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    Ax-Man Surplus Stores

    4.6 (93 reviews)
    Open 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

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    John O.

    Worth checking out once for a couple of chuckles. Merch is mostly junk. Driven by Ax-Man on University for years and years. Finally stopped in for the first time last evening. I had no idea what to expect. While it was somewhat amusing browsing the aisles and reading the signs on the bins pitching their wares, I did not make any purchases. Can definitely see this place being cool as shit for many - the vast majority of what they are selling is just not for my tastes. Borrowing from the language on the Ax-Man website: it is full of thing-a-ma-jigs, whatz-its, and doo-dads. Most of it is dirt cheap because it is worthless garbage. Buy 12 pieces of one type of crap, and you get the 13th one for free. I could easily see a hoarder going bankrupt shopping at Ax-Man. The only items that interested me were some of the statues that they had on display, but I did not see any price tags on them. Guessing they would be negotiable if you were seriously interested. I could see putting hip-hop Jeezy in my place of abode as a gag. I'll give you $20 bucks for him - what do you say, Ax-Man?

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    You can find everything you want but don't need! There's a ton of interesting stuff. Gadgets galore!

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    Always amazing abundance of things you never knew you needed for cheap!! Always an entertaining shopping experience.

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    Wish i lived in MN so i could wander these aisles regularly! So much to see, so fun to look at it all!

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    If you build model trains then you know about this place. It's basically the oldest of the old…read moreschool hobby stores. It has pretty much all the stuff you might find in the Walthers catalog for the last several decades. It's the best place to get details in person because they have an entire wall full of them.

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