TCR… Total Control Racing

TCR (Total Control Racing) was a popular brand from the Ideal toy company in the late 1970s up to the mid 1980s. TCR used small ‘Matchbox’ scale racing vehicles on a slotless track. Vehicle sets included Formula 1, Super Trucks, vans, and a cool The Dukes of Hazzard set plus others. Often there was a ‘drone’ vehicle included in sets known as a ‘jam vehicle’ which served as an obstacle for the racing vehicles to overtake.

France. Pif Gadget. 1983.

TCR. France. Pif Gadget. 1983.

France. Pif Gadget. 1982.

TCR. France. Pif Gadget. 1982.

France. Pif Gadget. 1982.

TCR. France. Pif Gadget. 1982.

TCR Super Camions. France. 1980s.

TCR ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ error ‘Starsky and Hutch’ set. France. 1980s.

Detail. TCR Dukes of Hazzard / Starsky and Hutch error.

TCR. France. Pif Gadget. 1981.

TCR. France. Pif Gadget. 1981.

TCR Hamleys cat 1983

TCR Mountain Hazard advertised along with a non TCR slot car set The Professionals. UK. Hamleys Catalogue. 1983.

US. Weird War Tales. 1979.

TCR. US. Weird War Tales. 1979.

France. Pif Gadget. 1979.

TCR. France. Pif Gadget. 1979.

Denmark. Anders. 1979.

TCR. Denmark. Anders. 1979.

TCR. Ets De Neuter catalogue page. 1995. France.