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4.0 (4 reviews)
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The Battle Standard Tabletop Game & Hobby

The Battle Standard Tabletop Game & Hobby

4.3(24 reviews)
2.1 mi
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Wow, what a gaming store! I remember I used to love how…read moretheir old location felt, but their new location feels like it should be the benchmark for gaming stores in CT. I LOVE their private gaming spaces and the ambiance of the place is always so neat. This is how an EPIC gaming store should be.

I'll start by saying that this space is genuinely good. It's clean and well kept, the employees are…read morepleasant, and the food is good and convenient. My friends and I go 2-4 times a month to play commander. There's a table pass system in which you spend $10 and get a voucher that lets you stay and play and can be exchanged for $10 off of a purchase. This is fair and we've never had a problem with this. We typically end up spending ~$20-$30 each when we come and play anyway (more when we buy sets). The problem is how this voucher is limited in its use. My friend and I wanted to split a pizza, but were told we couldn't use our vouchers together in one order. A whole pizza here is $24, which is already fairly high priced; but because we had to do separate orders for a half pizza each we ended up spending $32 total for a whole pizza. Quite frankly, it's exploitative and greedy. Until this policy changes, our group will be playing elsewhere for our weekly magic. UPDATE: The owner's response to this was to explain the entire business model and how if he let customers spend their $10 voucher however they wanted, he would have to charge double that for people to play there, and then force people to get a $20 voucher on top of that. Well Jared, I may not be able to understand the mental gymnastics it takes to justify extortion of your customers, but I can see greed when it appears. I will not be feeding this greedy toad and would not recommend anyone else does. (:

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R/C Madness

R/C Madness

4.8(13 reviews)
4.9 mi
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Decided that for Christmas, I needed a hobby. Was…read moreinterested in remote control cars, and did a little reading first. I decided I really didn't want a drone, because gravity can multiply a failure at that height. Looked at race cars, but didn't like the fact that they travelled fast and room was needed. Decided to get crawlers, which are 4X4's and space wasn't needed. So we started to check places out. Went to a toy store, and nothing they had looked like it would survive any type of off roading. Did a yelp search and found this place. Went there, not knowing what to expect and we were surprised. Place looks like it once was a packages building turned warehouse. Walked in and first thing you see is this super-sized race track with cars going fast. Found the sales counter in the back and waited almost an hour for our turn. Place was extremely busy. Finally it was my turn. Told them what I was looking for and what I wanted to spend. He came back with $500+ model of a new Bronco. Took it out and now I understand why the price. Best way to describe it would be to say it was a full size Bronco shrunk to 1/6 scale. Real differentials, drive shafts, full suspension and so on. Anyway clerk was so helpful with me, a100% rookie. This is the place to go if you want quality items and full service.

This place is a pretty cool place. From the last time we've been here it has grown so much. This…read moreis the place for all your RC dreams. From newbies to experts this place has it all. All ages can come to. build, race, learn about all things RC or just spectate. It's pretty cool even for me who has nothing to do with any of this. My husband and kids loves this kind of thing. It's less expensive from actually building your own human size car. Lol. They have indoor and out door ranges and a little quarter mile track. As well as a rock climbing track.

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Most Excellent Comics & Gaming

Most Excellent Comics & Gaming

3.9(14 reviews)
5.3 mi

My nephew introduced me to this shop a while back, and while it's a small drive from where I live,…read moreit's easily my #1 go-to place for everything Pokemon and general geek-grabbiness. I can only conclude that they applied for every scientific grant available to the public, as only a team of 12+ scientists armed to the teeth with quantum physics doctorates could come up with the tech requirements involved in microinjecting every atomic molecule in the place with geekgamosity, as this shop demonstrates it HAS, in fact, achieved for itself. Overinvolved descriptors and joking aside, there's nothing like a comic and collectible shop owned by people who have a true love for it all to go to. It's not uncommon for a newbie in a game/first time customer to feel a bit out of their depth, especially when a lot of gaming shops are prone to, um... having an 'elitist flavor' to them. But whether you're a young girl concerned over "common cultures" that can get in the way of the fun or an insecure guy who knows the difference between 'newbie' and 'n00b', leave those issues at the door here. The staff they have are just as friendly as they are knowledgeable, and even if a customer comes by with a super-obscure subject of geek-fun they haven't come across yet, they'll gladly spend time with that customer researching it to see if they can't fulfill your every oddball want and need (and perhaps most importantly, wont pretend they "know" to keep their uber-geek status intact... they seem to LIKE not knowing things and will ask YOU all about it to find out more). The owner is extremely hands-on, on-site more than most business owners and treats every customer like a valued regular, even if it's your first time there. In general, it has the best welcoming, all-inclusive gaming-community feel every shop in the field should have. I was glad to hear they'd opened their second space in the Eastfield Mall in Springfield, as spreading their brand of gaming-fun makes for fantastic influence. So big ups to you guys, and many thanks from a helluva-happy customer! Anyone who spent the time looking this up and finding my review, your search is over. Unlock achievement now and GO.

