Hobby Town USA

[geofroley]

Hobbytown doesnt seem to stock too many Tamiya, Aoshima, or Fujimi kits. Atleast that's what I've seen.

[ZoomZoomMX-5]

Originally Posted by geofroley

Hobbytown doesnt seem to stock too many Tamiya, Aoshima, or Fujimi kits. Atleast that's what I've seen.

It depends on the particular store. One here in town carries a ton of Tamiya, Fujimi, and Aoshima kits. Tamiyas are full retail, and the Fujimi and Aoshima kits are all priced between $29.99 and $60.00, the Fujimi kits always ending up the most expensive to the point of being ridiculous...$44.00 for a Honda Civic? Why? When the Lamborghini Murcielago is cheaper??? I refuse to buy Fujimi kits locally, they cost a lot less ordering them over the internet straight from Japan.

[ToyTundra]

hobby town took over my local shop. the prices got better (full retail before) and the seletion is about the same. We have 2. they have the same modeling stuff except one doesn't stock all tamiya colors

[freakmech]

sorry about resurrecting this thread but... i went to a Hobby Town for the first time today. it sucked bad. it was way over priced, especially tools and after-market stuff. the selection was aweful as well. i was very disapointed. my LHS back home is mostly military but it kicked the crap out of this store. i was very excited to go and had $200 to spend. i only bought a Tamiya Lotus Seven ($12), a gb Revell BMW 507 Cabrio ($22), some flocking, and Detail Master Carbon Fiber (not to great either). Normally i walk into a hobby shop with $$$ and i leave oweing someone $$$. Cant wait to get back home to spend the rest at my LHS. its Hub Hobby (hubhobbyshop.com) by the way. they do web sales and can get most every thing you want even if its not on the site. just give them the product # and theyll find it if its in production!!!

[Jay!]

I've been to two in town here in Vegas. What a difference!!

One is stocked to the gills in every department. The car/bike section is about 40 feet wide and piled to the ceiling. They seem to have just had a heavy restock from the asian vendors, as they now have a [Fujimi + Aoshima] to [everything else] ratio of 1:1.

On the other side of town, the HobbyTown is meek. They have maybe 2 dozen [Tamiya + Hasegawa + Revell of Germany kits], tops. They have about 8 shelf-feet of [Revell/Monogram + AMT + Polar Lights] kits. They also have one up-high shelf with one of the weirdest batch of large scale kits I've seen, but the only one I can rememeber is Tamiya's 1/12 240Z. What with AF's Twelfth Scale Fever, I've been eyeing it...

[primera man]

Originally Posted by jay@af

What with AF's Twelfth Scale Fever, I've been eyeing it...

Go on...you know you want it

[99civichic]

Originally Posted by GTmike400

I have to go to hobby town this week, and heres a good reason why I like it.

I need some 5/16" Aluminum Bar. $0.66 from my supplier, and $4 shipping. Where as hobby town its $1.50-$2.00 and $0 for shipping.

You can get stuff like that at any hardware store as well, and it's always neat to walk through those places and see if there's anything else you can use (ie washers for brakes, maybe)

There's a Hobby Town in College Station and it's eh at best. The good thing is that they have styrene, which I bought a lot of when working on the Mustang. The bad news is, they don't carry Tamiya paints. Nobody does in the area. There's a Hobby Town in Ft. Collins, CO, the first one I'd ever heard of, and they had an outrageous selection, tons of tools, paints, etc. The best thing they have in my hometown, Midland TX is a Hobby Lobby and they are pathetic at best. I'd never even heard of Tamiya until moving to Colorado for a year.

[mike@af]

Originally Posted by 99civichic

You can get stuff like that at any hardware store as well, and it's always neat to walk through those places and see if there's anything else you can use (ie washers for brakes, maybe)

Yea, I go through from time to time. But they didnt have any large dia rod.