Had a good conversation about hockey cards with the owner. Nice guy. No pressure to purchase.read more

Small but great store. Owner is a sweet man and helpful would def recommend for sports fansread more

Great card shop! Good selection on all the popular stuff and a decent selection for niche stuff!read more

Knowledgeable staff also very friendly and welcoming. Good selection of rc and static models…read more Also lots of paint and tools. Highly recommended

This shop is an easy five star based on their inventory, staff knowledge and overall great…read moreatmosphere to shop in. Willis Hobbies has been around MIneola since 1949. Not only have they been a fabric of the community but they always show their commitment to Mineola through their participation in Village events. If you can think of it.... You'll find it here. Plenty of electric cars, models (that go up to 2,000 pieces), lots of model trains and trains-accessories. The beauty of the shop is that the team here are experts. Depending what you're looking for will determine who you speak with. There is value shopping in a store that understands your needs and advices you accordingly. They always set up race cars at the MIneola Street to become more involved and engaged with the residents. In summation... there are good people here. KUDOs top the team at Willis Hobbies.

Dan is extremely knowledgeable,helpful and great. Shop is clean,organized,and carries just about…read moreeverything.

Such an amazing experience , at this super cool comic book shop .... Highly recommend . Was treated…read morein a fair friendly professional way while selling a KISS comic book of my husbands ( PS framing these as art is a unique gift ) . Thank youuuu

First red flag is they don't put prices on the items in the store, they overcharge a large amount…read moreon the few items they have -- we understand you have to make a living but it's insane up charge, another red flag is they won't share prices over the phone. They have decent prices on older Japanese cards no one wants -- if that's what you like go for it. I have never seen a person of color on staff. They had a sweet older white gentlemen and we never saw him again after months. It's important to hire people of color because it makes people of color more comfortable in the store. I would not recommend this location to family and friends unless I wanted to be overcharged and want to do several price checks during a visit. Just be more transparent and honest and hire more people that look like New York, and loosen up on the prices. That may even help more foot traffic in the store -- it's feels explosive and predatory. They have a sports section. I don't know anything about that and have no exposure to that world in the store but wouldn't be surprised if it fits the same pattern.

I really think this an amazing card store. The service is amazing. The workers are very, very nice…read moreand extremely helpful. They even gave me a discount on one of my card packs. Very very nice. This selection was amazing. value in the card packs is great. They have no scrapes no cuts nothing. Also, they are giving out free packs on December 20. Also a very nice deed. I suggest if you're looking for cards you should go to filthbomb!

The Arena is honestly the best place to go to for anything game related it mainly specializes in…read moremagic the gathering but it also has a friendly atmosphere where you can play video-games, come after work or school eat and hangout. The store has a small Dungeons and dragons community and are very eager to welcome more groups. They are very OK with customers bringing pets as long as they are well trained, but the best part of the store are the two owners Francis and Bryan. They are extremely passionate hobbyist and strive to improve month to month and are dedicated to satisfy and welcome both old and new customers. The thing that annoys me the most, is people sometimes review this store harshly without giving the place time of day and my main goal with this review is simply to state this place is a store that brings communities together and deserves much more attention.

I drop off my son to this place for a video tournament event. The moment he saw it from outside ,…read morehe claimed that it is a very small place for gamers like them. When we walked in, he asked right away if how much many in numbers attendees are showing up for an event like this and asked if there is room enough for everyone. The associate said that they have their basement ready just in case it gets over crowded . Good plan b option when I heard the response. I stayed for few seconds to looked around but didn't stay long for there is really no room for watchers. They are selling video game accessories and seems they are prepared to hold an event. When I picked up my son after hours of gaming, he didn't mentioned much about the place but more of the event. Sounds like this place knows how to handle a real tournament . We might not come back for it is really far from where we are from. The means of commuting is not a good option for my son and his friends( we are from queens county btw) .

I called yesterday inquiring about getting an appraisal for some items that I own. I spoke to…read moreWarren , the owner. I went there today to see him. He appraised all of my items for no charge. I had no problem paying for the appraisal. He did it for no charge. He helped me a lot and answered all of my questions.I thought that was very generous of him. Warren was very knowledgeable, professional and courteous. He has a great shop with all kinds of sports memorabilia including some non sport stuff. I definitely recommend going to his shop.

Great collection of sports, political, and celebrity memorabilia. They also do charity fund…read moreraising auctions. This place is a must see to check out he thousands of items. You'll be sure to find something very special.

I was going down to Long Island. I remembered my friend Glenn told me all about this record store…read more It was in Mineola not far away from where I was going to Manhasset New York. Hard to get parking on the street in front of the record store. There's a few spots, but I went around to a parking lot around back behind where the hardware store in diner are. I went and it was pretty busy even on a Tuesday at around 1:15 PM. I was impressed how well organized the store was clean looking too. One of the employees notice me and said "may I help you" I said I was just looking around. I see how it's organized with the CDs and DVDs. He said in the back of the vintage records and cassettes . Everything was laid out very nicely and organized well. Lots and lots of DVDs Blu-ray discs lots and lots of CDs. Many many records as well. Prices looked great on the DVDs. Somewhere $.99 dollar $.99 $2.99 TV box sets also inexpensive. Very good prices on The Records as well. CDs as well but I didn't look at too many of them. I really wanted to check out the cassette section. They had two big sections of cassettes both of them. You had to ask one of the employees to open up the sliding doors. Except for one section with folk cassettes, and some Grateful Dead live cassettes. Immediately picked out about 10 folk cassettes . Pete seger Bonnie Raitt. The letterman, etc.. I went up to the front and told the guy to please unlock the cassette area. Lots of rock and pop from A-to-Z. Most prices were $.99 $1.99. $2.99 $3.99. Some more hard to get ones were $4.99 $6.99. Anyway, I picked up well over 30 tapes. Definitely some I haven't seen before on cassette others. I wanted to get, but were a little pricey in other stores. I told the guy was ready at the front and he came back to lock the area where all the cassettes were. He said wow you got quite a collection of tapes there. He helped carry up a bunch of them. I left them at the counter for them to start pricing. They said thank you for helping clear out some of the cassettes. Maybe not that many people get cassettes anymore. But I still have a cassette deck in my Lincoln town car. As well as a nice couple of boxes, walkmans and a nice tape deck for my stereo system hi-fi system Lots of good CDs. I looked at while they were checking out the tapes The employees were very friendly. I talked to them as they were finishing ringing up the tapes they gave me a punchcard and I got five punches. They told me the stores been there for 40+ years. I'll have to go back and look through the CDs and DVDs next time I go down there. I would definitely recommend this record store. Everything is clean, not dusty or musty laid out very nicely and clearly. There are fantastic deals here. Be careful you might spend too much money and go home with a load of stuff.

Not the friendliest atmosphere or the cleanest. It's the…read moremedia equivalent of a thrift store. You might find something neat here or there but for those wondering why they are called Mr. Cheapo, it's likely because of the experience selling items to the store. Not pleasant, they will lowball you to less than 10% of the value of your item, hem and haw about how they won't be able to sell it for much, then list it for way way way more than they told you they would. I come here if I'm bored and need to kill some time but it's never a fun experience really.