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# Flexible Toy Car Tracks
Lionel's Mega Tracks Create Courses for Cars That Defy Gravity

By Laura McQuarrie | Published 2016-02-22 | Life-Stages
Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mega-tracks
References: [toyland.gizmodo](http://toyland.gizmodo.com/lionel-has-turned-the-classic-model-train-set-into-a-ra-1756521926) & [lionel](http://www.lionel.com/)

At the [New York Toy Fair](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/new-york-toy-fair) this year, Lionel revealed 'Mega Tracks,' a futuristic car toy for kids.

Lionel is a company with hundreds of years of history and a reputation for making model railroads and train-related toys. Its newest product, the Mega Tracks Corkscrew Chaos Master Set diverts from tradition by trading locomotives for spaceships and allowing kids to create gravity-defying courses for toy vehicles. The system consists of two main pieces: a bendable single-rail TwisTrack and a series of clamps that provide support to the whole unit. Once everything is in place, the racing car can be controlled by kids using a [wireless controller](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ai-powered-racing).

Unlike many other [toy car track sets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/race-track-desk), this one is not rigid and does not limit the number of configurations that toys can successfully run on.

## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter)

- Score: 4.2/10
- Popularity: 65% | Activity: 52% | Freshness: 8%
- Audience gender: 90% men, 10% women
- Primary generations: Gen Z, Gen Alpha
- Top markets: North America

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## Key Themes

### Key Themes Behind This Trend

- **Flexible Toy Car Tracks:** Opportunity for developing customizable and dynamic toy car tracks that allow kids to create gravity-defying courses.
- **Gravity-defying Courses:** Potential for creating innovative toy courses that defy gravity, offering unique and thrilling play experiences for children.
- **Wireless Control:** Opportunity to develop toy car tracks with wireless controllers, providing enhanced control and interactivity for kids.

### Where This Applies

- **Toy Industry:** Disruptive innovation opportunity for the toy industry to create customizable and dynamic toy car track sets.
- **Entertainment Industry:** Potential for the entertainment industry to incorporate gravity-defying toy courses into TV shows, movies, and theme park attractions.
- **Technology Industry:** Opportunity for the technology industry to develop advanced wireless control systems for interactive toy car tracks.

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