Comments on: Quick reviews of San Francisco Bay Area Hobby Shops

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By: Bill Abbott

Bill Abbott — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:07:54 +0000

Hi Carlos,
You’re very welcome- I’m very glad to help fellow enthusiasts., and especially their kids!
I’d love to know what kinds of robots you found, what you were looking for, what you got for your daughter, and why, and how she liked it!?

I’ll trade you a similar story of mine. One of my son’s friends’ birthday had the guy from RadicalRobots.com, who has 20 kids woth of a 1970s-80s motorized toy building set- control boxes with 5 or 6 double-pole-double-throw switches to make motors go in either direction, structural pieces (beams, plates) motor pieces, wheels, caterpillar tracks, arms, etc. I stayed as a parent-helper for a team of two girls. They were game but not drawn by sumo competition or battle & zero-sum stuff. so they built a robot soccer player with motorized feet and pig-tails steaming behind her. They got her done and took turns driving her around to ‘kick’ an appropriate size ball. The RadicalRobots guy liked it because he said it was hard to get girls engaged enough to complete their robot. I can’t remember the name of the set. Look it up perhaps.

By: Carlos Custodio

Carlos Custodio — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:12:23 +0000

Bill,

Thank you so much for the extensive hobby shop list. I was hitting dead ends looking for robot kits for my daughter, but your information steered me in the right direction. Your site is very much appreciated.

By: Bill Abbott

Bill Abbott — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:59:06 +0000

Thanks,
I’ll have to come check you out. Pure plays in RC aren’t my expertise domain, but I can at least look and report what I see.

Bill

By: Gregg

Gregg — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:22:40 +0000

One of the bay area’s best hobby stores for radio controlled products

By: Bill Abbott

Bill Abbott — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:00:03 +0000

IPMS Santa Rosa have a list of their own that’s worth checking – Nice work, less wordy than mine! http://www.ipmssantarosa.org/shops.htm

By: Bill Abbott

Bill Abbott — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:21:58 +0000

Hi James,
Your’re welcome! That is exactly why I put this info up! Let me know if you find another Bay Area hobby shop. I was down at Sheldon’s at lunch time buying paint today….

I promise, I enjoyed finding J & M Hobby House, Talbot’s Capitola Hobbies, Gunnings, Franciscan, etc… The only work was going through, yep, internet listings and phone books, to find candidates to check out!

Cheers!
Bill

By: James Prinzivalli

James Prinzivalli — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:21:20 +0000

From a modeler, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the time and effort you took to create this list for us modelers. I no longer have to look up the internet nor the outdated phone books for all the hobby shops within the Bay Area. There are many Hobby shops I have never heard of, let alone, knew existed within the general Bay Area.

Once again, THANK YOU.

By: Al

Al — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:56:05 +0000

Bill, is the East Bay still considered a part of the Bay Area? If so, you missed Just Trains in Concord.

This is a fabulous train store with a huge stock of HO, Lionel, and large-scale locos and rolling stock.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:13:05 +0000

New address and phone for Hobbies Unlimited
937 Manor Boulevard
510-351-7112