New Models at Hobby Lobby?

Criminal enterprises rate criminal charges in a court of law... at least theoretically... and working in that area for nearly 30 years now don't even get me started...  federal criminal laws are very political and not applied uniformly... even state and local laws are subject to the whim of the local D.A.

Anybody in the mood to assemble some pre-painted 1/144 scale kits from China? I have a 40% off coupon!

 

Anyone? 

No?

 

Didn't think so. Well, that's another coupon that's going to expire unused.

There's a new coupon every week... and when I need more thinner, Tamiya Extra Thin, or whatever, I'll use one... not to mention the occasional kit that they stick and I want like the M4A3E8, Gamma Goat, or AT-ST

stikpusher

Guys, this is certainly a political issue when your boycotting a businesses for whatever reason. Especially when we bring ISIS into the discussion. And it has no business on the forum. I could write pages on it but will not for that reason.

And armor is very correct. We have much greater problems out here at home than this. Especially those involving veterans. 

 

Actually, I've been thinking about that and no, it's nothing "political" with me. It's simply an ethical and moral decision. This really has nothing--nothing--to do with politics. It has everything to do with hypocrisy, self-interest, deceit, deception, and feeling like you're above the law--and choosing not to reward that by making an ethical/moral choice. That's it. In my mind, we have NO geater problems than this in America--that bearing, that mindset. If we were talking about the bigotry aspect, THAT would most definitely be "political". But this is about basic morality and ethics. And a store that happens to sell plastic models.

'nuff said. I'm done.

I am curious, what is all the fuss about with Hobby Lobby when it comes to this hobby?  Their kit selection, paints, tools and accessories are meh at best.  Their prices are nothing special and they could care less if model builders bought from them or not.

It seems in the age of the internet, if you do not have a LHS near you to support, are we not better as model builders to support online retailers that take our hobby seriously like Squadron and other similar sellers that cater to us directly?

If HL was the only place to supply our needs for this hobby, I suspect many of us would have lost interest.

I see seveal pages of discussion on this forum dedicated to a company that would not even notice if we all stopped buying from them tomorrow.  I have never seen an ad from them in FSM.

Well for me there was no fuss,just conversation ,I certainly dont see it a great source for models,but when they opened one near me I wanted to check it out.I was glad to see another place to run in and get a bottle of glue I spilled or paint that I needed to finish something,lots of artist oils and brushes also.It is what it is,a craft and hobby store that happens to have a handful of things a modeler might find useful,but certainly no fuss.I buy kits mostly online,but if they hit my sweet spot with that 40 % coupon then great.But I couldnt care less whether they were there or not,just like I feel about Michaels

I checked out their catalog out of curiosity ad noticed that their prices were actually higher than those of my LHS. Kit selection was mediocre to poor.  I'll pass.

Bill

Hey, I don't know what part of the PS you live in, check out Skyway models.  I love going in there.  Also try HobbyTown down in Parkland, if they don't have it, they can generally order it for you.  

Tojo72

Well for me there was no fuss,just conversation ,I certainly dont see it a great source for models,but when they opened one near me I wanted to check it out.I was glad to see another place to run in and get a bottle of glue I spilled or paint that I needed to finish something,lots of artist oils and brushes also.It is what it is,a craft and hobby store that happens to have a handful of things a modeler might find useful,but certainly no fuss.I buy kits mostly online,but if they hit my sweet spot with that 40 % coupon then great.But I couldnt care less whether they were there or not,just like I feel about Michaels

 

Is that not the problem?  Convienence over principles.

I find modelers tend to be well educated, moral, highly principled group that help others will no though of themselves as is well proven on the many threads just on FSM forums alone.

Big companies, banks, etc  know that with human nature we may give up our principles over convienence.  Since there are less and less LHS and online sources dedicated to our hobby, should we not rise above this tendency and choose our principles?  I get it, in the moment when you are so close to finishing a build and the last supplies are just a few miles away at a hobby lobby, it is hard not to just drive there and get it.

