Hartland R/C Hobby Shop

I was pretty happy to discover another local hobby shop, but I’m starting to wonder if my standards are just a little too high.
Hartland R/​C Hobby Shop has a really convenient location, and their hours are pretty decent, but that’s where the positives started to end for me.
Walking in near the end of the day, the first thing to hit me was how dimly lit it is inside. I almost wondered if they were open. Once inside, it almost felt like shopping in someone’s basement. Maybe it’s better in the daytime? There were two guys working there, but they both seemed preoccupied.
The store’s layout doesn’t seem to have any rhyme or reason to it. Body kit stickers are next to propellers, and Lexan bodies are two or three aisles over. Some parts are in the front of the store behind the counter, some are in a glass case in the back of the store, though not in the «Traxxas is over here, and Axial is over there» sense — more like «There are random Associated and Traxxas bumpers and stuff arbitrarily placed in a glass case on the opposite side of the store». Tires fill the back wall, but again, seem not to be organized by brand, type, size, or price.
I was a bit disheartened to find yet another Traxxas emporium, but this one seemed to cater almost exclusively to the RTR crowd. Yeah, there’s fair Team Associated representation, and I think I noticed some Axial and Team Durango stuff, but Traxxas is their bread and butter, apparently. Recognizing that RTR Traxxas is popular, I didn’t use that as a rating factor — but wanted hobbyists who actually build things to know before they go.
After looking in the case in between the two guys, one of them seemed to notice that I might buy something. The helpful «All Sales Final» notice was enough to send me home, in the end. I came looking to spend about $ 250 on a motor and ESC, and realized that i could be ignored and buy items under a fascist return policy without leaving my house, and save $ 30 to boot. (Which is to say, of all the local hobby shops I’ve visited lately, Hartland R/​C takes the crown for «most expensive».)
If I didn’t work where Dirtburners or Nankin Hobby are on my way to /​from the office everyday, and if I didn’t live reasonably close to Second Shot, I could see how this would be a decent place. But to be honest, I’m not sure I’ll be back.

We were drawn in by it’s wall of Lego toys in the front window. They seem to have the premium Lego items that may be hard to find, like a large Lego robot.
The rest of the store contains train sets I’ve never seen before or knew they existed as well as WW II truck, tanks, ships and plane models and car models.
Then it turns into a remote control heaven with planes and helicopters, trucks and cars of every shape and size you could think of.
In the very back corner is a balsa lumber yard and a «Thomas the Tank» wall of toys.
This place was well thought out as to it’s high quality merchandise.
You have to visit this place and make sure you leave some time for browsing!
P. S. My «Pricey» rating is not that they have higher prices than competitors they have a niche market that is expensive to play in!