4 stars alone for the Funko pop selection which was vast! Great choices decent pricing we really…read moreonly came for these so can only speak to them but big store full of other fans fav options as well

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RadioShack

RadioShack

4.0(2 reviews)
4.9 mi
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I only go here for spare parts when I'm repairing some electrical item. They have a pretty good…read moreselection of electronic parts, cables, switches, plugs , that kind of stuff. Most of the time I can find what I need. The guys that work there are mostly kids or young men and women and usually don't know anything about electronics so you have to be prepared when you go in. I think radio shack has become mostly about selling cell phones so it's not like it used to be. I hear that Radio Shack headquarters is going to have to close a few hundred stores so I'm hoping this won't be one of them. It has served me well for many years. I miss the old days when they had the battery club. LOL They gave you a card for free and you could pick out one free battery a month. They would punch the card each time you picked one up. I used to get a free 9 volt every month.

To see this store get 2 stars is awful. I gave it five stars because of the relationship a lot of…read moremy friends and family had with a former manager named Victoria. She was awesome!!, took care of everyone of my friends and family members when they need any electronic device or accessories. She is now a manager close to her home of New York, of which she will be greatly missed. So now I have made friends with a sales associate named Kyle. As young as he is, to me he is the male version of Victoria. Took great care of my mom when she got her iPhone 6 upgrade. According to my mom even though the store was busy he took care of her and the customers. Showing her how to work the phone. Oh boy now my mom is the texting queen, Selfies and all! Yikes!! Radio shack is still my favorite store for all me electronic accessories and phone upgrades.

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Game X Change

Game X Change

2.3(3 reviews)
3.6 mi

Awful experience. If I could leave a 0, I would. Arrogant, smug customer service…read more Came in to trade in a killer bundle I got in an estate. GameCube bundle, with 2 GC systems (admittedly one without cables, but both fully operations), something like 20 GC (run of the mill) games, 2 memory cards, 2 Gameboy adapters CIB with the discs, 5 controllers, wireless adapter, along with some vintage Gameboy Advance boxes for some premium games. Probably if parsed, an $800 value. Understanding the place has to make money on it, guy offers me "like $100 bucks". Ridiculous offer, like I was a crackhead. The unfortunate part is, I've been here several times, and enjoy the selection, and the prices on the used stuff are good. But after being treated like a junkie looking for fast cash, I'll never come back. Thing is, I was willing to use this as trade-in value to put BACK into the store. Called around locally, and got several better offers, and proceeded to even go onto sellmygames.com and had an offer for $450 for everything. Thanks GameXChange, but I'll go to Stateline, ebay, or for that matter, FB marketplace... anywhere else. Avoid at all cost. Oh, and I copied in their website pic, offering the best in trade-in. Might want to change that GameXchange, since that's obviously not the case. Manage and train your people. Happy to discuss if this was just a blip on the radar.

Found this place 2 years ago when I relocated to Enfield. This was my go-to place for games, Funko…read morepops and anything anime or marvel. I would shop weekly. The music was always appealing. Dan had a great playlist. It was definitely nicer and cleaner than the Wallingford location. I used to love this place. Dan and Renna are amazing. But apparently this company doesn't value their employees. Ever since the assistant manager from Wallingford has been here it's been a nightmare. I had terrible experiences with Wallingford but apparently this store is turning into the same atmosphere as Wallingford. I do not plan to shop here anymore. A once amazing gaming store with an amazing store manager is now just a mediocre store with overpriced games and items. I shopped here because I liked the environment and customer service. You have messy workers who tell company business. I'm very disappointed. I've attached a pic of a console and game that I bought while Dan worked there. It's memories like this you can't replace. Not many workers are knowledgeable of retro games.

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Game X Change - Nintendo 64 and The legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

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Nintendo 64 and The legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

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