Hobbies

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About the Business

Family owned since 1971, Burnaby Hobbies specializes in plastic model cars, aircraft and ships, as well as wooden model boats and aircraft. We also sell Radio controlled cars and trucks, boats and airplanes, drones, slot cars, kites, puzzles, airbrushes, and tools for hobbyists. We pride ourselves on a large selection of paints and glue, and hard to find items like balsawood, plastic and metal shapes and sizes for the scratch builder or artisan. Burnaby Hobbies has been located at the corner of Royal Oak and Rumble street in South Burnaby for 46 years, and is just 3 blocks south of the Royal Oak skytrain station.

Established in 1971.

Business Name

Hobbies

Specialties

Burnaby Hobbies is western Canada's #1 hobby shop and has been in operation since 1971. We sell hobby items including: airbrush and tools, model car kits, puzzles, military and aviation books and much more. Come on down to our shop in Burnaby today.

Amenities

Accepts Debit Cards, Bike Parking

Business Owner

Dave T. (Business Owner)

The business was started in 1971 by John and Joyce Tarvin, and is now run by their son Dave. Building models was a hobby of John's since world war 2, and after moving to Canada in 1956 worked at Woodwards dept.store in downtown Vancouver, where he ran the hobby and toy department for 15 years. After John left Woodwards he and Joyce opened Burnaby Hobbies, and in 1984 were joined by their son Dave, who operates the store today.

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