11-14-2015, 07:43 AM
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Ye Olde Rocket Shoppe
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Posts: 6,484
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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.
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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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