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.

Everything you need in a old fashion hobby shop with someone who takes their time to help you outread more

Went during advertised hours, nobody there. No phone number on the door to call either.read more

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

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!!!!

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.

I loved the atmosphere in here, I was just picking up a few things but they have a good selection…read morefor everybody. Definitely my go-to art supply store from now on.

Always very disappointing when I have to do an update on a previously celebrated business. This has…read morebeen my go-to place since moving to Seattle in 2012. And I supported it wholeheartedly despite sometimes finding items slightly cheaper elsewhere. Additionally, as an art educator I always suggested it to my students for their value, as well as excellent and knowledgeable customer service. Unfortunately, I'm very disappointed to say both superb customer service and cost value are gone. Firstly, I learned from my students that student discount was no longer available. Then after my last visit, I was stunned how much the prices have increased. Still, I remained a dedicated patron. After coming home I realized one of the expensive wooden panels had a substantial gouge in the corner - simply too noticeable to try fixing. I confidently returned to the store but was told they would not take back the damaged items - because they couldn't verify it was damaged before my purchase. The associate was unbearably rude and dismissive. One my way out I expressed my profound disappointment with the current direction of this trusted business with another associate, only to have the associate I originally spoke with catch up with us. Now they changed their song, saying they could accept the damage item but I was very lucky because it's not something they always do. What?! The associate appeared to be making up policies as they went along. In the end I kept the damaged wooden panel, as I will keeping my business away from this place.

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.

A great, little, hole in the wall model shop. Be prepared to search for that one kit you must…read morehave. Well worth a visit!

This is easily the best model shop i've been to. It has a large selection of just about anything…read moreyou would need for modeling and is very well stocked. The prices here aren't bad at all either. The employees are very friendly too. In fact, the only reason why i rated 4 stars vs. 5 is because of the time in which you can shop here, being open for only 4hrs a day and closed Sunday-Monday. Other than that though, I absolutely loved this shop. I will most definitely come back in the near and far future for models and related products alike!

What a great store! I have seen it on my trips to the International District for years, but I have…read morenever been inside. I recently got into the Gundam hobby and thought it was time to check this store out. The interior is small but packed with stock, and a few very impressive display cases containing some great scale models. There were several other customers in the store and the owner/operator had a good report with all of them. He took time to talk with me and answer my questions and was very friendly and knowledgeable. I really appreciated his tips and advice. Hike the store is small it has a very good selection of model lines and models. It even had a few premium boxes which I was excited to see. Beyond the models there was also a very good selection of hobby tools paints and supplies. I will absolutely be coming back here and can't recommend it highly enough.

Super large selection with VERY good prices and a clean structured store. The owner was very kind…read moreand easy to talk to. Would definitely recommend.

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.