Is that not the best time for our principles to rise above this?  If one thing we as model builders have, it's plenty of patience.  What are a few more days to order from a dedicated retailer to our hobby.

 I'll get off my soap box now.

For me it was model cars, but, yes, my Alpha Beta in West Garden Grove was my go-to place for model cars. I think I also bought paint and glue there, as well, but can't remember for sure ...

If we buy models that are manufactured in say North Korea, or China are we paying for WWIII? If we buy models from Britan, or Russa are we not taking away American jobs?

To be 100% politically correct and keep our "principals" do we have to stop buying models and go in our backyard... cut down a tree.... and whittle our way to a 1/48 p-51 Mustang?

I'll go for conveniance..... when China try's to invade my house they will be greeted with defiance..... unless they have a kit I "desperatly" want.

Well Timmy, the thing with being politically correct is that it is usually correct.

mock all yup want but at least make an effort to come up with reasonable comparisons.

lets say your neighborhood grocer won't sell to black people. Would you still give them business, or is boycotting them too politically correct.

I think the better point made here by others smarter than me is that HL kind of sucks anyways

GMorrison

mock all yup want but at least make an effort to come up with reasonable comparisons.

You are correct. My attempt at sarcasem missed the mark. I do apologize for that.

GMorrison

lets say your neighborhood grocer won't sell to black people. Would you still give them business, or is boycotting them too politically correct.

That "IS" the point. But it's  every grocery store everywhere. You cant boycot them all.(Unless you start growing your own food.... not a bad idea by the way. )

GMorrison

I think the better point made here by others smarter than me is that HL kind of sucks anyways

You are correct here too. Their selection is very limited and I avoid them when possable.

But somtimes I need paint or whatever and they are the closest thing to a real hobby store. (HL is 53 miles away. ) When I can I preffer to purchase items from The Hobby Spot in Tuscon (122 miles away ) But no matter where I buy stuff the money goes to a corporation somewhere and eventually gets funelled to somthing  I dont agree with nor support. Hence my quip about "Wittiling our own models from trees". HL falls into the conveniance catagory.... nothing more.

I'm not trying to anger anybody.... My train of thought just gets de-railed sometimes.

Thank's for not beating me with a rubber hose. (The credit reporting companies have that covered already.)

Fortunately here in the Tidewater we do have a lhs that rumor had it sold tamiya extra thin to John Smith. That said we have 50 miles to either hobby lobby. Now with proper planning I can wait for my run to pick up supplies at Denbeigh hobby. I can avoid hobby lobby all together. For those items Dan does not stock or cannot order, mail order will do.

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just seen this in town i have never been to 1 but here about them all the time in the forums. just so happens are local hobby shop shut down 2 weeks ago. i hate seeing that happen to a mom and pop store close up.

You are right that their selection (unless you are a car guy) is extremely limited. If you build armor, you are limited to a handful of Italeri World of Tanks reboxed kits (sold at much more than they are worth). There are two recent Tamiya kits and a handful of 1970s era Tamiya kits, all the same selection from store to store. They carry a few more aircraft kits. Not a wide selection, but it runs the range of pre-painted snap to larger, more expensive kits. Sci-fi kits are available, like some Star Trek and Star Wars not readily available elsewhere. My nearest hobby shop is around 55-60 miles away one way and closes fairly early on Saturdays and is closed Sundays. Since I don't get home from work until 1 to 2 AM Friday night, by the time I wake up and drive up there, they are closed. Other than online, my only source of hobby supplies is Michaels, which has an even more limited selection or Hobby Lobby, where I can get paint, glue and find some item in the clearance aisle.

Guys, We can discuss the merits of kit selection and prices until the cows come home, but it should be obvious to anyone that Hobby Lobby is a hot button issue that everybody has an opinion about. I believe we have exhausted the pros and cons of shopping there so I am closing this thread. Please refrain from reigniting the topic on the forum. If someone posts a thread saying some kit or other is available there, please also refrain from posting your feeling one way or other about the company. Thanks, Aaron