Hobby City Auckland is a hobby store on Lunn Avenue in Mount Wellington, Auckland, rated 4.5, known as one of the country's largest specialty hobby retailers, spanning areas from model railways and radio control through to board games, diecast and miniatures. A good hobby store earns its regulars through depth rather than breadth of any one thing: proper scale compatibility, the right paint or glue for a specific kit, or parts for an RC model that a general retailer simply wouldn't stock. Staff who actually know the hobby matter more here than in most shops, since a beginner asking the wrong question can walk out with the wrong kit entirely without that guidance. Browsing in person still beats ordering online for a lot of this trade, since scale, compatibility and finish are hard to judge from a photo alone. In Mount Wellington, Hobby City brings that whole range of hobbies together under one roof.