Hobby shop
{{Short description|Shop selling recreational items for hobbyists}}
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File:P&S Hobbies & Models Walmgate.jpg
A hobby shop (or hobby store) sells recreational items for hobbyists.
Types
=Modelling=
Classical hobby stores specialize in modelling and craft supplies and specialty magazines for model airplanes (military craft, private airplanes and airliners), model trains (locomotives, rolling stock, track, power packs and accessories), ship models, house and building models. Some hobby shops sell R/C cars, pinewood derby kits,{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=umYEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Hobby+shop+pinewood+derby&pg=PA82 | title=Boys' Life | date=March 1986 }} boats, and model or remote control planes.
=Collectibles=
File:Hobby shops at Comic Frontier 18.jpg 18 in BSD City, Indonesia]]
Some hobby shops may also sell dolls, figures, and collectible coins and stamps.
=Gaming=
File:Vienna,_Games_Workshop_2.jpg Games Workshop store in Vienna]]
A subtype of hobby shop is a game store, which sells jigsaw puzzles, card and board games and role playing games. Such stores sometimes may also contain community space for hobbyists (gamers) to mingle and play games. In recent years, board and card game hobby shops have often become part-cafes.{{cite web|title=What Is the Deal With Board-Game Cafes?| website=The Atlantic | date=23 November 2014 |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/11/board-game-bars/382828/?single_page=|accessdate=23 April 2015}}{{Cite journal|last=Konieczny|first=Piotr|date=2019|title=Golden Age of Tabletop Gaming: Creation of the Social Capital and Rise of Third Spaces for Tabletop Gaming in the 21st Century, (206).|url=http://polish-sociological-review.eu/pdf-117918-46968?filename=Golden%20Age%20of%20Tabletop.pdf|journal=Polish Sociological Review|volume=206|issue=2|pages=199–215|doi=10.26412/psr206.05|doi-broken-date=1 November 2024 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/yu-gi-oh-tcg/feature/japan-card-game-shops-community-companionship | title=Japan's card game shops have cultivated community and companionship to fill the gap left by vanishing public spaces | date=27 December 2023 }}
=Computer=
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Another subtype of hobby shop is the computer store, which sells computers, software, services, and training. Computer hobby shops have traditionally sold computers, related network equipment, and services, more often than not, they are selling training in software like Adobe PhotoShop, Autodesk 3ds, web design and other creative software pursuits. As technology continues to evolve, the post "dot com" computer hobby shops have transformed these equipment and services to hands-on training environments where people gather and learn from one another. This is because several people who work in technology also have it as a hobby.
See also
{{Commons category|Hobby shops}}
- {{annotated link|Third place}}
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