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    Lombard Hobbies

    3.8 (43 reviews)
    Open 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
    Updated a few days ago

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    Massive N Scale Selection
    Karl A.

    I've been to a lot of hobby shops, and I don't think I've ever seen a store with the inventory of Lombard Hobbies. Coming in you see shelves of HO Scale trains. The prices were fantastic, but I was looking for N Scale. Hitting the last corner my eyes popped out of my head as I realized how much N Scale Lombard has. It was incredible, the shelves kept going and going. And this wasn't the old junk you'd find at flee markets, this is the stuff you want to buy at prices you feel comfortable paying. The staff is super helpful and there is so much to see. If you are in the neighborhood, plan some time in so you can scour the shelves for what you don't know you need yet. You'll be glad you did. I ended up coming back a second time this week just to fit it all in!

    Roy B.

    I ordered--impulse buy--a Kato N scale trainset after 9 on Monday night, and I had it in my house on Thursday. It was securely packaged and in new-in-box condition (tested it tonight). I was a little apprehensive because of the good price (better than I had seen elsewhere), but I could not be more satisfied.

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    10 months ago

    Good in all ways. Been ordering from Lombard Hobbies for years and am always pleased!

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    The service was fantastic, the selection is the best in the area, and the prices are unbeatable!

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    Stopped in a few days after Christmas; still busy and well stocked. Friendly, relaxed staff and an extensive selection of N and HO scale.

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    great product and service thx purchase from website,

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    the strangest thing happened over labor day weekend; I came here and walked inside, announced…read moremyself, walked around a little more and took some pictures, waited a little because I had my box stock Mazda with me and wanted to go roundy round for a while because I like that sort of thing unless there's wing cars on the track (IYKYK) but I never saw anybody... maybe they were in the process of getting robbed or burgled and I just missed it? regardless, it's an interesting if not unique set up. there's a big flat track occupying prime real estate as you walk in and a big old king sprawled across the back half of the store with a parts shop and pit areas where they fit. I saw a straight line down the far side (there's almost always a straight line for the 100% GO FAST!! crowd) funny thing about these places, they're way funner if you listen more than talk; more often than not the guy running it is a professional...

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    If you want games that come in boxes, this place seemed to have a great selection…read more I would not bother to go there for Pokemon cards due to bad binder behavior. No sleeves !!! I have spent a ton of money on expensive full art or classic cards.... I would never shop here for Pokemon. My son got 1 card in pretty crap /well-played condition for about a dollar. I have been to plenty of hobby stores and never have seen cards organized the way they have it set up. No sleeves. Many cards in one binder slot. Service was odd we waiting for someone to get out of the bathroom for about 5 minutes before being helped.

    Unless you're under the age of six, I would not recommend going to the gaming goat. I took in a…read morerather large assortment of magic and Pokémon cards, hoping to learn a little bit more about the game and maybe get some money back. The person at the front of the store was extremely uninviting extremely unknowledgeable. He actually ended up, scamming me for most of my cards saying none had value. I was offered five dollar store credit for a lot of cars that looked at after the further research would've ran me well over $200 for the whole lot. Of course, now being a little bit more into the trading card community, this is not the way to treat people who don't understand the value of their items. Absolute scammers didn't even have any sealed product in stock. Felt like me coming into the store and being there literal only customer of the day was the employees biggest headache yet. Please God find a different card shop.

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    A few years ago, I saw a friend post a picture of a store with an insane Jellycat selection, so I…read moremessaged her and had to know where, and she told me about Fairytales in downtown Lombard. I have since probably purchased over 20 Jellycats from here, it's my favorite way to do so because I love supporting a local business and this shop is genuinely just the best. Outside of Jellycats, I've gotten Hello Kitty Blue Sky Ceramics, an Allen designs clock, Christmas ornaments, a lazy Susan, and baby gifts. Although I don't live in the area, anytime I'm out towards Oak Brook I ALWAYS make sure to stop by Fairytales to see what's new. Unfortunately due to the immense popularity of Jellycats, their stock has declined significantly which is a bit of a bummer, but it seems to be out of their control from my understanding. Everyone I've interacted with here has been incredibly sweet, I've done waitlist orders (I was able to get the large snow dragon jellycat this was as well as some of the rare Christmas ornaments!), and I've done a few online pickup orders as well. Each time my items are packaged beautifully and I feel so special walking out with the super high quality, beautifully branded Fairytales bag. Downtown Lombard truly has a gem, if it was closer to me I'd frequent a lot more, but it just makes my trips even more special when I do get to stop by.

    Love this store! Friendly staff and owners. Huge selection of collectables and knowledgeable…read morestaff. Love shopping and attending Nora Fleming events! Stop by you wont regret it!!

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