FINALLY!!! Finally got to check this place out today as i was incredibly hungover on the official…read moreopening day :( . First impressions, I am glad to see the owner has taken the same enthusiasm they had from a previous employment at a model shop nearby which is no longer. Anyway, as usual i was met with bright cheerful faces welcoming me into the shop. The shop has not long opened so yes the stock seemed limited and a few shelves seemed more empty than others but hey, the guy has just opened. Now yes, I may seem biased with this review having met the owner previously. However, as mentioned earlier this person has a lot of knowledge and enthusiam to part of every customer and would even have offered me a coffee while i was browsing!!!!!!.....except he had ran out of milk.....boooo! I did get offered a lollipop though but had to decline :( The building itself still has that new paint smell and is all clean and tidy. A variety of kits are in stock but I am assured this will get bigger. I always find a kit I want ( as I WANT THEM ALL!!).....ahem, I didn't find the paticular kits I wanted today but as mentioned I found A kit i wanted. So this place is shaping up to be pretty awesome and I plan on doing the bulk of my modelling shop from here. Prices do seem competitive and yes you will probably find the kit cheaper online but it's a local business I want to see remain for times to come!

great place to go for all your needs . very friendly and helpful and this charming man will do his…read morebest to help you out , just one drawback . more black paint please lol , Stewart

Probably one of the most extensive collections of paper based role playing game books I've ever…read moreseen. It's not something I've ever tried personally, so what the hell am I writing a review for? Because of this: I overheard the owner, who I'd imagine was in his fifties, chatting with a young teenager, clearly a regular at the store. The kid was busy telling the shopkeeper all about how he had finally collected all of the Pokemon. For those of you not familiar with the blockbuster hand held game from Nintendo, in Pokemon you assume the role of a trainer in a virtual world. You explore, you level up, and you catch Pokemon. Despite the slogan, very, very few people catch them all. The kid continued to enthuse. He was now one of the best Pokemon trainers in the world, he had beaten the Elite Four! The owner, as far as I could tell, had absolutely no idea what this kid was talking about. More so, the kid had a really terrible stutter, so this conversation took a long, long time. But the owner never stopped listening. He didn't pretend to be busy, he didn't look down his nose. He just listened intently, constantly offering congratulations and amazement at the kid's achievement. I think this is maybe one of the only places in the whole of the city centre that kid would have been treated like that. Honestly, I don't know that I would have been so patient. So kudos to that guy.

A regular saturday pilgrimage for all geeks of a certain age…read more Still the coolest place in glasgow.

Having ignited my love of all things craft related I popped in here for a nosy with my friend today…read moreas I wanted to check out the bead section. The store covers everything that a crafter could need and i find the prices quite reasonable. I spotted so many projects that i want to do that i think crafting is going to cost me a serious amount of money! On entering the store we were given a discount card that can be activated at the tills. Im not sure how much discount you get but every little helps! Roll on payday so I can come back and make some lovely purchases!

Hobbycraft is a crafters dream.. Everything you want or need is there and is reasonably priced…read more. Downstairs has kids crafting, glitter, model making, storage, baking, jewellery making and lots more.. Upstairs has canvas', professional paints, brushes, fabric, wool etc. I often go here to get supplies for my work as I work therapeutically with children and they have lots of little reasonably priced things for kids to decorate.. I also love just walking about and being inspired by what's around me..

Think Spencer's -if you're from the USA. This store has gismos and gadgets a plenty. All the pop…read morefigures you could imagine, wallets and tee shirts

Menkind. It's a shop for men. Clearly if you're female there would be nothing in here to interest…read moreyou, right? Wrong. Stupid name aside, I really liked this store and found at least 283 things I'd like to own. And I'm not even a man. I popped in for a look and found a cool wee stand thing for a mobile phone which I thought would come in handy at home. It's like a lounge chair for your phone essentially, but I was worried my iPhone 6 plus wouldn't fit on it, seeing as it's closer in size to a tablet than a phone. The shop assistant was happy to help me out and get the stand out of the packet and set it up for me so I could make sure I was happy with it. She had great banter and was really helpful (the stand was a little fiddly to work out, and she didn't seem to think I was being a pain for asking to check the size). For a mere £4.99 I took my stand home and have it nicely perched on my desk now. There is a downside which is that it doesn't fit with the charger plugged in but that's no biggie. Aside from that, this shop sells loads of stuff that could fit into the "novelty gift" genre - spuddy couch potato cushions which are kind of hideous but also hilarious (see photos), a wide range of nerdesque books, make your own cider kits, etc. There's lots of wee gadgets, robots and toys - things that anyone of the slightly nerdy persuasion might like. So aside from the name, I'd definitely return here when present-hunting in future.

Fantastic shop with amazing staff. My 13 year old son has recently taken an interest into…read moreWarhammer but didn't know a great deal about it. We visited today and Phrazer took his time explaining the hobby, answering all of our questions and even allowing my son and husband to build and paint their own models. My son hasn't stopped talking about it all day and is currently sat quietly painting his little starter set. I couldn't have asked for any more and want to thank Phrazer again for taking the time and helping to ignite a new spark in my son. Would highly recommend.

Ordered two items for my sons Xmas costing £96.00 still hadn't received them by the 4th January had…read moreto go into Glasgow store to ask why, they had no idea worst service I've ever had will never stop there again ..