

often they get lost - but website RockertronToys in UK sell all spares

Hey top stuff if I could put this with my Railway layout wow 😳 fred

@DiecastMovies

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it would be in scale - check ebay , best wishes

I had one of these I'd forgotten how noisy they were.

I have one of the sets and this is was an awesome toy to have in the 60s. This was an excellent and interesting video. Question- Does Rockertron Toys ship to the U.S. or are they only in the U.K.?

@DiecastMovies

3 жыл бұрын

Hi , they will ship to US as they are a proper company wanting sales - you will need to email them as they do not list the Matchbox Motorway on the website - but they do hold Full New Sets and all the spares last time I checked. Here is their contact for www.rockertron.com/contact/ regards

@nutellapancake6957

3 жыл бұрын

Diecast Movies Thanks a bunch for the information. Now I can get the new parts I need to fix mine up =)

Where did u got those tracks pls tell me

@DiecastMovies

7 жыл бұрын

from Ebay - in the US itt is called Chad Valley Motorway - and in the UK Matchbox Motorway - they stopped making them in 1970 - so you can only buy old sets

Does this work with newer car or just matchbox

@DiecastMovies

9 жыл бұрын

Coop Playsmc you can use Hotwheels - or any small call

You have to look after the springs carefully. If they get kinked, performance is affected, or it just won't run at all.

@DiecastMovies

4 жыл бұрын

you are so right there - kinks ruin any chance of a smooth drive

wow they go fast with just one car

@DiecastMovies

9 жыл бұрын

diecast jam yes it does slow down the more cars you add

I always thought these were battery powered vehicles. Unless there's another set and I'm thinking of

@DiecastMovies

5 жыл бұрын

not this one ...10 volt

Hi i just picked set up above .did u change pug etc as old round onces .etc as powerblock old any help be usefull as got all bits but scared and unsure how get it working col

@DiecastMovies

6 жыл бұрын

hi, i use a 12 volt train set power supply to run my system, the system came with a 10 volt transformer and this will still run on todays power, is this what you meant?

I had this. dont know happened to it . but it only got used a few time and put away. it was to much hassle and noise

@DiecastMovies

5 ай бұрын

yeah , mine got thrown out back in 1970 - used twice then vanished .. got thes off ebay a few years ago and made a camera car to film close up kzread.info/dash/bejne/gKGhzpZsg9G_odo.html new lease of life for it

Could you take the pin off?

@DiecastMovies

7 жыл бұрын

yes - they stick on and off

where can I buy that cool item?how about the paying?

@DiecastMovies

7 жыл бұрын

ebay is a good place to look - or www.rockertron.com/ in the UK - not on thier website but they do have some old sets in stock if you email them

@Naz-et8to

7 жыл бұрын

thank you

Bonjour à tous, j'ai déballé et monté mon circuit Scalextric "Double Figure of Eight" par Action Slot Racing en provenance de Grande-Bretagne et je fais rouler les Slot-cars au 1/32. Merci cordialement, Johan.

: )

Does it work with hot wheels?

@DiecastMovies

3 жыл бұрын

sorry for delay - Yes , many of my videos are with Hot Wheels cars

Hi, I'll buy it off you let me know. ?

Could you use Hot Wheels on your Matchbox Motorway?

@DiecastMovies

8 жыл бұрын

+GIJOE FAN 2001 Yes, they would work well too

@DiecastMovies

8 жыл бұрын

did some Hot Wheels on the track - see them here kzread.info/dash/bejne/n2d5xMmdnZqWm7A.html&lc=z13xcdzgkpvriboqn04cc1nb3kzhhjpxn0w enjoy

The "Nanny State" health & safety would have a fit today, if this was still sold to kids, because of excessive noise requiring kids to wear ear defenders.

@DiecastMovies

4 жыл бұрын

LOL - I think you are right ... and kids today all live in a ' virtual world' real play has been forgotten... if it came out now it would be a laptop/phone game. Best wishes to you

Very cool, but does anybody else want to straighten those wheels out?

@DiecastMovies

3 жыл бұрын

LOL i know what you mean :)

Loudest toy... lol. I’m sure parents would enjoy hearing for hours the sound of trash cans being scraped across a cement floor.

@DiecastMovies

3 жыл бұрын

yup ... the noise killed it ... really scrapes around your head after just a couple of mins

Geez, it's noisy, though - and not easy to expand.

@DiecastMovies

3 жыл бұрын

yup , noise is a killer