This is one of those big box craft stores that always has a 40% off coupon. I guess that business model didn't work.
But they have stuff we can use, tacky glue, craft foam, craft paint, oil paint and brushes, rolls of cork, balsa. I don't know what close out prices will be like, but good shopping to you.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
I was planning to watch for clearance sales and stock up. However, Michael's is taking over some of the stores, so not everywhere may have deals.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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The three AC Moores in this area became Michaels a few years ago.
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There pricing was crazy. $7.00 for a can of dullcoat. 2 ounce craft paints for $2.50.
You needed the 40% off coupon to get back to MSRP in AC Moore.
I am surprised there were any still around.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Where I am now in coastal Delaware, there are no A.C Moore's. I used to go there when I lived I Massachusetts, but if was simply a more convenient location than Michael's.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
If you have Michael's you prob won't miss AC Moore. The former is perfect of much of the craft supplies. Michael's also has a good selection (at least mine) of artist chalks and Testor's stuff.
I hope Michael's sticks with their 40% off coupons, now that a big competitor is gone. That coupon was sure a better way to buy Envirotex. Michael's also carries plaster cloth and balsa wood, and sometimes even a small selection of Woodland Scenics pre-made trees.
MisterBeasleyI hope Michael's sticks with their 40% off coupons, now that a big competitor is gone.
I am sure they will. There is still Hobby Lobby to deal with.
I prefer Hobby Lobby anyway. They have Vallejo paints and K&S brass at least.
I do wish they had more of the "Hobby" and less of the "Lobby"!
Michaels is taking over 40 of the 145 stores. I was in AC Moore today, lots of Christmas stuff and the shelves didn't look empty, I was a little surprised. Nothing I had to buy despite an online 55% off coupon.
I've never seen an A.C. Moores, looks like an East coast thing, but Michaels is prominent here, along with Hobby Lobby.
I stroll through Michaels a couple of times a year. Never been to a Hobby Lobby.
I have a great LHS, although it's about 30 minutes away, I visit a lot during "model railroad season". They seem to have everything I need, or looking for.
Mike.
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If you were blind folded and dropped in an AC Moore or a Michaels, you would not know the difference. Around here, Hobby Lobby is a bigger store, but about the same.
BigDaddyIf you were blind folded and dropped in an AC Moore or a Michaels, you would not know the difference.
The only difference I remember is that AC Moore had more woodcrafting items and Michaels had more scrapbooking stuff. They were nearly the same on everything.
Around here we also have a store called "Jo-Anne, Experience The Creativity" which has all kinds of interesting crafting items I don't find at any other store.
In Tampa there is a physical Dick Blick that has all the good stuff. I make it there a couple of times a year.
I've never heard of that store, but we have Michaels, and just got a Hobby Lobby last year. They have woodland scenics, slightly overprice, but with %40 it's pretty cheap. All there paint stuff is very overpriced though.
Harrison
Homeschooler living In upstate NY a.k.a Northern NY.
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HarrisonAll there paint stuff is very overpriced though.
Yes, the Hobby Lobby paint prices are very high. When they put the Vallejo paints on "sale", they are actually at MSRP.