Moto GP countdown

What a waste of time!

Looks like you won, I won my own bet too, problem is I only had it with myself

Ah well I will check tomorrow.

yeah quite.. what a waste of time! Horah!

I said "wooo - hooo"

Rob.

p.s I preferred the timer!

Don't forget it stll has nearly 8 hours to run in California!

Should have gone to bed instead of waiting for this *%$£....

I guess the launch/first viewing is at some point during today rather than at midnight....

I just hope the bikes aren't as bit a let down as their web site!!!

There I was, skiving at work and watching the countdown then.........nothing.

Cheers

John

I think anybody who posts here in this thread between say 00:37 and 02:00 hours GMT today should be compensated with a free Scalextric MotoGP bike!


Moped

If I post again, do I get another bike?



John

PS the weather has reached that yearly phase where I wish I owned a car, normal serice will resume when the snow thaws.

QUOTE Don't forget it stll has nearly 8 hours to run in California!

Yes but when I wake up I'll still be in California and you'll be in some other god forsaken place.

WHAT THE #$%@!

Must have been done buy the same guys that did RMS.

Well, this morning I got out of bed, had a shower, enjoyed breakfast, and turned on my laptop, looking forward to seeing the much anticipated Scalextric MotoGP range.

Guess what? Nothing. Zippo. Zilch.

So, I guess that Scalextric should now has a vacancy for a new Marketing Manager. The idiot deserves to be fired. Moped, it's the opportunity of a lifetime for you.

Just remember, golden rule number 1, never, but never, promise and then not deliver. Don't ever try to con your existing and potential customers, especially if it's a global audience. It can and will bring tremendous disrepute to any company.

I was really looking forward to seeing the new MotoGP bikes. I feel cheated.

Horah indeed!

Kind regards

Russell

Well, I'm up this morning and all the schools around our way are closed. Its gridlocked around Birmingham and somebody I know took 5 hours to get home last night on a journey that normally takes 20 minutes.

Trains are mainly frozen up. Could all this have something to do with it?

I have also noticed that you require Macromedia to view the site properly so the issues could be with the plug ins rather than the site.

No doubt something will be happen today. Lets wait and see.


Moped

Is Moped trying to tell us that one of our major cities came to a standstill because of the rush to see the MotoGP site? Is London still operational? I haven't looked at TV yet, maybe the stations have closed down in protest? Has Russell finally gone off his rocker? This is serious stuff, chaps!

Seen on Crash.net this morning..

World Superbike champion Neil Hodgson and 250cc grand prix star Chaz Davies will go head-to-head Scalextric-style this Thursday, as they help launch the first-ever motorbike slot-racing system...

...scheduled to start at 10.30am...

Take a look....

Maybe we have all missinterpreted the countdown and that is was a countdown to the day the site was to go live rather than the precise second that the site was to go live.

So lets give it until midnight tonight before the fan is hit with something.


Moped

Ok, so the www.bikersweb.co.uk people are doing a better PR job for the Scalextric MotoGP bikes than Hornby are doing:-

World Superbike Champion Neil Hodgson and 250cc grand prix star Chaz Davies go head-to-head Scalextric-style to launch the first-ever motorbike slot-racing system

Here's a race not to miss! Neil Hodgson, the current World Superbike Champion and 16-year- old Chaz Davies, the youngest-ever rider to score 250cc world championship points, will be involved in a head-to-head bike challenge to win the inaugural Scalextric MotoGP race at this year's UK Toy Fair at Excel Exhibition Centre, London.

Hornby is launching a full range of Scalextric motorbike slot racing products based on the MotoGP World Championship. MotoGP's appeal is comparable to that of Formula One. It schedules 16 races worldwide every year and regularly attracts over 150,000 fans to races with a global TV audience for each Grand Prix totalling 320 million.

Scalextric has secured a worldwide exclusive license to produce Scalextric sets and individual bikes in the liveries of all the MotoGP teams and riders.

The Scalextric MotoGP bikes are breathtakingly highly detailed 1/18th scale models. Some of the bikes feature decoration resulting from in excess of 200 different print operations. Models of 16 of the series top riders and bikes will be released over the course of 2004. There will also be 3 different sized race-ready sets containing 2 bikes, track and hand throttles.

Neil and Chaz will be on the Hornby stand No NE54 from 10.00am for a practice session, with the ultimate race taking place at 10.30am.

Thursday 29th January 04 @ 10.30am Venue: Hornby Stand No NE54, Toy Fair, Excel Exhibition Centre, London