I can’t believe the myriad of things that I saw at Hobby Lobby today! There are actual kits of watch, and clock gears for “Steam Punk” effects on models. The doll house furniture, and accessories were ultra-cool too! It took me a while to take it all in, but the Hobby Lobby in my town is like 10 hobby stores in one! I couldn’t believe my eyes. My mom picked me up from school as she had to take my uncle to the orthepedist, and he wanted to go to Hobby Lobby afterwards - boy I’m glad he did! I’ve only been there one other time. It was only for about a minute. I wish I could tell of all the things I saw while I was there, but most of it was what you can see just about anywhere including Micheals, or Joann Fabrics. There were wood kits, and coloured popcicle sticks of all sizes. They even had tiny PARASOLS for drinks! I was blown away by the offerings of everything relating to creative hobbies.
Someone here asked about making a realistic tree, or trees for a dioramam - well they have flocking for it that you can glue directly to an old branch from your yard! Use a small maple tree branch with this stuff glued to it. This would make a nice item to make brush of all types. There were SO VERY MANY things to remember - not just wonderful things with tiny parts for dioramas, and supplies, but also tools to do it with. Everything was 40% off the original price with a hot pink sticker on it. Very cool things including a stainless steel straight edge that I can cut STRAIGHT lines with now instead of the usual somewhat wavy ones that I’ve been cutting from balsa!
Unfortunately my mother, and uncle were already gone when I got up to the check out lane. I looked out the door, and she was getting ready to get in the truck!I wish that we had more time to look around - we both agreed the we could spend HOURS just looking! We went across the way to white trash mart (wally world) to get something for the kitties to use in the box, and some other stuff. I found an even longer straight edge - 3’ for under five bucks! Don’t get me wrong, Hobby Lobby has some great stuff, but some of their prices can be a little salty depending on what you buy. Either way, check it out when you have about three hours to spend on looking at everything in the store. You’ll be glad you did!
Couldn’t agree more! Hobby Lobby is a very dangerous place to be. It’s like going to a hardware store. You’re surrounded by things that you’re not sure if you need them but you’re pretty darned sure you could INVENT a need for them. Lots of good stuff from especially for diorama ideas. As a rule, I don’t even build dioramas but I have created a couple thanks in no small part to the items I’ve found at Hobby Lobby.
So many things…never enough 40% coupons!
By the way, my local Michael’s craft store has the very same effect on me.
As of now, the closest Hobby Lobby is a 40-minute drive away, in Wilson. But a new shopping center, with a BIG Hobby Lobby in it, is under construction about five blocks from our house. Yow.
Hobby Lobby will never replace the old-fashioned local hobby shop - but it’s a lot better than nothing.
I am so so on Hobby Lobby. Their kit selection is quite limited, although I have gotten a handfull of good deals at 40% off. And they have a reasonable selction of items like paint brushes, oil paints, etc. that you do not find at your tradtional model hobby shops so that I can expand my horizons in those directions. What I really like them for is when you think outside the box and get stuff from other hobby areas to apply here in this hobby.
Meh… Hobby Lobby doesn’t have the best selections in kits, paints and supplies. It’s always the same things every time I stop in. Sure, I’ll pick up some supplies and rarely an occassional kit with a 40% coupon. Other than that, it’s nothing to write home about.
Seriously Aaron? With all due respect but how does the OP’s posting about his findings at Hobby Lobby warrants a religious/political thread to be closed? Not one person mentioned anything about religion or politiics in their responses. Just saying…
Then the store that I go to in my town must be the mega-store of Hobby Lobby - it’s HUGE! It has over 100,000 + feet of space with everything you can possibly name including candy, magazines, everything for the home to make it look like home! I know that the assortment of model kits isn’t great, and it isn’t going to be since everyone is into video games these days.
No Sir - it was getting out of hand. One of the members here went all out to make it a personal blood fest. PM sent. Whenever something like this happens I wish that you could delete posts in your own thread that you find objectionable. I reported this thread since I felt that it was being dragged down with cynism, and unwarranted comments that aren’t the subject that I was hoping to share.
I like going into Hobby Lobby…yeah it does have a slightly low availability of kits and paints. But with what you can find, and the 40% discount on a $40.00 kit is pretty nice. Plus it allows me to look over all the Model Master paints to really see how they look. Also, they have all the items needed to do a water diorama there. For the most part it is a great place to look and shop.
On a side note: Yes, seeing a squirrel playing a harmonica and tapping his foot made my day [:D]
We have a Hobby Lobby that size too that caters to a wide variety of crafters. Floral arrangement, candy making, quilters, crochet/knitting/sewing, jewlery making, artists, science related toys, small unfinished furniture, doll house builders, etc… As I said, nothing I get excited over nor it has the greatest selection in models and supplies-wise. All HL are pretty much the same.
I stopped in the Hobby Lobby in Wilson (40 miles from home) the other day. The kit selection hadn’t changed much from the last time I was there (several months ago), but it did have a few of the Round 2 Models reissues of old Lindberg kits. I picked up the ex-Lindberg, ex-Inpact Avro Biplane. Really nice kit. And it comes with a jigsaw puzzle inside the box. I don’t know whether that will drive up sales, but maybe my grandsons will like it.
As for paint, that particular store has Testor’s Modelmaster enamels and a limited selection of Valejo. No Modelmaster acrylics. But a wonderful selection of brushes (in the art supplies section). I suspect the amount of merchandise varies from Hobby Lobby to Hobby Lobby - but I don’t know that for a fact.
Me too! I don’t remember where I saw this, but when I did I just had to have it! I thought whoever made this worked hard on it, and I haven’t seen anything like it since, so I try to put this in my signature everywhere I’m a member.
I guess that it depends on your demographic - here there aren’t kits that I’d find interesting, but they DO have a fair amount of military, sci-fi, and civilian vehicles available in the modeling section. As far as modeling tools go their selection is far greater than Joann Fabrics, or Micheals. I find all kinds of things useful for modeling - you just have to be creative! You can use jewlers’ pliers to keep from leaving dents, or mishapening parts since they have a smooth finish edge for grabbing. There are also other tools, and supplies that you can use - not just what Testors, and a few other model tool companies suggest. Maybe this will help?
This is a website that I found quite some time ago. I was hoping to post it in another memebers’ thread, but I couldn’t remember the name. I just found it again tonight. Here you can find a lot of oldies, and goodies! I know that the price isn’t great on some of these kits, but other than evilbay you can go here to find something that you’ve either had back in the day, and wished you still had, or could have now. Most of these are original, and complete, and some are reissues from the nineteen nineties. Keep in mind that these are mostly VERY RARE kits from the day when they were first made, and offered to the public. Take a look around - you’ll see what I mean. Enjoy!
I’ve been checking that site at least once a day for years. I’ve only bought one kit there, but the site is always a ticket for a nice nostalgia trip.
It doesn’t deal strictly with plastic kits. The wood ship and boat section shows some interesting kits from as far back as the twenties. And one of these days I just may cave in and order one of those famous stick-and-tissue kits from Cleveland Models.
I generally use oldmodelkits as a second or third reference when I’m answering a question about the origin of a kit. For the same reason I look at scalemates.
I’ve only ever bought one kit there. To me it’s a collector site.
Not to be a jerk, but comparing Hobby Lobby to Michaels or Joann’s is kind of like comparing In-N-Out to MacDonalds or Burger King.
I think they’ve pretty much put a stake in the heart of the few remaining LHS around, but that’s been coming for a while. I find everything I could ever need online.