Harry McCracken / TIME When I was most intensely interested in toy race cars — which would be back in the 1970s — there was no question what the state of the art in that particular category of plaything was. It was Ideal’s Total Control Racing, a dazzling slot-car system that let automobiles switch lanes as they zoomed around the track. The setup also included a “jam car” which drove itself. I wanted TCR desperately, but nobody ever gave it to me. Fast forward to 2013. A startup called...
Harry McCracken / TIME When I was most intensely interested in toy race cars — which would be back in the 1970s — there was no question what the state of the art in that particular category of plaything was. It was Ideal’s Total Control Racing, a dazzling slot-car system that let automobiles switch lanes as they zoomed around the track. The setup also included a “jam car” which drove itself. I wanted TCR desperately, but nobody ever gave it to me. Fast forward to 2013. A startup called...
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