Hobbies Unlimited

I’ve been out of doing hobbies rc stuff since I was a kid.
Came in to get an Estes model rocket to introduce to the kids over the holidays. I hadn’t done any for 20 years. Very helpful staff person, got me everything I needed. Answered all my questions.
I decided to browse the model planes. I used to do rc planes twenty years ago but nothing since. I had seen a guy at the coast using a motor glider and was quite taken with it. Asked lots of questions looked at a few planes and controllers. I’m usually one to do excessive research before any purchase over $ 50. I bought a eflite micro radian motor glider and spektrum dxe transmitter. Didn’t feel pushed at all. Even though I didn’t know beforehand whether the prices were good overall they seemed reasonable for the level of fun I expected and much cheaper than my primary recreational activities, kiteboarding.
Absolutely loved the glider and transmitter they are both super. Ended up doing some reading of rc plane blogs and review sites and YouTube videos and had I read up beforehand I would have come to the exact same choices for the plane and transmitter. Also there prices were right in line with the online retailers.
Overall great service, great product and great price.

The perfect place to find old, dusty, antiquated parts and kits. The staff is rude at best. My boys walked in one day with over $ 150 each in their pockets to buy RC airplanes. The old guy behind the counter did not say one word to any of us as we walked around the store. But when another old guy walked in, he perked up and was on him like bees to honey. Turns out the old customer bought a $ 3 bottle of glue.
Prices are not competitive, you can do much better on Amazon or other local hobby stores.

Nice staff though a bit eccentric. Will order parts for you. Great rc selection

Ok so I admit I haven’t bought anything here. But I have been ALL over town looking for dollhouse affiliated items and at each store, they would shrug and point to one or two items.
I went into Hobbies Unlimited and immediately the guy admitted they didn’t have what I was looking for, but he gave me a very helpful and accurate referral to another hobby shop across town. He was super friendly and knowledgable, and also had a few other suggestions for what I could do.
If I ever decide to move away from dollhouses and get into the world of model trains, I’ll make sure to come back.

Things that come with being the mother of young a boy at an early age include but are not limited to the following:
1. Having a robot lego guy fall out of your thong while you are making the most important presentation of your life at work
2. Explaining that tampons should not be used as G. I Joe Bazookas
3. Having night terrors over the possibility that your baby may one day have a wet dream.
I will spare you the drama and tell you that wet dreams are hopefully a long ways away. Hobbies Unlimited, however, is the one thing he is currently obsessing over. For the last few weeks, he has done a dozen chores in hopes that I would turn over a couple of bucks so that he could buy a model plane. After weeks of dedication, he brought home a shiny new kit, and carefully set out the pieces to get started. One unassuming afternoon, I accidentally threw an important piece away thinking it was a lid to a vodka bottle.
I apologized profusely after discovering my inequities and he was forgiving. I thought that it was all in the past, but that bastard sign «Hobbies Unlimited,» that I drive by every day is apple red. Every day it serves as a reminder that resonates in my soul. A reminder that I am a horrid human being that mistook the cock pit of a model plane for the lid of my vodka bottle!
Today I thought I would surprise him and pick out a new plane. The counter guy was about as helpful as a box of rocks and I had to literally pry words out of his mouth. First he told me that they didn’t carry model planes for eight dollars until I explained that YES THEY DO BECAUSE MY SON JUST GOT ONE HERE FOR EIGHT DOLLARS LAST WEEK! So I continued to ask questions, (model planes are not my specialty) but he was just not interested. He would answer questions with one word while looking at the floor and basically did not want a thing to do with me. I wasn’t asking for a marriage proposal here, I wanted a model plane!
After practically begging for some ideas, suggestions, advice? I walked out of there with a bitchin’ 16 dollar Camaro and the feeling that I had just violated the hell out of someone for asking them to do their job. I hope this model making ordeal is just a phase, but in the event that I accidentally throw away another cockpit, I will not be returning to Hobbies Unlimited.

This is a great hobby store, they have so much RC stuff here, and for really good prices too. The only thing is, if you are looking for a specific part (for a RC plane, car, or boat), expect to spend some time looking through boxes and boxes of miscellaneous parts which they keep behind the counter (the boxes are organized only by brand). Even though they are a bit unorganized here, I have had nothing but good and helpful service, and everything is so much less expensive than at Hobbytown USA (though they are also really nice there too).
So if you are looking for a remote control vehicle hobby, Hobbies Unlimited is worth checking out, but if you are looking for a specific part for your RC car or whatever, you should decide if you want to spend the time looking through boxes or spending a little extra to find that part right away.