Editing Scalextric (section)

== TV and film licensing ==

Since the 1960s, Scalextric have offered TV and film [[tie-in]]s, beginning with the now rare and valuable James Bond 007 set, featuring an Aston Martin with action features as shown in the film ''[[Goldfinger (film)|Goldfinger]]''. Even the 'baddie' car in this set, a Mercedes, had action features of its own, whilst the set also sported many other unique action points and props.

It was some time before Scalextric returned to licensing in the 1970s, first with ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man (TV series)|The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' (the 1970s series), which had specially liveried TR7 cars and white track. Then, in the 1980s, came the original TV series based ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', ''[[Power Rangers]]'', ''[[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider]]'' and then Tim Burton's ''[[Batman (1989 film)|Batman]]'' film.

Since then the franchises have grown to include ''[[Batman Begins]]'', ''[[The Simpsons]]'', [[Transformers (film)|The ''Transformers'' movie]], ''[[James Bond]]'' 007 films ''[[Quantum of Solace]]'', ''[[Skyfall]]'', ''[[GoldenEye]]'' and [[Spectre (2015 film)|''Spectre'']], ''[[Starsky and Hutch]]'', ''[[The Italian Job (2003 film)|The Italian Job]]'' (models from both the original and re-made films), ''[[Top Gear (current format)|Top Gear]]'', ''[[Star Wars]]'' and the [[Pixar]]/[[Disney]] movie ''[[Toy Story]]''.

Scalextric produced a ''[[Dukes of Hazzard]]'' ''[[General Lee (car)|General Lee]]'' car and subsequently a twin car pack with licensing from the ''[[Fast and the Furious]]'' film franchise.

Scalextric licensed the ''[[Need for Speed]]'' brand from Electronic Arts and has produced a set based on the popular video game series.

On 22 November 2004, thieves stole 2,500 ''Simpsons'' Scalextric sets from the back of a lorry which was parked near services on the [[M2 motorway (Great Britain)|M2 motorway]] in England.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/4040893.stm|title=Thousands of Simpsons games taken|publisher=BBC | date=25 November 2004 | access-date=4 January 2010}}</ref>