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Old 11-14-2015, 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by GuyNoir
The Fox Valley Rocketeers did a "hobby shop crawl" (think "pub crawl" except with hobby shops) in Milwaukee a couple years ago and we stopped in Happy Hobby. Very weird setup, with product scattered about, leaky roof, moldy carpet. I thought "Ah, we'll find good stuff here!" Alas, no such luck. I heard one of their stores (they had 2) burned down.

I love the variety and convenience of the Net for buying stuff, but it pretty much killed off the local hobby shop.

They actually had three stores. The one in West Allis burned down a few years ago. Of the three, the West Allis store was in the nicest shape.
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