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| Subject: | Re: First Visit To Model Shop |  |
| Date: | Mar 3, 2007 |
| From: | Gerald Owens | |
My first kit was a Christmas gift, and for many years afterward, I bought my models at Woolworths and W.T. Grant variety stores. The first real hobby shop I visited was Universal Hobbies in Plantation, Florida. I was fourteen years old, and it was a revelation--there were exotic, foreign-made kits (Tamiya, Nitto) and specialty magazines--even reference books.
Alas, the business was sold in the 1990's, moved five miles east to US 1 to a store with lousy parking, reduced its kit stock by 70%, and (what a shock!) customers stopped coming. It's a cell phone dealership, now. From a nostalgic point of view, it's sad to lose it. However, two much better shops opened, so I'm not exactly grieving. |
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 | First Visit To Model Shop - Donald "panzers" Koenig - Mar 2, 2007 |
| . . . Re: First Visit To Model Shop - Tony Wilsbacher - Mar 2, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: First Visit To Model Shop - Robert Galassi - Mar 2, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: First Visit To Model Shop - Mike Riedeman - Mar 2, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: First Visit To Model Shop - Mike - Chris Oldfield - Mar 2, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris, went to Nostalgic Plastic's only.... - Mike Riedeman - Mar 3, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Chris, went to Nostalgic Plastic's only.... - Chris Oldfield - Mar 3, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Chris, went to Nostalgic Plastic's only.... - Mike Riedeman - Mar 3, 2007 |
| . . . Re: First Visit To Model Shop - Jerry Plettenberg - Mar 3, 2007 |
| . . . Re: First Visit To Model Shop - Adam A. Weber - Mar 3, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: First Visit To Model Shop - Johannes Allert - Mar 3, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: First Visit To Model Shop - Tim Streeter - Mar 4, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: First Visit To Model Shop - Johannes Allert - Mar 6, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: First Visit To Model Shop - Bobby Carter - Mar 5, 2007 |
| . . . Rigby's Hobbies was First Visit To Model Shop - Billy Bishop - Mar 3, 2007 |
| . . . Re: First Visit To Model Shop - Chris Oldfield - Mar 3, 2007 |
| . . . Re: First Visit To Model Shop - Rick Snaauw - Mar 3, 2007 |
| . . . Re: First Visit To Model Shop - Gerald Owens - Mar 3, 2007 |
| . . . Re: First Visit To Model Shop - Christopher Fish - Mar 3, 2007 |
| . . . Re: First Visit To Model Shop - joris jan priem - Mar 4, 2007 |
| . . . Re: First Visit To Model Shop - Sean Langley - Mar 5, 2007 |
| . . . Re: First Visit To Model Shop - Steve Hart - Mar 5, 2007 |
| . . . Re: First Visit To Model Shop - LonCray - Mar 5, 2007 |
| . . . Re: First Visit To Model Shop - Adam - Mar 5, 2007 |
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