Today I tagged along with Ved from Selectnine, who was after a replacement servo for his Kyosho MP9-TKi2 RC car. I knew I was in for a treat as soon as Ved said it was a bit of a way out, that’s SO Ved! I instantly assumed it was going to be a rad old school hobby shop so I was 100% in. Fuck yeah! Adventure time!
I brought my camera along and took a few shots. Hope you get a kick out of the shop visit as much as I did. If you’re interested in checking out Family Land, check out their web site for more details.
Visit: http://familyland.com.au
Old school cool! As soon as I saw the shopfront I giggled with excitement. I also noted; hilarious that at some point someone probably got a bit nasty and forced these guys to add the “RC Hobby Creations” to their signage.
How much is that Kyosho in the window?
2005 NISMO Coppermix Silvia S15 in the window.
The owner Van Huynh has been in the game for a long time, and his enthusiasm shines as soon as he opens his mouth! I can see why Ved’s been a loyal customer for 10 years!
Van runs the shop right. Unlike a lot of new shops, he still stocks all the little bits for all the years. It’s all on show too, which makes for a packed out little shop, giving it that new old stock overseas hobby shop vibe.
Shocks and other fast bits, everywhere!
So much cool design on this one box.
Hey babe. I have so many Tamiya models, all un-opened, all cars which I’ve owned, all on display in my man cave! Love the art, and clean design of the boxes so much.
I could stare at this poster for hours.
JDM YO!
Initial-D sliders, all built and ready to go.
Van’s developing a race car, you can see he’s playing around with an aluminium front splitter design. One of his customers holds the 1/8th on-road RC speed record at 225km/hr. He’s hoping he’ll get close with this build.
Aussie Muscle!
A bit of Zen spotted out the back of the store.
Ved spotted this Revell MK1 GTI kit and had to have it!
Oh snap!
Replacement servo installed.
Ved’s S9 Kyosho MP9-TKi2 RC car.
Visit: http://familyland.com.au