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    4.1 (8 reviews)
    Open 12:00 pm - 5:00 PM
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    Imperial Hobbies - Plastic model ships

    Imperial Hobbies

    4.3(11 reviews)
    45.1 miYVR
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    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.

    This is absolute heaven IF you're into say tabletop gaming and military modeling , as I highly…read moredoubt there's anywhere else in the Lower Mainland that rivals their collection . However if you're more interested in say action figures or Star Wars collecting then disappointed you will be as what's on offer does seem more like an afterthought . Also their prices are quite a bit more than 'em chains , but tbh I'm just happy that brick and mortar stores like this still exists as they're a slowly dying breed .

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    Imperial Hobbies - This was all I allowed myself so I could bring back on the plane

    This was all I allowed myself so I could bring back on the plane

    Imperial Hobbies - Out near the Vancouver Airport (YVR)

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    Out near the Vancouver Airport (YVR)

    Cosmic Games - Hing was not bent before, just hard to shut

    Cosmic Games

    3.5(16 reviews)
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    i wanted to buy a eevee master ball holo on 4/30/26 and was told they didnt have a price but would…read morecomp tcg player. was told $13 and though okay not bad. but when i got home and actually comp'd TCG player it was only $6.99 in near mint condition with 129 listings...they charged me double....why would you say you would comp something then charge me double? just down right fucked up.

    One star was the mandatory minimum forced by Yelp. Zero stars are warranted. Sure, selection is…read moregreat. However, customer service leaves much to be desired. I'm taking my full final f*ckin' Karen form on this one. I'll preface by saying I know jack squat about Pokémon cards, nor will I ever claim to. However, my 7-year old son adores Pokémon, is an avid trader and collector among his peers and with his uncle, and prior to this experience, we've been quite fond of this place. Yesterday, he was pumped to get a quote for the value of a handful of cards that he had been excited to receive in trades. Prior to going in, I told him to temper his expectations, and that he would likely receive a much lower quote than he was expecting. I explained what a for-profit business is, and the difference in what they quote and what they turn around to sell is how they pay the bills. I told him if he wasn't satisfied with a quote, he didn't have to do a thing and just hang on to the cards. Still quite shy about approaching any customer service situation, he sheepishly approached the lady behind the Pokémon counter, asking if he might get a quote for the seven cards in his little protective binder. Interrupting him, without even opening his binder or giving a simple glance at any of the cards, the lady said, "Those are all bulk cards and are worthless." This upset me, not because of her opinion, but because of the way she just wrote him off. She gave absolutely no shits about the kid. I asked, "Are you able to tell the value of any given card without knowing which card it is or even seeing the card?" Response from the Smug Pokémon Bitch (a term I avoid using at most costs) : "Oh yeah, just like any other industry, when you've been doing something for this long, you become an expert." We promptly left. Smug Pokémon Bitch appears to be an expert in negative marketing because I'm blasting this experience far and wide. Regardless of the true value of his cards, had she taken the thirty seconds to just take a look at them instead of writing him off simply because he's a child, I wouldn't be wasting the energy or time to type this out. But this warrants the Karenning. Take your business elsewhere. This place can kick rocks.

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    Cosmic Games - The left battery was shoved inside so hard I had trouble removing it

    The left battery was shoved inside so hard I had trouble removing it

    Cosmic Games - The door did shut with some luck before.

    The door did shut with some luck before.

    Cosmic Games - See the screen scratches? this is what they decided was acceptable

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    See the screen scratches? this is what they decided was acceptable

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