Avoid at all "costs". Your money is gonna be used as a temporary loan to pay off the suppliers…read moreand later on they will cancel whenever they feel like. Excuses after excuses, customer service just keep sending same email over and over(automated).They are 200% scalpers changing prices and cancelling orders on their favor all time. Had to call the bank today as it's been 25 days and still no refund.Wish i have read the reviews before.Do not say i did not warn you.

In addition to the usual ranges of Warhammer et al games, Rules of Play also carries a wide…read moreselection of board games, and some of the more esoteric games that may only have been previously available online. I thankfully didn't have the same customer service annoyances as Amanda, most likely because I came here with a boy, but I'm happy to report the staff were helpful and courteous in any case. Although I'm not interested in much this shop has to offer, I think Rules of Play is a welcomed communal haven for the gaming community. For those Cardiff residents looking to expand their playing circles, Rules of Play also has an oft-updated Facebook page, in addition to an interactive forum. Events like game-play evenings are often scheduled, with Magic night on Thursdays from 6pm (only £2 entry). For more information, check out their afore-mentioned social media pages.

Cardiff model-makers will already be very familiar with Antics, as it's a shop that's packed to the…read morerafters with model planes, boats, cars, railways, and all the accessories that go with them. They have diecast and display model aeroplanes from various top brands; war gaming and figures; military models; Scalextric kits and cars; steam powered models; radio controlled systems; and maritime models - amongst other products. Then once you're set up, they also have lots of the little extras you might be looking for. If you're after some landscaping materials for your model railway, for example, you can pick up individual items such as miniature trees or whole kits with a variety of scenic materials to create a realistic-looking environment. Usually populated mainly by men and boys, this is a great shop for any keen model makers.

First off - great name for a hobby shop. Second - I can't believe their ranges of radio controlled…read moremodel cars, boats, planes, toys, vehicles, plastic kits and model railways. Antics is the stuff little boys' dreams are made of, and its location on the castle end of St Mary's Street means it's perfectly positioned to catch the hordes of tourists in that area of town. It packs a lot of stock into such a modest shop - the list is seemingly endless: flying models, military models and figures, Wargaming figures, Scalextric (my personal favourite), educational kids, books and DVDs. If you can't find what you're looking for - which would be a stretch of the imagination - Antics has an online shop with more than 10,000 models in stock.

I am truly sorry to have to do this because I was really hopeful for a decent store to buy pokemon…read morecards from. I bought 5 astral radiance boosters from this shop today - I noticed over 36 on display which should have been a red flag, because who opens more than a full booster box at a time to display, right? Then I ran my thumbnail across the top ridge of a pack, absolutely fine. Running my thumbnail across the bottom of a pack, I noticed the ridges are almost non-existent. They've been reheated and opened, checked for contents and put back. My wife also bought 5 and has a similar experience - in fact, one of the packs was already partially opened and all of them were FAR too easy to open. Our suspicious confirmed by purchasing a full astral radiance booster box and comparing. Note in the shop, they are also opening Build & Battle stadium deck boxes, obviously to find the decent promos/Gengar to resell online and flogging the crap off to unsuspecting parents looking to find something good for their kids. Sorry to say this is a business no collector should take seriously - because whatever you buy here the odds are stacked heavily out of your favour. P.S. I just lifted the flap on all of the packs and you can see from the picture what I have found. Anyone that has opened a fair few of these expansions knows in the later sets, they are more likely to be like fort knox to get into than fall apart in your hand! EDIT: After re-checking, three of the packs are open as in this photo. Can you really call this good business?

Do not buy Pokémon cards from here !!!!!…read more They are 100% resealed !! I went there the other day and got a few packs of cards. Went home and noticed something was off. The bumps on the package were flat and not bumpy, the rapping was loose and one was actually open. They said some things that were worrying they said they open the Build and battle boxes and are re sealing the and selling the cards, so they are probably getting the good cards and selling them on. I will not be going here again and I suggest of you do you check the card packs before you purchase.

