Any Good Shops in NYC Area For Associated?

[jackdc100]

Are there any shops in the NYC area that stock Team Associated kits? I am interested in the more race-oriented cars/trucks. The websites for local shops don't seem to show these. I am only seeing the RTR stuff listed for sale locally. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks!

[Brendan2904]

Unfortunately, most shops are Traxxas and Horizon Hobbies products. You may find some RTR Associated stuff but whenever I want a more detailed kit I have to special order it with the shops I go to.

[Dangeruss]

From the Great American R/C Hobby Shop Directory:

https://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?t=48449

Find what's local to you, call, and ask... they'd know best:

New York
www.thehobbystore.com - 114 Mt Vernon Ave., Mt Vernon - (914) 668-3022
www.gallimods.com - 267 Tomahawk Street Route 118, Baldwin Place - (914) 621-0044
www.fearlessrc.com - 324 NY-59, Nyack - (845) 268-0088
www.rovanrc.com - 324 NY-59, Nyack - (845) 268-0088
www.brooklynhobbies.com - 3852 Flatlands Ave, Brooklyn - (718) 951-2500
www.planethobbywood.com - 8611 Jamaica Ave, Queens - (718) 850-1400
www.brownieshobbies.com - 124 Bennett St, Staten Island - (718) 727-2194
www.islandhobbynut.com - 1139-2 Jericho Turnpike, Commack - (646) 560-0909
www.smalladdictionsrc.com - 1250 Upper Front Street, Binghamton - (607) 296-4600
www.upstaterc.com - 297 N Comrie Ave, Johnstown - (518) 705-4511
www.willishobbies.com - 300 Willis Avenue, Mineola - (516) 746-3944
Track Day Hobbies - 1542 Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont - (516) 233-2960
www.redlinehobbiesny.com - 3192 Webster Ave, Bronx - (347) 202-7247
www.hobbytown.com - 34 Chenango Ave, #4, Clinton - (315) 557-5054
www.hobbytown.com - 2 Dwight Park Dr., Syracuse - (315) 453-2291
www.teamcrc.com - 6785 Martin Street, Rome - (315) 339-6050
www.absolutehobbyz.com - 1050 US Highway 22 , Unit C, Lebanon - (201) 644-6229

[Brendan2904]

NYC area here. Again, some RTR associated stuff. Mostly Traxxas and Horizon products. The stores that are actually within the city limits are not really in places that you want to go walking around in. Redline in the bronx has a guy who hangs out on the block on Webster Ave that likes to OD and sometimes chase people around with a knife (box cutter) or a glass bottle. Hobby town in Connecticut has a very small selection of RC stuff. I haven’t been to Willis Hobbies since they moved from Willis Ave in the Bronx to Long Island.

Rovan and Fearless are custom shops in rockland county so you will need a car as you will with most of the shops on this list. But they really don’t sell Associated products.
Brooklyn Hobbies and Planet Hobbywood are in neighborhoods.

My go to shop is Gallimods on the list but his stuff is mostly RTR stuff. Hobby House in Poughkeepsie NY is another option but Associated stuff is almost nonexistent in that store unless you special order it.


Some of the shops on the list also may not exist anymore.

[Dangeruss]

Wow, didn't know you were from NYC, very cool.

Now... down to business... "Some of the shops on the list also may not exist anymore." ...If you see a shop on the list that's closed, has moved, or know of one that isn't even on the list, post the info in the directory's thread and I'll update it. That's the point of the thread, it only takes a minute to keep your neck of the woods up to date. I've gone through the list completely, twice, since I posted it a year ago and regularly update it as I find new or closed shops.

The more time we spend participating the less time we have for denigrating.

[Brendan2904]

I’m not from the city but the Northern Suburbs in Westchester county. Retired last year from the NYPD after 25 years. My family is from the Bronx,Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island.

[MarkyDents]

Staten Island here
Been going to Brownies Hobbies since I’m 7 years old….
The only place for me, if John doesn’t have it you probably don’t need it
Otherwise if anything they would get it.

[Brendan2904]

Staten Island here
Been going to Brownies Hobbies since I’m 7 years old….
The only place for me, if John doesn’t have it you probably don’t need it
Otherwise if anything they would get it.

I have never been to brownies lol. Probably because of all of the tolls and Jersey lol.

