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#1 Steve Deiters

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Posted 12 January 2023 - 12:44 PM

Posted on another slot racing Facebook (Slot Car Race Talk) page it appears the Tom thumb King has been sold and moving to a new location at Hobbies Galore, Columbus, OH.

 

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Posted 12 January 2023 - 01:10 PM

What super-awesome news.

Thanks for posting, Steve.
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Posted 12 January 2023 - 03:54 PM

I'll answer the question for those who will without doubt ask it.
 

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That's thirty minutes away. I'll be there in ten.
 
 

 


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Posted 12 January 2023 - 08:03 PM

Thanks for posting to Zeemaps.

 

I signed up for Hobbies Galore's newsletter at their web page and am following their Facebook page.


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Posted 13 January 2023 - 10:45 AM

I am glad to hear this. I figured it would end up in the dump on the south side of Columbus.


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Posted 13 January 2023 - 12:09 PM

Sometimes, when you least expect it, a miracle happens.


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Posted 13 January 2023 - 01:59 PM

If you watch the video on the Hobbies Galore Facebook page, the owner states we bought everything at Tom Thumb except the track. That someone in PA bought it. "Yeah, a guy from PA supposedly bought it. He's picking it up tomorrow. We took everything else down to the walls. Now to organize. LOL."  

 

OK, I just got off the phone with the owner of Hobbies Galore. They did take the track. But it will go in storage until he has a site large enough to house the King. 


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Posted 13 January 2023 - 04:05 PM

Such great news! I hated the thought of that wonderful old track being dumped in a landfill.
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Posted 17 January 2023 - 09:26 AM

Since I sold the store I’ve had little to no contact with the new owner.

 

On one hand, he asked me to help him sell the track which I did.

 

I had several stellar possibilities to keep it close to Columbus. Then he ignores the opportunities. I gave up.

 

As far as HG owning the track… I’ve been told by those “in the know” that this might be better than using it for firewood. Just maybe.

 

I hope not because I would love to visit the old girl now and then.


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