Came in here randomly on a walk down Oak Bay ave. I'm a pretty minimalistic parent and normally…read moreget a bit skeptical of specialty toy stores.... But was pleasantly surprised! High quality brands of toys for reasonable prices. Lots of crafts for various ages. Large selection of dollhouses and accessories. Small book selection, mostly featuring Canadian topics. I even spotted a few gems that I used to play with when I was a kid.

My family and I were eating next door at MexiGo and my 2 daughters really wanted to go in and look…read morearound. My children were waiting patiently for me to clean up our table and were against the window looking in the store. I went to walk in with them and buy them some toys for being good all day. A younger person came and opened the door as I approached and I thought they were going to open the door for us but quite the opposite happened. The person came outside and angrily told my children that they were too close to the glass and needed to back away from the store. I have never seen such terrible treatment of children at a toy store. Seriously? I don't know why anyone would want to buy anything from a place that treats children so poorly.

Great store with a very very helpful staff. They were more than willing to order spray paints for…read moreme they didn't carry in stock and listen to my requests for other supplies. Not to mention having a hobby store in a town our size is definitely a boon. I buy all my supplies there. Paint, spray paint , primer, sand paper ranging from 180-1200, etc...If they stocked military models I doubt I'd go online again. In short I have nothing but great things to say about this store!!!!! Thank You

Great local business. Good service and very helpful. Good…read moreselection of hobbies. Fun to be had

This is my go to store for Weiss Schwarz and other cards. Gotten so many hits and the owner and…read morestaff are absolutely brilliant. I drive over an hour and a half to come here I love it so much. Thanks for being a slick store!

Only had good and helpful experiences here. They had exactly what I was looking for every time I…read morewent in (and upsold me on Star Realms and Pandemic Legacy, both of which I love!) Knowledgeable staff, decent prices and I always prefer to buy from the little guy. Gotta keep these specialty shops going!

Amazing selection for any fellow nerd! a lot of product and friendly community where you can play…read moreTCG! The prices are MSRP and cater to the community. They have limits that ensure a fair chance for everyone to purchase products that are in high demand (Pokemon TCG)

The owner Dan and his Staff are good people, they give a darn about others. I feel valued as a…read morelongtime customer and appreciated as a person. Two out of the last three years I either couldn't make it very early or couldn't make it at all for Free Comic Book Day. The Staff suggested I send a Facebook message listing the titles I really wanted and they would try and set aside copies, and they did both years. I traded in a short box of comics for store credit. Realized of course that they couldn't give me retail value before doing it, but still got more than I was expecting. The amount of titles they stock from large, small and medium publishers alike is impressive. They have fulfilled several special orders I've requested. The Game Room for RPG, card games, etc. is spacious and inviting. Feel pretty fortunate to have this store in my area.

first time coming to the store, I felt like a kid in a candy store. super nice people, and they had…read morewhat I needed. Will definitely be back.

Awesome place for all things RC and collectible. John and all the staff are awesome people. We've…read morepurchased a few Traxxas vehicles from there and they are very helpful with repairs and maintenance.

Two times now I have called the hobby shops around my area, one of which has now gone out of…read morebusiness, and none of them have had the basic replacement part I need for my common RC. Sorry, out of stock on that right now, but we can order it ! Both times I zoomed farther out on Google maps and ended up calling this place. Both times I was told, yeah, we got that. Two road trips in two years and about 24 miles each way each time but needed part in hand in under one hour for me. Both times the price was great too. Thanks you Guys ! You are a gem of a shop with old fashioned service.

Holy crap. This place is so cool. Good scaler course and track outdoors and a ton of great rigs and…read moreparts inside. I could have spent a few hours in there. If you are browsing, it's a lot of digging through stuff. If you know what you're looking for, it's best to ask and get pointed in the right direction. I found interior parts for my TRX4 in stock that I haven't been able to even find online in about a month worth of searching. For the most part, prices are as good as you're going to find online plus they have almost anything you could want as far as ground vehicles go. Don't spend your coin online when you can go to a such a cool local shop. Support your LHS!!! I drove down from Bellingham and it was worth the drive.

This is one of the biggest and most comprehensive hobby shops I have been to in a long, long time…read more These don't exist anymore in NYC, having gone extinct by lack of interest and internet commerce. Supplying many of these hobbies have been relegated to a few shelves in big-box craft shops like Michaels and Hobby Lobby in the US. Once I found Imperial Hobbies on Yelp during our vacation and it was near our hotel, I made my plans. I dropped my wife off for her spa day and this was going to be my spa day ;) The store is in a group of buildings almost at the end of the runway of Vancouver Airport (YVR). If you hang around, you'll see tons of airliners approaching for landings and roaring off on take offs. I just couldn't believe the selection of plastic models of planes, armor, cars and trucks along with complete selections of paint and finishing materials. It's these types of stores that I would spend hours in as a boy, but could only stare wide-eyed because I never had much money back then. But now as an adult with a job and disposable income, I probably would have gone broke if I didn't have to pack everything into my luggage to fly home. The favorable CAD$ to USD$ exchange rate also helped a lot in my shopping. I ended up with a couple of scale plastic model kits and a flying model rocket that are rare, out of production kits or very hard to find, even on-line.

This is absolute heaven IF you're into say tabletop gaming and military modeling , as I highly…read moredoubt there's anywhere else in the Lower Mainland that rivals their collection . However if you're more interested in say action figures or Star Wars collecting then disappointed you will be as what's on offer does seem more like an afterthought . Also their prices are quite a bit more than 'em chains , but tbh I'm just happy that brick and mortar stores like this still exists as they're a slowly dying breed .

Unimpressed. I have been in this store many times over the past few years, and I have always been…read moredisappointed. My first experience with this store was in their old location. I went in with the intention of buying a ready-to-fly airplane, which generally start in the $200 range. Despite wanting to spend that sort of money at a local shop, I was greeted with rude customer service and a total lack of information. A few years later, I went back to purchase an RC 4x4 truck, this time in the $400 range. And despite wanting to spend this sort of money in his shop, the owner (by this time, I have identified the man as the owner) continued to be disprespectful and unhelpful. Not super great for a 'local hobby shop.' Finally, in early 2015, I tried to run in to get a replacement control board and ESC for a quadcopter project I am working on. THEY DON'T HAVE PARTS FOR QUADCOPTERS. I will confess, the gentleman at the front was finally somewhat helpful and actually was able to answer my questions (The owner was in the back working on some project). I was told that I could buy a NEW QUADCOPTER and tear the parts out of that. lolwut?

From the owner: We stock Replacment & Uppgrade Parts for all the Vehicles we sell…read moreWe offer repair service