{"id":5822,"date":"2015-01-24T07:34:23","date_gmt":"2015-01-24T12:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=5822"},"modified":"2015-01-26T08:23:09","modified_gmt":"2015-01-26T13:23:09","slug":"sylhs-rogers-hobby-center-5618-state-street-saginaw-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=5822","title":{"rendered":"SYLHS Roger\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Hobby Center &#8211; 5618 State Street &#8211; Saginaw Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twttr_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=5822&text=SYLHS Roger\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Hobby Center - 5618 State Street - Saginaw Michigan\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here if you like this article.\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/twitter-plugin\/images\/twitt.gif\" alt=\"Twitt\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Right On Replicas, LLC (Support Your Local Hobby Shop) 20150124*<br \/>\nRoger\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Hobby Center &#8211; 5618 State Street Saginaw, Michigan<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"RHC Building by dougcole2000, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/29474631@N04\/16323195346\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7558\/16323195346_47aeb11106.jpg\" alt=\"RHC Building\" width=\"374\" height=\"118\" \/><\/a> <a title=\"000 by dougcole2000, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=5829\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7490\/15729199993_28346706f4.jpg\" alt=\"000\" width=\"202\" height=\"116\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Kit Review and Photos by Alan Mann<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Alan Mann (Thumbnail) by dougcole2000, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/29474631@N04\/10489847916\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5477\/10489847916_19fa0c6f70_t.jpg\" alt=\"Alan Mann (Thumbnail)\" width=\"74\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>Once in a while I run across a local hobby shop that is special. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rogershobbycenter.com\/\">Roger\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Hobby Center<\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> (<strong>RHC<\/strong>) <span style=\"color: #000000;\">is one of those places. With over thirty years experience the knowledgeable employees at RHC are among the best in the business. I am always impressed by their willingness to serve their customers and the hobby business in general.\u00c2\u00a0 RHC is an avid supporter of local Make-N-Take builds and R\/C Events.\u00c2\u00a0 They graciously provide space for local hobby club meetings and demonstrations.\u00c2\u00a0 Without Local Hobby Shop\u00c2\u00a0 (LHS) businesses like Roger\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s; the hobby industry would suffer greatly from lack of leadership.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The shop itself is clean, well lit and impeccably maintained and store features a variety of mainline hobby kits, R\/C planes, boats, and cars. Local flying ace Brian frequently demonstrates the latest in R\/C quad-copter equipment by deftly maneuvering them around inside. They also service R\/C equipment and offer miniature railroad and craft supplies as well.\u00c2\u00a0 As they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve stated things pretty well on their website\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We&#8217;ve always specialized in the radio control aspect of the business (cars, airplanes, helicopters, and boats), but we also supply local hobbyists with plastic models, trains, gaming supplies, dollhouse supplies, coin and stamp materials, hobby tools, slot cars, and art supplies. We have one of the area&#8217;s best selection of puzzles, combining national brands with local manufacturers. We offer repair services for radio control vehicles as well.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We&#8217;ve now been in business for over 30 years, and we continue to serve the Mid-Michigan area for all their hobby needs. We are also branching out online, with accounts on social media giants such as <\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rogershobbycenter\"><em>Facebook<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">,<\/span><\/span> Twitter, and YouTube. We&#8217;re pretty active all our social media sites, so stop by one and say hello!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We&#8217;re looking forward to continuing the tradition we&#8217;ve followed for more than a quarter-century &#8211; providing best-in-class service and support to our customers and promoting the hobbies we hold dear &#8211; for years to come!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Again, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a great kit review involved here <strong>(<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">kit compliments of RHC<\/span>)<\/strong> of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=5829\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Time Machine Mark II<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/a>from the movie Back to the Future II, but this is really a plea to urge you to consider buying your models and supplies from your local hobby shop (LHS).\u00c2\u00a0 The LHS <a title=\"000b by dougcole2000, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=5829\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7476\/15726723294_90ac80c319_m.jpg\" alt=\"000b\" width=\"122\" height=\"83\" \/><\/a> is getting to be just as hard to find as a discontinued kit.\u00c2\u00a0 Owned by an individual or family, those old line hobby shops are quite often chock-full of old hard-to-find kits and supplies that you won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t find in a big-box hobby shop. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not to mention the expertise that is readily available in most LHS stores. The prices might be retail but by the time you add shipping and the inevitable trip to the nearest store for the paint, stripes, decals, glue etc. that you couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t find online you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll probably spend about the same amount of money.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re ever in the area stop in and look over the great selection of hobby supplies and advice \u00e2\u20ac\u201c you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be glad you did!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Right On Replicas, LLC \u00c2\u00a92014 All rights reserved. *All registered trademarks are the property of their respective brands. Follow the manufacturer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s safety recommendations for any product mentioned here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a SYLHS Review by RoR &#038; Alan Mann of the Time Machine Mark II model kit and Roger\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Hobby Center &#8211; 5618 State Street Saginaw, Michigan for Right On Replicas, LLC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[2791,2792,2793],"class_list":["post-5822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kit-reviews","tag-rogers-hobby-center-5618-state-street-saginaw-michigan","tag-rogers-hobby-center-review","tag-sylhs-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5822"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5837,"href":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5822\/revisions\/5837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}