shops in chi-town

[chiprico]

new to xmods, would like to know where there is a good hobbyshop in chicago.

i love bacon

[Bad Company]

You most likely will not find Xmods for sale in a hobby shop. They are sold exclusively thru Radioshack stores.

[chiprico]

i should clarify.i got the skyline for christmas.

i was just asking cause i want to more about rc.

[racemini89]

theres one in st. charles and one in napervill

[potentiality]

Dont bring your xmod though. Radio Shacks are nothing more than glorified cheap toys to the r/c hobby shops. (Unless you don't mind smirks)

[suprafreak33]

Originally posted by racemini89
theres one in st. charles and one in napervill

whats the name, i will check it out soon

[ts185r]

Dont forget about Venture Hobbies in Wheeling, Il

[Btman]

You also have Stanton in Chicago, Al's in Elmhurst, Lagrange Hobby Center and several Hobby Town USA locations throughout Chicagoland. I feel like a kid in a candy store whenever I go to a hobby shop.

[chiprico]

thanks btman.do they have races there?

[racemini89]

both are Hobby Town USAs

[Btman]

I have never raced myself (one of these days) I usually work on the weekends when a lots of locations race. However, I think most of the hobby stores I mentioned have racing in some scale (usually 1/10th scale). I believe some have mini-z races also.

[xxspeednplayaxx]

hey btman and chiproco.. were in chicago do you live? im in the suberbs, skokie, and go to niles west, maybee one day we could all meet at the hobbytown usa off milwalkee.. were do you guys go to school??


~M1K3

[Btman]

I have not been in high school in over 20 years! I am really starting to feel old now. I will be taking a brief break from xmods to focus on 1/43 scale cars for a little while. The 1/24-1/28 scale cars are starting to feel a little too big for my indoor space, especially once the performance is upgraded. I will continue to occasionally run my xmods to keep my interest in 1/28 scale up. I feel that the smaller cars may be better for the space that I have. Unfortunately, there does not seem to be a proportional control 1/43 scale car that has a fraction of the options and upgrades that the xmods have. That is why I will continue to be interested in both scales for now.