03-30-2010, 05:19 AM
On the weekend, my family and I visited the small southwestern Ontario town of Goderich. There's a store there that partly advertises itself as a hobby shop. I went into this shop about two years ago and it was pretty large with two floors. It was basically part variety store/part bookstore/gift shop/newsstand/toy store, etc., but with nothing that I would associate with "real" hobbies.
Well, when we visited the same store on the weekend, that had changed. It was still part variety store/part bookstore/gift shop/newsstand/toy store but, I was surprised to see a small section in the basement devoted entirely to MRR items! It had all the basics -- track, scenery, building kits, fishplates, wires, several freight cars and I think a few coaches, etc. -- and it also had a locked glass cabinet containing several locos. IIRC, most were made by Bachmann and a few were Model Power, but at lest it was something! Further down the aisle, they also were selling other model products (model rocketry, etc.). They also seemed to have a good supply of paints. There were also a couple MRR guys down there talking shop, comparing notes, etc.!
Obviously, I was pleased by all this. After suddenly hearing about a few LHS closures near Toronto, it was great to visit a small town and see a shop that had branched out into the LHS area within the past couple years.
Rob
Well, when we visited the same store on the weekend, that had changed. It was still part variety store/part bookstore/gift shop/newsstand/toy store but, I was surprised to see a small section in the basement devoted entirely to MRR items! It had all the basics -- track, scenery, building kits, fishplates, wires, several freight cars and I think a few coaches, etc. -- and it also had a locked glass cabinet containing several locos. IIRC, most were made by Bachmann and a few were Model Power, but at lest it was something! Further down the aisle, they also were selling other model products (model rocketry, etc.). They also seemed to have a good supply of paints. There were also a couple MRR guys down there talking shop, comparing notes, etc.!
Obviously, I was pleased by all this. After suddenly hearing about a few LHS closures near Toronto, it was great to visit a small town and see a shop that had branched out into the LHS area within the past couple years.
Rob
Rob
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