Oh, Games Workshop…read more This shop is a gaming and hobby shop for all those people obsessed with fantasy and role playing, in all its guises. You can makes your own figures, paint them and create scenery. You can buy books on how to do just this, or just a good old plain fantasy book. But this shop is also so very much more. In the centre of the floor are tables where epic battles are fought and lost/won, where heroic deeds go on a few metre from the pavement. Oh, Games Workshop. How you suck in the lives of teenagers (and, admittedly, lots of adults too) and chew them up. Hours of role playing later, the little tykes will stagger out into the harsh sunlight and feel a staggering loss at there being no orcs or wizards on the high street. This is a shop and social club for all those people with a sense of miniature adventure.

"To each his own", I think whenever I'm on my travels and faced with yet another gaming shop…read more Cardiff boasts quite a few, and I think it's a testament to the gaming culture that these places still manage to thrive - I don't really understand the nature of it or how it works, but I know one thing is certain, the Games Workshop must be doing something right as this place is always alive with customers acting out epic battles on the large tables in the shop floor's centre. Games Workshop offers a wide selection of figurines, accessories, and books for games of all sorts, including Warhammer, Lord of the Rings, and other specialist games. The range of stock here is impressive, and I'm sure if you're a gaming enthusiast, you'll be able to find what you're looking for.

Jets is a shop at the top of Caerphilly town that specialises in models. Not the models you see in…read moremagazines unfortunately, but the kind that you build and put together from scratch. Slightly less enthralling I must admit, but still, it has its niche. While they do sell a good and wide variety of these models, ranging from trains to planes to automobiles, the reason I remember this shop so well is that when I was a young teenager, they used to sell the most awesome BB guns. Not that I'm some kind of gun nut or anything, but at the time all of my mates had one and I caved to peer pressure as is normally the case, and as such, I needed to get my hands on one. In Jets, I'd hit the mother load; BB machine guns, BB shotguns, BB everything: targets, sights, ammo, they had the lot. Sadly, on a lowly teenager's wage I could only afford the cheapest one they had, but at least I managed to get one. Looking back, supplying a teenage boy with an air pistol might not have been the safest thing to do on their part and probably broke every health and safety protocol known to man. But damn it, they managed to put a temporary smile on my spotty teenage face and that's good enough justification for me. Good job, Jets!

There are not many button shops left in the world. This is sad…read more Claire Grove has been open for over 25 years as has become one of those well loved local establishments that has a stream of people goggling in the window. I would urge you to go inside. There are buttons from all over the world. Big, small, dull, colourful, fabric, glass... You name, you can buy it and sew it on to your jumper. They're a great idea for sprucing up tired items of clothing. There's also a wide variety of beads on offer. This is a fascinating shop which will throw something new at you every time you have a look around. Certainly worth 5 minutes of you time.

Unfortunately I'm not the most of artistic of people, nor do I have the patience to make my own…read morejewellery, my best mate on the other hand is obsessed and is constantly dragging me into this shop. As Tanya mentioned there really are buttons galore here, which you really just can't help looking at. When it comes to the beads available, they're rather traditional (think wooden), but I think it's rather nice that this place can still survive in this day and age. As Tanya said, you should really check this place out for yourselves, and who knows when the buttons on my Karren Millen coat fall off for the umpteenth time (inevitably causing me to loose them), I might be brave enough to buy some buttons from here and sew them on myself.

Antics is a geeks paradise, full of kits to make model planes, trains, tanks and any other kind of…read morevehicle you'd care to mention. My dad's a bit of a trainspotter, so whenever he comes down to Bristol he loves having a route around in this place for a new locomotive, or bit of rail track, or whatever (I don't know, mostly I just nod and smile). The staff are really friendly and obviously well into their stuff. If you're after something in particular then they'll be more than happy to help and will no doubt strike up a healthy debate about the various different gauges (sizes) of train sets you can get and which one is best (N-gauge, I'm told). You get the idea.