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Or, where can I buy rocket
stuff in Minnesota?
You can find small selections of model rocket
merchandise at mass market retailers, department stores, and toy
stores. Some examples are Walmart and Toys R Us. Also,
chain stores such as Air Traffic, Michaels (some of
them) and Snyder
Drug sometimes have a small selection of Estes merchandise.
However, MRN encourages you to patronize
locally-owned, Minnesota hobby stores. They can provide you
with personalized service and better selections of rocket
stuff. Local hobby stores - use 'em or lose 'em!
If you've visited a store recently, and it's not on
our list, or our information is outdated, please send us an update
at: mrn [at] mn-rocketry [dot] net Please include
information such as: store name and location, brands and
selection of rocket merchandise, and anything else that you feel is
important. Thank you!
These listings provided for informational purposes
only. A listing is not an endorsement by the Minnesota
Rocketry Network. MRN will not be held responsible for any
inaccuracies in the information presented here. Note that some
of these hobby shops may not carry any model rocket merchandise.
Brooklyn Park
Coon Rapids
Burnsville
Eagan
Lino Lakes
Little Canada
Minneapolis
Minnetonka
Richfield
South St. Paul
St. Paul
Woodbury
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Brooklyn Park
Burnsville
Coon Rapids
Eagan
Lino Lakes
Little Canada
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Hub Hobby
Center
82 Minnesota Ave
651-490-1675
http://www.hubhobbycenter.com
Last updated: 8/17/2007
Rocket merchandise:
Estes kits, starter sets, motors, components, educator bulk
packs of both kits and motors
Quest kits, motors, launch equipment, educator bulk packs
FlisKits kits
DynaStar kits
Semroc kits
Custom kits, educator bulk packs of kits
Apogee books
Edmonds Aerospace kits
Peter Alway kits by BMS
Aerotech kits, launch equipment, consumer motors (D-G)
Public Missiles kits, parachutes, some components, motor
adapters, Co-Pilot altimeters, Accufire timers, motor retainers
LOC/Precision kits, parachutes, components
Balsa Machining Service nose cones, body tubes, parts
Comments: Talk to staff members Alan (estenson [at] mn-rocketry
[dot] net) or Rob for rocket assistance
Minneapolis
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Phoenix Games
901 W Lake St
612-823-3222
www.phoenixgamesonline.com
Last updated: 5/8/01
Rocket merchandise:
Small selection of Estes kits and motors
Comments:
"The plus for them is that they have had
some fairly old OOP kits, and still have a couple of relatively
uncommon kits. Prices are nothing special to high."-tc
Minnetonka
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HobbyTown USA
11319 Hwy 7
952-931-2267
www.hobbytown.com/mnmin
Last updated: unknown
Rocket merchandise:
Estes kits, starter sets, motors
Some Aerotech reload kits
Comments:
"The owner is willing to order any kit
or part that they can get from their supplier, and offers a
discount on these special orders. I believe they can get
AeroTech and LOC kits."-sm
Richfield
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Sky's the Limit
Hobbies (formerly Hobby Warehouse)
7138 Chicago Ave S
612-861-5587
Last updated: 5/9/2008
Rocket merchandise: very little
Comments: "Since the Hobby Zone in Eagan Closed
about a year or so ago, it's been
tough on this corner of town to get hobby supplies. Needing to
get some fiberglass cloth other than the heavy stuff I can get
at the big box stores, I decided to trundle over to Sky
Warehouse, and see what they had in stock.
In Richfield, Chicago Avenue is not a major street. And the
little strip mall that Sky occupies is rather sleepy corner. One
of the stores there used to be the original Eric's Bike shop but
is now an Asian Grocery, judging by the Bollywood movie posters
in the window. A literalist will have some trouble locating the
store because the name of the shop still reads Hobby Warehouse,
even though shop keeper answered the phone "Sky Hobbies".
Perhaps it's a Prince-like "The Shop Formally Known as "Hobby
Warehouse" affectation.
The store itself is a well stocked R/C Shop, focusing on
airplanes, but also cars and boats. I was looking for building
supplies and found plenty of adhesives, balsa, glass, wire and
brass tubing. Of the materials mentioned, the prices seemed
reasonable enough.
Conclusion, if you are a rocketeer who needs a brass launch lug
or some epoxy, and you lack the fuel to go the extra 4 miles to
the Richfield Hub Hobby on Penn, Hobby Warehouse, er, I mean,
Sky Hobbies will fill the need. "-sm
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Hub Hobby Center
6410 Penn Ave S
612-866-9575
http://www.hubhobby.com
Last updated: 1/1/2005
Rocket merchandise:
Estes kits, engines, and starter sets
Sunward kits, Squirrel Works kits
Small amounts of Fliskits, DynaStar, Semroc, Aerotech, LOC/Precision,
and Public Missiles
Comments: "They've recently expanded, almost
doubling their floor space, including that devoted to rockets.
Non Estes stuff is expanding."-tc
South St. Paul
St. Paul
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Hobbies Plus
1536 White Bear Ave
651-778-1550
Last updated: n/a
Rocket merchandise: unknown
Comments:
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Scale Model
Supplies
458 N Lexington Pkwy
651-646-7781
Last updated: 5/26/01
Rocket merchandise: Estes kits & motors, a smattering of
other brands
Comments:
Woodbury
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Duluth
Grand Forks, ND (honorary Minnesotans)
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Rocket Technologies
1225 Stanford Rd. #3
Grand Forks, ND 58203
Ph 701-746-0880
Fax 701-746-0884
admin@rocket-technologies.com
http://www.rocket-technologies.com
Last updated: 5/8/01
Rocket merchandise:
Estes kits and motors
Aerotech kits, motors, motor systems, single-use and reloads,
some Dr. Rocket cases
Most LOC/Precision kits, most Public Missiles kits
igniter kits, motor retainers, PML altimeters
Comments: "Rocket Technologies will be at most of
the MN launches with merchandise. TM (2nd Sat.) and TSM (4th
Sat.) launches every month."
Wyoming (heading north out of the Metro on I-35)
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