Pacific Rim Hobby — Attraction in Port Angeles

Wow! How wonderful this shop is! I am not a collector or anything - but I was in desperate need of a proper variety of Thomas the Tank Engines.You see - the ones now available in most stores are a new version that are re sized and built only for cheap plastic tracks - not compatible with Brio or other wooden tracks - so I was quite distraught - with my little boys 2nd birthday only a day away! We arrived a bit frantic - and i told the man behind the counter about my situation. He showed me his amazing and impressive selection of Thomas Engines and then even took my children to the other side of the store - distracting them with a remote control airplane - while I was able to choose over the trains to surprise my boy. My children then began playing with the display trains and track while I checked out. When I went to retrieve my children and leave - I saw that I had over looked a whole train set that included tracks and trains and so on. I went up to the counter and asked if I might exchange the engines I had bought for the set I had just discovered - I apologized for being such trouble - but the man was so kind and assured me was it was no trouble - and very kindly did the exchange. It is truly a wonderful place. I will only shop there for my boys toys...

Pacific Rim Hobby is one of the best hobby shops I've ever had the pleasure of discovering. They have a wide selection of tools, kits, paint, and accessories, good prices, and an incredible store of friendly knowledge in their heads. Want to know about RC, trains, paint, 3d printing, dioramas, wood burning, rockets, or model making? Just ask - they know about, have, or can get whatever you need for your project. The best part is you can wander around the store for an hour or so and still not see everything. I always want to take about 80% of the place home with me. It's a pity stores like Pacific Rim Hobby are such a rarity but finding one makes you feel like you've stumbled across a vein of gold. If I lived closer they'd get so tired of seeing me - and I'd be broke (but soooo happy.). Here's to ten more years, at least of...

Stopped in on out trip to P.A., actually stopped on Friday and the shop had closed so we made a special trip back on Saturday. I had settled on purchasing an RC boat to play with across the street when I heard the man working chiding my 9 year old son for apparently touching a train on display. His exact words were “ that’s an $800 train, do you have $800 to purchase that?” As if an 8 year old was going to pop out with a wad of 100’s to buy his train. A simple “ I’m sorry that model is only for looking at” would have sufficed fine. If it’s that important to you don’t have it out where it’s easily accessible, and certainly keep your condescending remarks to yourself. We promptly left lest we inadvertently defile anymore of...