There is a really good Hobby Town in Las Vegas just NW of the strip. Biggest one I’ve gone too. Had a large selection of kits and even a good selection of Mr Hobby supplies.
Just out of curiosity, does anyone know what and where the biggest hobby store in the U.S. is? I’ve seen a lot of shops that bill themselves as “the biggest store in the Midwest!” or “Largest shop in the tri-state area” but I’m curious what the largest store in the country is.
Eric
nope, you’re thinking “Mony Mony”!
Chuck,
I’ve been to that store in Kennesaw, GA. Pretty awesome place. I’d have to say it has to be one of the biggest hobby shops in the country.
Maj Mike,
Have you been to the HobbyTown off of Austin Hwy in SA? Its been a couple of years since I’ve been there, but they had a pretty large selection of everything, Plastic, RC, Model RR. Lots of good paint and weathering supplies too. Picked up a pretty new DML kit and some Mig weathering supplies last time I was there. Its not like some HobbyTowns where the stock is all at least ten years old.
These places are very hit and miss. As Doogs said, the ones in Austin are pretty much a joke, as they try to have just a little bit of everything, but they have no depth of selection in any of their areas. Their model RR sections are worse than Michaels or Hobby Lobby, and their selection of plastic is only slighty better than these. I only stop in if I need something basic like a magazine or some MM paint, otherwise I try to give all my business to King’s (awesome store, btw).
Jeff
We have a Hobby Town here in the Lehigh Valley… its nothing to do a backflip over. They have a semi-ok selection of kits, some paints, glue’s etc.
Anything “special” = internet
I shopped the one on Loop 410 and Jackson-Keller. I’ll check on the Austin Highway store.
Thanks for the hint.
There was a Hobbytown here, but about a year after they opened, Hobby Lobby built their store in the same strip mall, about 300 feet away… B’bye Hobbytown USA…
No H.T. here in River City but the Michaels & Hobby Looby I’ve already picked over. As stated many times before, I use my local hobby store Major Art & Hobby for all my supplies and most kits (they’ll order them and discount for me) but out of run kits I have to use the Bay.
Just another update from the road trip. Fargo was a bust but there are two very good ones in Minneapolis.
Hub Hobby Center and Scale Model supplies. Scale is down in a basement and is very old school. large selection of plastic kits and also a large RR section if you’re inclined. Way in the back they have a partially assembled 1/350th Tamiya Enterprise that I’m sure you could make an offer on. Not so far done that a skilled builder couldn’t finish it up.
I looked for that store when I was in Vegas back in March and could not find it. Those streets around the Strip are a nightmare for me. If you make a wrong turn you can’t just “go around the block and try again”.