If you like your collector locomotives, your collector cars, this is the one stop shop for you. They stock the biggest range of trains, cars, kites, model airplanes that I have ever seen. Walking into this place is weird because you feel that you shouldn't touch anything because you don't want to break anything but every ounce of your child within is really doing everything it can to not want to touch and play with everything within sight and within reason. With locomotives here going for over $1000 this is the real deal, not for the faint hearted but for serious lifelong collectors who are establishing their collection for grandchildren. The trains are limited editions sometimes and will only increase in value over time (they tell me), so you better be serious when you buy them and maybe just keep them in the box. Not the kind of stuff you buy for kids that are young. But kids that are old enough to appreciate a good thing and take care of a good thing when they see it. read more

Hobbyrama - Hobby Shops Near Me - Stafford, QLD

I went into Hobbyrama for the first time yesterday to buy some glue (long story). Wow. I never knew I had an inner ten year old boy but apparently I do because I had so much fun looking around in here. Maybe I should start building model cars. They have so many crazy things that I would never have even known existed. Their range of model cars, planes, boats, tanks, trains, and insert any other mode of transportation you can think of here is amazing. The store is huuuge and literally packed to the rafters. As well as the model vehicles they have doll house kits, and little doors, furniture, etc. to for people who build dollhouses. Just seeing the little doors and windows in their packages made me smile thinking of Grandfathers making dollhouses for their grand-daughters. But now I'm getting emotional over a hobby shop. Hobbyrama has puzzles, crafts, kites, and countless other things you could do to entertain yourself or hone your fine motor skills. I've never built a model in my life, but this shop is full of so many things that even a hobby n00b like myself would love to try my (very shaky) hand at. I needed to buy glue for small pieces of plywood, and the guy behind the counter helped me out and was very friendly. He didn't even mind that I had my fourteen year old terrier in tow (who was busy examining the extensive range of matchbox cars down at his eye level). Hobbyrama is worth a browse purely out of interest. You'll be surprised by the kinds of cool things people make. You might even end up tackling something yourself although if you're anything like me you'll no doubt end up with pieces of aeroplane glued to your hands, but it's all part of the fun, right? read more

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Don't order online as the manager I spoke to... EXTENSIVELY....will not only claim that he's acting within the full rights of the law by NOT sending my full order, and NOT issuing an immediate refund for the item's purchase price! read more

I have always found the service of these gents genuine and honest. They are my go to place for sculptural supplies and the although the chats at the counter are brief, they are always highly considerate and genuinely interested in what I am working on. Good on you Hobbyrama, every visit is a bloody joy, keep up the top work. read more

Awful customer service. Rude, unhelpful staff bordering on abusive. We went in looking for some help and advice and the older male staff member who served us was rude and derogatory. He threw replacement parts across the counter at my husband and then said they likely wouldn't work anyway. It seems he was offended by the apparently inferior item my husband was looking for some parts for. Disgusting behaviour - I think some of your staff clearly need retraining on customer service or perhaps a role where they don't interact with your customers! read more

The only store I actually bother to visit to buy models these days. I do most of my purchases online because of convenience and necessity. But this is one store I will go out of my way to visit because it's local. The staff are friendly and extremely helpful. If there's something you need but not there, just ask if they will get it in. Trouble is the range is so wide that it's easy to get distracted (as I do) and buy things you had no intention of acquiring, such as the time I went in to buy 20mm plastic figures but ended up walking out with a couple of 1/700 WW2 naval ships instead! And it appeals to the serious modelling enthusiast to someone looking for a nice gift for that kid-that-never-grows-up (in all of us, I think). read more