I dont “avoid” a certain aisle of subject. You never gonna know what you’re gonna find that piques your interest.
Now THAT’S funny!! [:D[ [proplr] [t$t]
Of the two shops I frequent most, there’s no real way to avoid subjects that don’t really interest me. One shop has magazines and publications on the side of one aisle and aircraft above them and on the other side of the aisle. Next aisle over has cars, armour and some naval stuff on one side and die cast and a bit of sci fi on the other side of the aisle. At the top of this aisle is the bargain bin. Next aisle has building / diorama supplies on one side and the train / railroad stuff along the wall at the back of the store. When you walk in, the front of the store contains the new releases and then left of that is games, puzzles and adult colouring stuff. To the left of the aisles note above is the paint, decal and hardware (brushes, compressors, tools) section. You can ignore what doesn’t interest you but you can’t get around without seeing it.
The other store is a giant open space, for all intents and purposes. It’s well laid out but you have to pass displays, tools, paints etc, to get to the models and then pass the cars, armour, naval and sci fi stuff to get to the airplanes at the back of the store.
Doesn’t bother me though. It’s nice to have four big stores in the city that one can get their kits and supplies.
The ACE Hardware store nearby has an R/C hobby vendor inside, he’s closing down end of next month so must go to the HobbyTown store “down the hill” from me for Humbrol & Testors paints, other hobby supplies as well. If they and Viking Hobby in Sacramento close I’ll have to buy off the Internet, not worth traveling half a day to buy one 1/4 ounce bottle of anything though used to do that when I was younger whenever that was!
Im like most of the other guys here. Nothing that I try to avoid, but I pay no mind to a few areas of Brookhurst… The pre built stuff, the civvy cars, and the gamer stuff… the areas I make a beeline for? The clearance area and the new releases…
Hi Bill ;
I bet we passed by each other in the store .The only Hobby Shop I know of on Ocean Avenue is where Franciscan Hobbies was . It’s too bad they closed . But they did have a long run .
Now before I left the " Golden State " I bough much of my Hobby Supplies from the Former " Rara Avis " Trains . The new " Just Trains" re-opened in the same place in Concord and I went there for scratch Building and Paint supplies .
Joan was a sweetheart . And she and I worked together to get ships and boats on her Train layout in the store . I built the ships and she paid in materials and stuff . Great arrangement for both of us .
Oho !
Now that’s something I cannot do . I have to look at it all . Armor for instance . I don’t build a lot of it , But I use the kits for parts on small boat models like Coast Guard Cutters and Salvage Vessel models .
I sometimes avoid the Consignment aisle because I know I will spend money I shouldn’t .
Wish we had a LHS. Best we have is a Hobby Lobby and Micheal’s.
We may have. Yes, Franciscan Hobbies. I just didn’t want to name names, but I went there for years. Don in the train department was a good friend. He used to pull the oldies for me from consignment lots, like old Mantua kits.
I never got to meet the Owner Bill, but I knew his son John pretty well. They limped along with their RC cars for awhile. There’s a big market for that out in the Sunset, but I think most of those kids grew up and got real rice rockets.
It was the kind of hobby store that got a lot of customers, but not much sales.
Bill
Hi Bill ;
Yeah , I did better when I called them from Antioch ( Bethel Island .) and special ordered something I would call in a week ." Yep , it’s here " And send a bank money order to them and the post office would bring it up to my office in the Marina in about three days . It had to go to Sacramento first , of course ! T.B.
As someone who has also recently lost their LHS, I also wish I had an aisle to avoid ! But when it did exist, it was the RC aisle. (I got 2 x choppers and 2 x buggies already, plenty for me and the grandson)
I walk past the scale trains and Warhammer/Sci-fi stuff. I liked trains as a kid, but there’s no way I would have the time or space to devote to this hobby.
It’s the sewing and beed stuff …games.
My LHS has RC /boats…but never the warbird plains that im interested in …there more RC cars and such …my wife goes one way and i go the other …in my work travels…ie …big cities ill hunt down there hobby store for hard to find stuff like paints and other supplies…nearess city is vancouver…over 8 hours away