Toymakers Hornby have signed a three year licensing deal to produce Star Wars branded Scalextric, inspired by their track-based racing system which was first introduced in in 1957.
Two sets have been announced so far, the Death Star trench run from Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, featuring Darth Vader’s TIE Advanced and Luke Skywalker’s X-Wing, and the Battle Of Endor from Star Wars: Episode VI – Return Of The Jedi, which features Luke Skywalker and a Scout Trooper on speeder bikes.
Future models have been promised, with the only one confirmed being, er, an Ewok speeder bike.
Both are described as “Pursuit / battle / jousting set[s]”, so there’s certainly more to it than racing some Star Wars-branded race cars around a track like the second coming of Star Wars: Super Bombad Racing.
