NINCO XLOT 1:28 Options

[Scott]

This just in from Ninco:

NINCO LAUNCHES A NEW BRAND AND A NEW 1:28 SCALE FOR THE EXPERT SLOT CAR USER

THE XL SIZE ALLOWS FOR THE GREATEST PERSONALISATION OF THE CAR AND A MORE REALISTIC DRIVING SENSATION ON A NINCO TRACK

NINCO presents the new dimension of slot car racing: a new scale with larger vehicles, more possibilities of personalised mechanical adjustments and with a more realistic driving sensation. The new XLOT brand is born to satisfy the expert user who enjoys both the preparation of the car and the driving of it. Likewise, the replicas have more eye-catching detail because of their larger size.

Thus, XLOT inaugurates an unheard-of scale in the world of slot cars, 1:28, which unites the virtues of the traditional scales. “A scale greater than the traditional 1:32 allows the user to have greater interaction with the car in its adjustments and preparations and a more realistic driving control making it more fun”, argues David Cosculluela, Managing Director of NINCO, for whom the track handicap which scales like 1:24 suffer from will be overcome by the XLOT range. “The size of the XLOT car is perfectly compatible with the NINCO track. Having a more complicated car which afterwards doesn’t have anywhere to race except for on home-made tracks is contradictory. From now onwards a driver can have a professional car and race with it on their track at home or on the circuit of any of the thousands of clubs worldwide which have a NINCO track”, continues Cosculluela.

The XLOT project has been developed by an internal team at NINCO for two years with the aim of offering the expert slot car user a new range of products, with high involvement on their part in the personalisation of each car. “On a common base and a steel chassis, the user can manipulate tens of adjustment possibilities that affect the suspension, the front and rear wheel assembly, the transmission or the engine”, explains Eduard Nin, co-founder and Chairman of NINCO, who has been at the forefront of all of XLOT’s R+D process. With the possibilities that a standard model offers, plus the range of spare parts which will accompany the launch of the new brand and their ease of use, “those that enjoy their hobby not only on the road, but those with the curiosity to test different set ups and to be bang up-to-date with competition materials, in XLOT they have a whole world in which to go further than they have ever been able to do up to now”, insists Nin.

The versatility of XLOT is clear from the first models which will arrive on the market in the second quarter of 2009 and they will be the Ferrari 430 and the Porsche 997. The cars will be sold fully prepared to play (RTR) and will have a RRP of less than 100 €, to facilitate any user with their first experience of the new scale.

By NINCO
Crta. de L’Hospitalet 32, 08940 Cornellà (Barcelona) Spain.
www.ninco.com


SlotForum photos from the 2009 Nürnberg Toyfair:






































SlotForum reporters film Maurizio Ferrari at the 2009 Nürnberg International Toy Fair testing the Ninco Xlot 1:28 scale Porsche.
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[justDave]

Well, it is said that you can't have too much of a good thing, Scott...

Are they serious? It's a bit early for April Fool.

Ah well, something to compete with your Racers and Vanquishes!

David

[Hobby]

Hi Scott.
If I were being uncharitable, I might say Ninco have been producing many of their models in 1/28 scale already!
Smacks of a dead end idea IMHO.
Regards Bill.

[Scott]

Must confess I don't see the point of a new scale so close to 1/24, but I applaud innovation so let's wait and see what the cars are like.

At £100 per car it will make the regular 1/32 stuff look reasonable value.

[lordjw]

Is it April 1st? Vanquish tried this and failed miserably. NINCO will not have my money spent on these over-scaled cars.

Cheers!

Julius

[Wankel Ickx]

Sounds like they might need more set-up than a bear of little brain like myself can cope with yet, all the same, I'm quite curious. The choice of cars is safe but not exciting, really. Least, not to me.

Vansquish I loved and still love although the prices are firming up a bit.

[LMP]

What. The. Hell?

[alfetta]

Pointless

[tifosi]

It could form the basis of some fun 1/32 NASCAR racers?

[Spa67]

WTF?

[nino barlini]

I'll keep on 1/32.

Do not understand why to try again a 1/28. See what happened to Vanquish.....

Personally, I think tha tit would be more acceptable if they release a 1/24 slot cars line, plus their 1/32, since, there is already a slot car market for 1/24, instead of try to build an entire new market...


Cheers

Ricardo Bifulco

[nandroid]

???????????????

Does Ninco have too much money ??? Think this will fail big time

Is this some "keep the new stuff coming" only to be "NEW" stuff, nothing really new . What's next, cars in 1:36 scale or.............

[356speedster]

They already are 1/28

...when you meassure the width

[JJP]

Great somting i wouldn't buy one, saves money !!
May be Nco goes out of bussinus after this advanture and my old nico's go up in value!!

[Mr Croker]

Hmm. This breaks a simple rule - don't create items to add to a sales catalogue until you have what you are doing right...