[jackdc100]

Ok thanks for the info guys. I am in Brooklyn and have a car so I will go check out Brownies. Also Northern New Jersey is doable if there is somewhere really exceptional to check out. I So I am hearing associated is doing mostly mail-order these days? I have been out of the game for a while clearly. That's a bummer if you have to mail-order parts too. Maybe that beats driving around a bunch like we did in the good ole' days though. Is the AE stuff as well regarded now as it was in the 90s? I have a RC10T2 and a RC10GT at my parents' place somewhere. I might go and try to find them when I visit my parents next.

[TRX-1-3]

Staten Island here
Been going to Brownies Hobbies since I’m 7 years old….
The only place for me, if John doesn’t have it you probably don’t need it
Otherwise if anything they would get it.

I have never been to brownies lol. Probably because of all of the tolls and Jersey lol.

Ha! My wife is from NJ. Whenever we took a tunnel to NYC, I'd razz her with, "NJ so bad, people will pay to leave!" But, just for a laugh. I got nothing against either, really.

Good luck with your hobby shop hunting.

[Brendan2904]

Ok thanks for the info guys. I am in Brooklyn and have a car so I will go check out Brownies. Also Northern New Jersey is doable if there is somewhere really exceptional to check out. I So I am hearing associated is doing mostly mail-order these days? I have been out of the game for a while clearly. That's a bummer if you have to mail-order parts too. Maybe that beats driving around a bunch like we did in the good ole' days though. Is the AE stuff as well regarded now as it was in the 90s? I have a RC10T2 and a RC10GT at my parents' place somewhere. I might go and try to find them when I visit my parents next.

It’s just that Traxxas is so commonly used around here that most stores carry a ton of parts for them and Horizon is the main distributor for our area that they discount most of their products so that it’s not a lot of profit for a shop to sell non horizon products. Like I said, for associated you will find mostly RTR stuff but not many kits or replacement parts without having that shop special ordering them. I use Gallimods in Somers as much as I can. The owner is good and knows his stuff.

[jackdc100]

Ok thanks for the info guys. I am in Brooklyn and have a car so I will go check out Brownies. Also Northern New Jersey is doable if there is somewhere really exceptional to check out. I So I am hearing associated is doing mostly mail-order these days? I have been out of the game for a while clearly. That's a bummer if you have to mail-order parts too. Maybe that beats driving around a bunch like we did in the good ole' days though. Is the AE stuff as well regarded now as it was in the 90s? I have a RC10T2 and a RC10GT at my parents' place somewhere. I might go and try to find them when I visit my parents next.

It’s just that Traxxas is so commonly used around here that most stores carry a ton of parts for them and Horizon is the main distributor for our area that they discount most of their products so that it’s not a lot of profit for a shop to sell non horizon products. Like I said, for associated you will find mostly RTR stuff but not many kits or replacement parts without having that shop special ordering them. I use Gallimods in Somers as much as I can. The owner is good and knows his stuff.

Ok gotcha. Westchester is a doable drive for me at certain times of the day.

[Brendan2904]

I have no clue what the Jersey Shops have to offer lol. But looking online they might have some promising options. There’s a place in Middletown NY called T and T Hobbies that I have wanted to check out for a while but I don’t want to pay a toll lol.

[Brendan2904]

Ok thanks for the info guys. I am in Brooklyn and have a car so I will go check out Brownies. Also Northern New Jersey is doable if there is somewhere really exceptional to check out. I So I am hearing associated is doing mostly mail-order these days? I have been out of the game for a while clearly. That's a bummer if you have to mail-order parts too. Maybe that beats driving around a bunch like we did in the good ole' days though. Is the AE stuff as well regarded now as it was in the 90s? I have a RC10T2 and a RC10GT at my parents' place somewhere. I might go and try to find them when I visit my parents next.

It’s just that Traxxas is so commonly used around here that most stores carry a ton of parts for them and Horizon is the main distributor for our area that they discount most of their products so that it’s not a lot of profit for a shop to sell non horizon products. Like I said, for associated you will find mostly RTR stuff but not many kits or replacement parts without having that shop special ordering them. I use Gallimods in Somers as much as I can. The owner is good and knows his stuff.

Ok gotcha. Westchester is a doable drive for me at certain times of the day.

Right now I don’t think he’s got much. If it’s on his website he’s got it, if not he doesn’t.