I can probably make you all feel better. There WAS 4 or 5 Hobby Town USA franchises in the Seattle area a few years back. Now there might be one, If I'm unlucky. But at the same time, there have been 2 or 3 GOOD LHS's go under as well. For those that live in Pheonix, you have it good with Hobby Bench. Best hobby shop I was ever in was one of their stores on the north side of town. They had almost anything you could ask for, from trains, planes(ARFs, ARCs and kits), boats as well as art and baking supplies. My fiance and I spent several hours in the store, but since we had to fly home the next day, everything that I wanted had to stay there[&o]