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  • I first visited PM Hobbycraft when they were located in Franklin industrial park, across from Marlborough Mall in the 1980s. They've always been one of the largest hobby shops in Calgary; my interest was as a military scale modeller. My active participation in that hobby is probably well behind me, though I do continue to browse at hobby stores and maintain an active interest in military-related hobbies as they relate to my research and writing on the Canadian Army in the Second World War. I obviously have little interest, therefore, in PM's other business interests such as catering to craft hobbyists - dolls, candy makers, radio control, trains, etc. and can't make any informed comments on them other than to say their shelves always seemed well-stocked. What I can report on is the inventory of such things as military scale models, which is adequate enough. At that, the focus in the store seems to have shifted towards the collectible side of things, and pre-built die-cast models, of which there is a considerable inventory, perhaps the best I've seen anywhere. A better store may be Hobby-West if one is looking for arcane bits of accessories for a 1:35 scale diorama, etc., but as a general interest store, the shelves are always full. There had been a brief emphasis for a little while on 1:6 scale figures, but it appears this has died off and only a handful remain. In something like 30 years of coming to the store, I had almost never been asked if I needed assistance, or for that matter, greeted on arrival. It's a small thing, but for the longest time the staff almost always seem oblivious to customers - not in a hostile way, but certainly noticeable, and persistent over my experiences for three decades now. They are nonetheless friendly at the till, and have only in the last year or two started to become a little more proactive in customer relations. Perhaps changing the name from the inadvertently amusing "PMS Hobbycraft" monicker they unironically bore for so many years has lightened their mood? I guess maybe I should spend some money there for my karma to improve. Well worth the look for those interested in the subject, and still one or two vintage kits on the shelves for those looking for hard-to-find collectibles.
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