This is one of the biggest and most comprehensive hobby shops I have been to in a long, long time…read more These don't exist anymore in NYC, having gone extinct by lack of interest and internet commerce. Supplying many of these hobbies have been relegated to a few shelves in big-box craft shops like Michaels and Hobby Lobby in the US. Once I found Imperial Hobbies on Yelp during our vacation and it was near our hotel, I made my plans. I dropped my wife off for her spa day and this was going to be my spa day ;) The store is in a group of buildings almost at the end of the runway of Vancouver Airport (YVR). If you hang around, you'll see tons of airliners approaching for landings and roaring off on take offs. I just couldn't believe the selection of plastic models of planes, armor, cars and trucks along with complete selections of paint and finishing materials. It's these types of stores that I would spend hours in as a boy, but could only stare wide-eyed because I never had much money back then. But now as an adult with a job and disposable income, I probably would have gone broke if I didn't have to pack everything into my luggage to fly home. The favorable CAD$ to USD$ exchange rate also helped a lot in my shopping. I ended up with a couple of scale plastic model kits and a flying model rocket that are rare, out of production kits or very hard to find, even on-line.

worker was rude. he couldve said excuse me instead of raising his voice as i walk walking into the…read morestore

Just discovered this fairly new little board game, card and role playing games store next to the…read moreMeridian Street UPS. The staff are attentive and quick to serve and offer suggestions for whatever a customer might be looking for. There's a tower dice game at the front counter a patron can roll dice once a day for a possible discount. They have plenty of tables set up for open game time for people who bring their own and Saturday nights open game time with games provided for those who might need one. I was looking for simple and easy to play games for family get-togethers and found what I was looking for on the consignment Shelf

The man who runs this store makes it my favorite. The reason is that he thinks about his customers,…read moreprovides excellent service and is genuinely kind. Some of the best memories of 2019 were in this store goofing off and doing sealed. This is why Pairodice is my home LGS. Can't wait to get back into the game.

Saw these guys at Fan Expo this year. It was awesome that they came all the way from Chilliwack. Of…read morecourse they couldn't bring everything with them with reason 'cause it was a long trip to Vancouver, however, what the did bring was awesome. Very awesome guys to deal with, especially on the Saturday when it was just packed at the Expo with tons of people.

Really cool comics / games shop, incredible selection plus a little bit of merch. Staff were really…read morefriendly and everything was just really well organized. I like that there are staff recommendations and info posted around the shop. Great place!

The new space is fantastic! Gaming tables, pinball, board games, D&D, a huge selection of Indie…read morecomics and an ever expanding Manga section in addition to all the Marvel and DC. You can find something for everyone in the old Retro location as well. I found a couple of figures I've been considering on-line for the past year. Well worth the stop. The staff is friendly, welcoming and knowledgeable. Been looking for something specific? New to the scene and need recommendations? They got ya covered.

first time coming to the store, I felt like a kid in a candy store. super nice people, and they had…read morewhat I needed. Will definitely be back.

Awesome place for all things RC and collectible. John and all the staff are awesome people. We've…read morepurchased a few Traxxas vehicles from there and they are very helpful with repairs and maintenance.

Even though my fiancé and I were in town for a magic show, most of our trip centered around One…read moreStop Shop. I can't remember how we found it... Probably wandering around for a place to eat. We were drawn in immediately, wide-eyed at all the tabletop and RPG items. We hung out at the back tables and played some demo tabletop games to kill time. I love their rating system, and the staff of course are very knowledgeable with recommendations. We ended up buying a few of the games when we got back home since we didn't have room in our suitcase. Since my fiancé is the DM of our D&D game, he got inspired by the books, minis, and scheduled games that take place at the shop. Such a neat place... We'd definitely be regulars if we moved here but for now, we'll settle on making this home base on our future trips to Vancouver.

The service was great. The only bad thing was when I did a Google search for Sports Trading Cards…read moreit said Rain City Games. I get there and there are no sports, just Pokémon and other magic cards. They did recommend a real Sports Card shop. I was grateful for that. I did buy a few packs of Pokémon cards. Good prices. Thank you

Finally popped in to check out some sweet Pokémon hits!! Had a great chat about all my favourite…read morechildhood anime. Recommend!

The owner Dave provide a very welcoming atmosphere, terrific service. Lots of retail geekdom games…read moreto choose from and they have a great setup of tables to play games on site. A good assortment of archived comics to choose from at reasonable rates.