Aurora Slot Cars Dominated Every Basement in America - Then One Decision Ended All of it

Help us reach our goal of 100,000 Subscribers! 🙏🏼 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@Yestertainment Aurora slot cars smelled like warm copper and cooked varnish, and that smell meant a basement was open for business. Track snapped together on cold concrete, a dad's toolbox within reach, an argument every time about the inside line. Aurora's AFX line hit 45 million dollars in 1976, its best year ever. Nabisco sold it in 1977, and by February 1980 the West Hempstead factory was closed and 2,500 jobs were gone. Nobody explained it to a kid. The skill you built on that track stayed with you. Tell me who handed you your first controller, and what you still have. #slotcars #slotcarracing #documentary #nostalgia #vintageamerica #yestertainment #AuroraAFX #AFXRacing #hobbies Video footage acquired from https://www.youtube.com/@UChsEomzNb6DCyLvVerVfwmA 0:00 The Down Low 1:12 The Best Year Aurora Ever Had 4:08 The Rot Nobody Could See From The Basement 6:12 Nabisco Cuts It Loose 7:08 Who Really Bought Your Slot Car 8:10 The Numbers That Killed The Factory 9:17 February 1980 11:02 What Actually Survived 13:26 The Right Hands