Retsy Series 1 · Card 0312 · 80-HNG

Slot Car Thunder Hobbies

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A hobby shop whose back room held a giant eight-lane slot car track with banked curves and lap counters.

Card no.: 0312 of 1,280
Set: 80s Hangouts · 80-HNG
Year: 1981
Type: Hobby shop with slot car track
Found at: Back room, Thunder Hobbies
Cost back then: $1.50 per half hour

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Nostalgia7/10

Hype6/10

Weirdness6/10

Trade value7/10

The story · 1981

The story of Slot Car Thunder Hobbies

The front of the shop sold model rockets, paint pots and train kits, but everybody came for the back room. The eight-lane track had a banked curve called the Corkscrew, and you rented a lane by the half hour. Kids tuned their cars at a workbench that smelled of paint and hot motors. Saturday races got so loud the owner wore earmuffs.

Fun fact

A slot car that flew off the Corkscrew once landed in the owner's coffee, and he framed it on the wall.

Six finishes

187 copies of Slot Car Thunder Hobbies exist

Slot Car Thunder Hobbies comes in six finishes: 100 Base, 50 Holo, 25 Laser and 10 Gold copies, plus one Super Laser and one Misprint that exist exactly once. Every copy is minted to the wallet that rips it, with its own serial number.

Slot Car Thunder Hobbies, Retsy card 0312 in the Base finish — **Base**100 copies · Common

Slot Car Thunder Hobbies, Retsy card 0312 in the Holo finish — **Holo**50 copies · Uncommon

Slot Car Thunder Hobbies, Retsy card 0312 in the Laser finish — **Laser**25 copies · Rare

Slot Car Thunder Hobbies, Retsy card 0312 in the Gold finish — **Gold**10 copies · Very rare

Slot Car Thunder Hobbies, Retsy card 0312 in the Super Laser finish — **Super Laser**1 copy · 1 of 1

Slot Car Thunder Hobbies, Retsy card 0312 in the Misprint finish — **Misprint**1 copy · 1 of 1

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