Who else remembers spending hours zooming Matchbox cars around the kitchen table, or living room carpet, creating imaginary races through imaginary courses of cups and pepperpots, and commentating on every bump, spin and roll, as if the whole thing was a live broadcast?
If you do, you’ll love 3Dbotmaker’s YouTube channel, where dozens of toy cars duke it out on special tracks in the hope of being declared diecast racing champion.
Watching each of the superbly made films instantly transports you back to a less complicated time, bringing to life every detail you once relied on your mind to imagine. Because it’s the attention to those details that really amazes in these videos. Each track is set into a fully landscaped background, complete with grass, trees, pit areas and spectators, and each race features proper NASCAR-style commentary complete with jokey banter that makes it feel like you’re watching a genuine televised motorsport event.
The racing is split into three series. There’s the Tournament Series where cars are grouped by manufacturer or theme, with the winners facing off at the end of the year, and there’s a Diecast Rally Championship, where cars compete on a dedicated rally track with jumps, and are given points for passing checkpoints and for how high they can leap.
And finally – and most fascinating of all – there’s the KotM, or King of the Mountain series. This is a competition for modified diecast cars, which are sent in to 3DBotmaker from all over the world. Just as with real racing, the KotM series has strict entry criteria governing weights and dimensions.
If this sounds like fun, but probably a little niche, you might be surprised to learn 3DBotmaker’s channel has 526,000 subscribers and has amassed almost 86 million views. There are even two paid membership options allowing hardcore fans to access exclusive additional, and behind-the-scenes content, and a range of merchandise. Clearly, even in 1:64 scale, racing is a serious business.
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