The overall vibe here is amazing. Everyone is super welcoming. The shop owner and the regulars are…read morevery helpful and answered all of the questions I had.

Great for Mini Z cars and parts . Very knowledgeable and great customer service. Friendly…read moreenvironment and fun place to race your Mini-Z

Well I have had good experiences until today, and Blake made sure I would never return. GOOD JOB…read moreDUDE EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR AWARD! You see I live over 2 hours away and I work up there sometimes every few weeks. I usually go in and spend 200-300 bucks usually. There are 2 1/32 Scale Kitty Hawk F-5E Tiger II model kits. One had been there for awhile and had a price tag of 129. The other was alot newer and had a much newer price tag if 129. One new one old, same price. I grabbed the older one because I preferred the markings. It rang up at 179. So the nice red haired fella behind the counter asked for a hand, enter BLAKE EMPLOYEE BADASS OF THE YEAR! Well thats been there a few years we havent updated the tag to the new price. Well Blake there is a newer one with a new tag that also says 129. Well we havent updated the tags and they've been there for a few years, can't do anything about it. Well it can stay for a few more years Blake, Ill pass. This is after I had bought a 65 dollar kit earlier, and was buying another kit and a ton of weathering supplies. I paid for my other kit and weathering supplies, but BIG BADASS BLAKE EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR, made sure I will NEVER step foot into this store again. You see Blake, dishonorable actions have consequences. You decided not to honor the price displayed, and had not one slight willy of an F to give about your customer. Well Blake, what did that cost the store? How about a customer who spends several hundred dollars each visit. Who's wife was getting ready to. My a 300+ Dollar Gundam as a Christmas gift for our son. A customers son who was getting ready to buy a 500 dollar RV Tank for his mom. Another son that wanted a ride up to buy a 300 dollar RC and 300 bucks worth of kits. I sure hope you learn your lesson before you open your own business, or you wont be open very long treating customers like that. Further I hope you learn your lesson before you drive all the rest of your bosses customers away. Oh yes I have been a loyal hobbytown customer for over 30 years, From Portland to Bremeerton, and in other states. Been a long time shopper and have spent tens of thousands of dollars in Portland. Again, SUPERB job Blake. You won the drive the customer away forever award today by not honoring a price and telling a customer too bad.

I was ready to give up on my grandsons RC and these kind folks helped me with great patience. They…read moreeven helped on some maintenance and technical issues, made my day as I was able to get grandson back to RC'ing.

High quality. Groovy materials. Excellent customer service. No fascist politics…read more People are always happy and nice.

I like Michael's and while my mom and I were doing acrylic painting together one day, we went…read moreshopping to buy more canvas and paint. She lives in the boondocks so we came here. They had a lot of neon acrylic paint but didn't have much to choose from in regular colors; a lot of the skus were sold out. When we were checking out, we went to separate registers as the store was busy. I found out after we left we had different experiences at checkout. While the cashier that helped my mom was really nice to her and even went out of her way to have someone get some push pins for her, the cashier helping me was the total opposite. I've been receiving coupons from Michael's via email for years. When I told the cashier I had a coupon and started to look for it on my phone, she told me they don't send coupons out to customers that way. I said yes, they do and asked her to wait until I got the coupon up on my phone to scan it. She then told me the total and asked me to pay without waiting for the coupon. I then saw my mom waiting for me so I paid and left. I won't be coming back here.

Avalon Comics and Games is now Kitsap Comics and Games. I had an arrangement with the previous…read moreowner to bring in my comic books to sell today. I didn't know that the business had changed hands, and I showed up with my heavy boxes of comic books that I had heaved into my car to bring there. The new owner wasn't interested in buying any more comics, but he honored the previous owner's arrangement, and bought my comic books from me anyway. I told him that I understood and that I wasn't angry, but he came in early just to look over my comic books and buy them in order to honor an agreement that wasn't even his. While he was looking them over, I looked around the store, and they have a nice selection of comics and memorabilia. It's definitely worth a visit.

Meh. Used to have a…read morehalf dozen short boxes of Silver and Bronze Age books at the counter, haven't seen them for 3 years. A handful of slabbed modern "keys" and variants behind the counter - occasionally an actual key, but overpriced. New comic racks guarantee nothing better than a 9.4. No bags and boards for new comics, and to remove a book, you have to bend it. Last time I was there, there were aisles of loose new books, mostly modern variants and stuff that hasn't sold. Lots of toys and figures, if you're into that. Good selection of old filler Copper books for your runs in the back issue bins. Maybe worth a peek once a year, maybe if they moved out of the mall, they could lower their prices and give the new issue racks 2" of vertical space to preclude getting new books in VF/NM.

