Monday, April 18, 2022

New Box Set of Cars: NSR L&M Porsche 917/10K Laguna Seca 1972

 When I was a kid, racing slot cars on Saturday mornings with my brother, I'd spend my weekly allowance on a new slot car, hoping that I would find that special car that could win it all. It also needed to be pretty much indestructible, as the inevitable demolition derby would occur at the end of the session. Those tended to be a winner-take-all format. Loser lies in a heap of plastic and metal. 

One of the strongest and fastest/best cars I had at the time was an L&M Porsche 917/10K. It was brutally fast, which made it the target of my brother's ire. It stayed at the top of the heap for weeks, even though he and I both bought other cars to try to beat it. It lasted what seemed like an eternity in our format. Win or Wrecked. 

Which brings me to today. I'm not afraid of buying collector sets, provided they're something I'm actually after, and not just sets to collect, if you know what I mean. In other words, I'd just as easily buy these two cars as singles out of the set. Either way, doesn't matter. The set comes with a very nice box that'll look good in my bookshelf. 

NSR L&M Porsche 917/10K

I love that I can buy a car that brings back so many memories of when I was a kid. Just a larger, much better detailed format. I feel like I've grown up a little bit.

NSR released this body style not long ago, and I waited until they had a nice looking livery before buying one. The first two that came out didn't interest me, and there were a couple of "test" cars, painted one color, but that didn't interest me either. Then this collector set came out. 

To get the big question out of the way: just one. The side view mirrors. 

The size/shape of the car is more in line with the 908, which is to say both are larger than the 917. The 917/10 has about as much nose as the 908, but a little more tail, although that little bit is mostly a thin bit sticking out the back. So I'd still consider it a short-tail in my world. It'd match up with the 908 better than the 907. 

Out of the box, both cars ran well, with the #6 needing a tire scrub to get the dust off. I lubed/oiled/set the chassis and did all my standard setup stuff, and they are both running very well. The #7 is as smooth as butter and really grips the track. Once I understood what was doing it, I gave the #6 the same treatment and it hooked right up. The two are going to be fast cars, that's for sure. 

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