Happy Hobby

It’s super old, has a musty smell but it’s a diamond in the rough. If you want an ancient train and rails for a good deal this is the place to go.
It’s something out of a movie where some little kid wanders into a store and wanders around finally falling over something amazing and it changes his life. He’s transported to another time and place. It’s filled with wonderment and awe.
Or it’s just a hobby shop and I’ve had too many drinks.

This place, and the proprietor have grown on me. I’ve been back several times and have even joked with and talked to some of the regulars. They are a colorful bunch.
The store is newly renovated and this makes me happy. The roof wasn’t in good shape and I was seeing vintage treasures die. But, no more. There is a new feel to the place, and a definite effort from the guy who runs the store to be more personable and helpful. That makes all the difference.
I like him and the store, and am happy to revise my rating. Stop in and take your time… It is worth it.

Kind good long time buying from himif ur looking 4 good low prices hit him up or ride thru

This place is straight up weird. I walk in and hear a voice from way back in the building saying «hello?», not a greeting hello but a «who are you and why are you here hello». I said I was over at the comic book store across the street and stopped in to check the place out. He continues his conversation with someone back there.
The entire time there’s a German Shepard dog following me around the store like one wrong move and he would remove a piece of flesh from my ass. There was dusty hobby merchandise choking the catacomb-​like aisles with buckets catching water from a leaking roof. Strange place. SMH

Finally a hobby shop that’s not a chain. This place has some of the old stuff you can’t find at any other hobby shop. They’ve got vintage models, not just the reproductions that u see at other hobby stores. They also have cox tether planes as well as a cool nitro propeller driven car, trains up the arse, k&b nitro engines, bunches of vintage spare parts, vintage steam driven vehicles, tether cars, and much more that you could never find at any other store in Milwaukee. This place is the destination for big time hobby enthusiasts. The owner also has two friendly dogs and he is friendly as well.
Now on to my complaints. The ceiling is in poor condition and the aisles are so full in some areas it’s hard to squeeze through. They also don’t have many rc boats or cars, but u can get those traxxas/​aquacraft/​proboat crap at any other hobby shop chain. But the tether planes, nitro helicopters and even gyrocopters, and other vintage rc planes makes up for that. This is how hobby shops used to be and should be.
All in all, this is the destination for the big time hobbiest. Some of the stuff here is so rare there is no chance of finding it anywhere on the interenet or eBay.