Hobby Shops in Tacoma, WA

“Excellent comic store with helpful welcoming staff and a great vibe. Plenty of new releases, back issues, collections, toys and so much more. Look no further for all your Tacoma comics needs.”

“Just being inside the store is enough to inspire my next project! We visited here for the first time and the staff is so friendly and helpful. Wide selection of graphite and charcoal pencils, sketchbooks, canvas, easels, frames, etc! So many cool things and I found my new favorite pair of earrings as well. My new go-to art store!”

“What an incredible experience I had here with my boyfriend. He had sold a lot of Pokemon cards to them (at least a binder full) and a couple weeks later my bf got a call telling him that they found more valuable cards and wanted to pay him more money! Who does that?! We are thankful for the incredible service of the staff here. They're friendly and helpful and run their business how people should. Plus, the sports memorabilia here is mind-blowing!”

“Got the family into some Element rock crawlers for Christmas, with absolutely no knowledge whatsoever. Thanks to all the fella’s for tolerating my many questions, being straight forward in all the answers.
Awesome shop, awesome help, trucks are crazy awesome too”

“Great place to visit and play dnd with friends among other table top games. Great people very helpful with trying to get you a table so you can play. Highly recommended”

“Being new to the area i wanted to find a good local store to play and I wasnt disappointed. The players were awesome which usually shows how well the place is. The staff are amazing and extremely helpful. One of them even moved their own car so I could have a place to park. I feel terrible that I forgot your name but thank you very much for that. I will consistently come back here to play and to purchase.”

“Does your kid love Lego? Minecraft or Star Wars? Well this is the place for you. Connect the brick is located by proctor and the place is small but super cute inside! They’ve got a great selection of mini figures and sets that are perfect for little collectors or anyone just getting into it. It’s one of those places where you can tell everything is picked with care. The owner Eric Vasquez is super nice and his mom helps him out too! It gives the whole shop a warm, family feel that you don’t get at big stores. Definitely worth stopping by if you’re in the area. Support local and treat your kiddos to something fun.”

“Fun game store in Tacoma. There are a lot of sample games to play and a decent size selection of games for sale. There's lots of play space and every time I've been in there there's been a lot of people having a lot of fun playing games. Although I have not personally tried to sell anything to them, I witnessed them purchase a number of pokémon cards so I do know they buy things. Finally, they will special order something for you if you like so it's worth a stop to check out this store. Cheers”

“Phillip and Charlie ate probably up there a my favorite people in the world. They are a wealth of information and their store store just might have that gift for your favorite nerd this holiday season.”

“My first time visiting a warhammer store. I’m a bit new to the hobby. Steve was Awesome. He was very friendly, knowledgeable, & welcoming. He answered all of my noob questions promptly & Gave me lots of pointers, tips, & let me know of some resources i could get access to free of charge. He helped me pick out all the proper paints i would need for my army, & even gave me some free collector coins. All in all it was a great experience & i will definitely be coming back to this store for all my future warhammer needs. Thanks again.”

“Had a great experience there. One of the employees spent alot of time getting my order just right. I came in with a budget and after doing some research he called me after I left and was able to save me almsot 1300 dollars from what we thiught Ibwas going to have to spend! Cudtomer for life... brought my neighbors to buy some flags right after! Thanks crow :)”

“There is a young man that works here that always gives good ideas on how to work on my model kits. He is also very outgoing and remembers me. (I visit from time-to-time.)
Sean is also great and is very knowledgeable about his store and the popular culture within the Anime genre.”

“I went to BRC Tacoma this morning and sold a large quantity of my collection. Carina was very helpful, patient and knowledgeable on all the coin grades, values and very helpful.
The entire transaction was conducted quickly and efficiently. Thanks for a great experience!”

“Overall I was very pleased with my visit. The owner along with the staff was very nice and professional and when I left i did not feel taken advantage of or ripped off.I will definitely return to Northwest Sportscards in the near future for selling more of my cards and future purchases as well.I went into this establishment last weekend with it being my first time going there. I buy a lot of cards and resell a lot of sealed packs/boxes. I went in to try to sell partial of my inventory of sealed sports cards due to my job hrs slowing down and met the Owner who was the one who helped me out he took the time to price out all that I brought him and then gave me an offer. Even though the offer was not exactly what I had in mind his offer was more than fair since I know his business needs to profit as well. He also took all types of cards I brought in and didn’t just pick and choose a few of the good ones he took Everything I brought in which I really appreciated.I highly recommend this sports card shop to anyone wanting great product and anyone wanting great helpful and friendly service.”

“I’ve been buying stuff from this guy for years and I can safely tell you he’s in it for the hobby. I watch him give 20 $30 cards to kids all the time I’ve been wanting to Peyton Manning Sp diecut rookie for years but honestly can’t afford the prices on those things he got one in a big lot. He paid like $1000 for the lot and he sold it to me for 200 Beckett graded 9.5 Try to find that at another card shop. People complain a lot that his hours are off they’re not really off. He’s got some pretty serious health issues and sometimes he just can’t make it in. He’s hired people to come in and run the Shop when he can’t do it but every time he does, they just steal from him. If you’re looking for the kind of old-school card shop where you can go in and there’s a card that’s 200 $300 and yeah talk to him about it and offer them 100 bucks you’re probably walking away with it. He’s a super nice guy so if you had a bad experience or you think you were wrong just try again, but remember you’re dealing with the guy that’s in a lot of pain that’s struggling like the rest of the world. I can give you one more example. I wanted the 1960 mantle. I really didn’t care about the condition just as long as you can see the picture and shit and read the back. He got one in. He gave the guy like 80 bucks for it hundred bucks or something it’s pretty trashed he traded me for a $15 cow Raleigh straight across he knew I just wanted that card and I was the only reason why he got that card so when you get to know this guy, he’ll do everything he can to help you complete what you wanna find . Just a couple weeks ago he had one of the original beam team Michael Jordan graded nine some guy offered him 400 bucks for it. I know it’s worth more but that’s what he offered. He turned it down because one of his customers has been looking for that card, he just took it in that morning and I was there when he called that customer to tell him he got a beam team in there and all I could hear was yeah I got one. We’ll talk about it when you get here. The guy was there in 10 minutes. He asked him what he wanted for it and he said that he could do 225 sale done look that card up so now I’m going for the Nolan Ryan rookie his response. Give me a couple weeks.”

“The best coin shop in Washington. They check off all the boxes fur customer service.
It all starts with rolling the red carpet out. Fast - impactful - competent- efficient - with a hand shake family style thank you. God bless this family operated business that helped put Tacoma on the map! If you want that customer service you had on the 80s-90s with an inventory of favorite gold or silver desires. Take the trip - Tell Them Kelly Bennet sent them... I don't tell lies - and well their product is the best”

“The Labubus here are real!! the girl at the counter was nice enough to show me how to authenticate it and did it before I even paid ! It’s expensive, but I get they are reselling. it’s popmarts fault for making them so hard to get ?”