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Hi all headed to Boston today, are there any good stores to visit?

Il be staying down town so spare times hobbies is a bit far for me.

Thanks and wish this Floridian luck in the snow

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Hi all headed to Boston today, are there any good stores to visit?

Il be staying down town so spare times hobbies is a bit far for me.

Thanks and wish this Floridian luck in the snow

Unfortunately, there really aren't any good shops in the immediate Boston area. There is a place called the Hobby Bunker in Malden, but his focus is more on wargaming and toy soldier stuff. He has a limited selection of kits though and every now and then he buys a collection and there is some decent OOP stuff in there.

http://www.hobbybunker.com/

33 Exchange Street

Malden, MA 02148

The best shops in the vicinity are Spare Time and Hobby Emporium, both about 35-40 minutes driving from Boston area depending on where you are. Spare Time might be slightly further, but not the way I drive. :cheers:

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Thanks for the info, hobby bunker was my second choice after spare times, according to my phone spare times is about 2 hours away on train and bus from the intercontinental in boston; do you think the trip is worth it? I only have Friday morning for my litle "adventure" but I'm definatly willing to go for it.

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Thanks for the info, hobby bunker was my second choice after spare times, according to my phone spare times is about 2 hours away on train and bus from the intercontinental in boston; do you think the trip is worth it? I only have Friday morning for my litle "adventure" but I'm definatly willing to go for it.
If you're tied to train and or bus, it may be a bit of a reach to hit Spare Time. You may be better off heading to Lowell on the commuter rail and taking a taxi up to Hobby Emporium. From North Station, Lowell is about 45 minutes on the train. From the train station in Lowell, Hobby Emporium is probably 25-30 minutes up RT 3 North. It is in the TJ Maxx Plaza on Middlesex Road in Tyngsboro, MA right on the Nashua, NH line. I live about fifteen minutes away from Hobby Emporium, unfortunately I am working tomorrow or I could have met you at the Lowell train station and we could have gone to either shop.

For pure kit selection, I think Spare Time has a slight edge and carries some of the less well known overseas brands. Hobby Emporium has a lot of the Revell/Monogram/Academy/Hasegawa/Tamiya/Trumpeter and more mainstream stuff. Spare Time carries those as well as some of the Eastern European/Czech brands etc. It really depends on what your looking for. What is great about Spare Time is he routinely slashes prices on some of his older kit selection and on a good day you can find some stuff in there for 50% off. When I do make the trip to Spare Time, it is usually an expensive one.

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So I ended up just going to hobby hunker one morning since it's all the time I had. Not to much ACs but I spent a good two hours just looking around and killing time while my wife was at her convention.

So thanks for the info hopefully i'l be able to visit spare times next trip

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  • 3 years later...

Visited the Hobby Emporium shop today; freakin' amazing! HIGHLY recommended.

Visited Hobby Bunker yesterday; also highly recommended.

Tomorrow going to Spare Time, but I've been there before, and I know "They're grrreat!"

Gads, I love visiting Boston.

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Also want to throw in a recommendation for Dave's Hobby Shop in Beverly. Surprising selection of plastic, and very good prices.

I was expecting the place to be R/C only, so was happy to find a good dose of Italeri and Hasegawa stuff on the shelves. Thanks Dave!

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Also want to throw in a recommendation for Dave's Hobby Shop in Beverly. Surprising selection of plastic, and very good prices.

I was expecting the place to be R/C only, so was happy to find a good dose of Italeri and Hasegawa stuff on the shelves. Thanks Dave!

I think Dave's Hobby Shop is closed... I tried to look them up.

-Anthony

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