No Pokemon boosters in stock today. Lots of other stuff. Wish they had a bigger Pokemon inventory.read more

This is a pretty new LSG in Lakewood. Every time I've been, I've had a pleasant experience. They…read moredon't usually have pokemon stuff I am looking for, but since I had time to burn I decided to pick up 2 packs of Mega Evolutions and do a pack battle with my son. And guess what!!! I pulled my chase for the set!!!!

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

I needed to find a few things to put in Christmas stockings, as well as a game that those gathering…read morefor our festivities could play. I happened to be having a lunch at the Mexican restaurant next door and chose to walk into this business after I finished my lunch just because they were there. I've eaten at the restaurant next door many times and I've never thought about going into this toy store in the past. They have a lot of fun things in the store. Probably something for everyone in basic kinds of games. I settled on a puzzles as well as a Trivia game. They had a really good special going on where you could buy a puzzle and get 1 for 50% off. However, I didn't take advantage of that because I just wanted the one puzzle. The store had quite a few shoppers in, and was a bit congested. Good for the business, and expected this time of year. But, I actually was in-and-out of the store so fast that I did not spend enough time to assess all of their offerings in order to have made a really good judgment. I'm very happy they were there to support my last minute Christmas game shopping need for my family and friends.

When my 3 year old and I entered the store, we were asked what we were looking for. I said we were…read moreChristmas shopping. There was a small table with a stool next to a tower of cars. My son immediately was drawn to the cars and put a few on the table to look at them. I was looking around the store at things I could buy my son and also for anything that might delight my husband. The woman working, went over and started snatching the cars from the table my child was at. He had placed six cars on the table top. I came back over and told my son to help put the cars back and that he could only look at one at a time. I sat in the adult chair at the table and asked him which car he liked the best. (I was going to buy him one along with a Playmobil Pirates set.) The woman came back and asked if we were ready to leave. She had a horrible attitude and said that children are not welcome AT ALL TOY STORE. I cannot imagine a worse attitude for retail, let alone being a toy store so unwelcoming and rude to children. We left immediately without purchasing what we had planned to buy and as I was buckling my son into his car seat, the woman (she was older with a bad blonde dye job) had the audacity to stand at the door of the shop scowling. Never again.

They have a massive selection. From sports cards to the most popular TCGs. They are the most…read morewelcoming card shop I've ever been to by far but not overwhelming. Very reasonable prices as well. I'll absolutely be going back!!

Love this place! First time in today and i will never go back to any other card shops! Great…read moreprices, lots of graded cards, lots of packs to rip! The staff is amazing here and make feel at home. I recommend this place to everyone! 10/10 will be back i also ripped some cards in shop and got some cool cards!

Came here on a rainy Sunday to see what it was all about. You can submit to PSA through them!…read more My main niche interest is in pokemon but they do have sports cards and other tcg cards. As I browsed inside someone was willing to answer a bunch of my beginner questions on grading, how I might go about the process and such and also gave me room to browse around when I thanked them for the info and said I wanted to just look around. The shop is pretty popular, there were about at least 7 people in there with me at all times. I bought a graded 1st gen pokemon card and did so without really price checking because I needed a slab of some sort for my own purposes. When I went home later and checked the prices on it, it was market price which was a pleasant feeling to know I didn't get ripped. Definitely would come back here to make purchases regarding tcg and to do any PSA submissions.

Decent card shop with pokemon cards, sport cards, and etc. If youre looking for sealed pokemon…read moreproducts, they'll have a decent amount of those. However, definitely above market price. The don't have many single cards displayed. Some of them are nice, but not that many interesting ones. The service can be slow when there's multiple customers. The place did smell like sweat, which I definitely did not enjoy.

I was really looking forward to visiting East Side Trains because my son loves trains. His birthday…read moreis coming up, and I wanted to see which items grabbed his attention so I could plan something special. Unfortunately, the experience was extremely disappointing. From the moment we walked in, the staff completely ignored us. No greeting, no acknowledgment, not even a glance. I watched them welcome and gladly assist every older white couple who came in, but we were treated like we did not belong there. It felt uncomfortable and honestly a little shocking. This is something my son and I truly enjoy together, and I spend thousands of dollars each year on Lionel VisionLine and MTH Premier Line pieces along with other premium train collectibles. I came in ready to support this store, but after the way we were treated, I will not be spending a single dollar here again. No one offered help the entire time we were looking around, and the only interaction we had was at checkout. I am sharing this because people should know what kind of experience they might have here. For me, it was unwelcoming and disappointing, and I will be taking my business to places that treat every customer with respect.

Friendly, knowledgeable people.Great selection of trains and related items. My grandson (and his…read moredad and grandpas) had a great time shopping here.