went to hobbylobby last night, which is unusual for me because my first experience with them, before they opened a store in my area, was hearing that they had gotten snagged trying to illegally import religious artifacts into the US. this is beyond odd, and approaches the surreal, so i just avoided them altogether. The first time i went, a while back, i saw an immediate and even eerie similarity in the store layout to both joannes and michaels, so i didn't stay long. the michaels close to me has no rocket stuff, and little other cool man-boy distractions. lots of great art and crafty stuff, though, and great coupons, so i like michaels, but if hobby lobby is just more of the same, why stay?
last night i fully explored the local HL inventory, and i was pleasantly surprised at the glaring differences between them and the the other two craft stores. they had many rockets, stuff i haven't seen elsewhere (like the olympus and cherokee e) and the prices were good! i was shocked. lots of balsa in stock and many plastic kits (i found two military kits on clearance... 7.50 each! reg 30 bucks. sweet!), great selection of metal earth stuff, PLUS most of the stuff the craft-centric stores stock.
now... joannes fabrics. do NOT buy rockets at joannes lol. i'm guessin' most of this community already know that. 24.99 for an alpha. the msrp is 18.99! if they're willing to fleece the ignorant on rockets, i'm thinkin' they'd do it for everything. joannes can suck it.
last night i fully explored the local HL inventory, and i was pleasantly surprised at the glaring differences between them and the the other two craft stores. they had many rockets, stuff i haven't seen elsewhere (like the olympus and cherokee e) and the prices were good! i was shocked. lots of balsa in stock and many plastic kits (i found two military kits on clearance... 7.50 each! reg 30 bucks. sweet!), great selection of metal earth stuff, PLUS most of the stuff the craft-centric stores stock.
now... joannes fabrics. do NOT buy rockets at joannes lol. i'm guessin' most of this community already know that. 24.99 for an alpha. the msrp is 18.99! if they're willing to fleece the ignorant on rockets, i'm thinkin' they'd do it for everything. joannes can suck it.