I was just at New Horizon Mall (Asian Mall)

[C4S]

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went there once last year to check it out and saw that board game store.
made me think that some of these booths would make a great location for Tamiya mini 4WD tracks.. not popular in North America but fun to mod and race

That would be lovely ... those Tamiya 4WD are super quick and fun!! Mini Z track will be even better!

[Xtrema]

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That would be lovely ... those Tamiya 4WD are super quick and fun!! Mini Z track will be even better!

Holy shit, I have not heard those names in decades.....

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jeeeesus i didnt know it was THIS empty. it's like a mall-walkers paradise

It's not really. The amount of desperate shop operators with the "please buy something for us" look is quite depressing as you walk thru.

[blitz]

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went there once last year to check it out and saw that board game store.
made me think that some of these booths would make a great location for Tamiya mini 4WD tracks.. not popular in North America but fun to mod and race

I had one of those as a kid. Never had a track to race it on, didn't even know that was a thing

[chongkee_]

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I had one of those as a kid. Never had a track to race it on, didn't even know that was a thing

Never really knew anybody that had their own tracks.
Only tracks I've seen growing up are at malls or competitions.

[C4S]

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Holy shit, I have not heard those names in decades.....

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They are back! Action Hobby, PM Hobby etc sell Mini Z now! And thru have FWD, RWD, AWD, and RTR! Good price at around $250 for while set too! Not $1,000 plus as 15yr ago...

[blitz]

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Never really knew anybody that had their own tracks.
Only tracks I've seen growing up are at malls or competitions.

Pretty sure this is the one I had:



Man, I had so much fun with that thing. Just spent the last 1/2 hour on ebay, ordered a few for my kids and one for me.

[chongkee_]

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Pretty sure this is the one I had:

Man, I had so much fun with that thing. Just spent the last 1/2 hour on ebay, ordered a few for my kids and one for me.

I had this one but I never put on the stickers.


I have two other ones I have kicking around somewhere collecting dust.

[taemo]

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Pretty sure this is the one I had:



Man, I had so much fun with that thing. Just spent the last 1/2 hour on ebay, ordered a few for my kids and one for me.

let me know when you get a track, I'll come by for a race
unfortunately I dont have side bearings though.
Funny how there were different engines too and performance could vary depending on the batteries.

Have these on my display booth

[Disoblige]

I had a Mini Z a long time ago, then got a Mini-Z monster and upgraded that a ton. That must have been sometime in the early 2000s, and I think the Monster came out sometime in 04/05.

I also had an Epoch 1/43 Indoor Racer!

But it all started with a 1/64 Tomy Bit Char G. I wish I could get another one, or wish TOMY still made them.

The only thing I didn't have but wish I did was a Digi-Q. It was a fully proportional 1/64 RC.

[BokCh0y]

Went to check out new horizon mall today, dead as fuck. Parking lot facing the highway had 2 cars total. Lot on the other side had maybe 30 cars. I don't know how they plan making this place successful.

Stores are all stores selling/reselling junk and other miscellaneous items. Can't say i'm disappointed as I knew what to expect with all the comments in this thread, but still can't help to be disappointed walking in and seeing so many empty stores. Reminded me of northland mall.

[Melinda]

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Went to check out new horizon mall today, dead as fuck. Parking lot facing the highway had 2 cars total. Lot on the other side had maybe 30 cars. I don't know how they plan making this place successful.

Stores are all stores selling/reselling junk and other miscellaneous items. Can't say i'm disappointed as I knew what to expect with all the comments in this thread, but still can't help to be disappointed walking in and seeing so many empty stores. Reminded me of northland mall.

How many stores are open there now?

[BokCh0y]

Can't give an exact number, but most of main floor had more empty's than full stores. We didn't even go upstairs but it looked like a ghost town from what we can see from below.

This map will give you a good idea:

https://newhorizonmall.com/interactive-map/#/

[msommers]

I really can't think of a mall that has failed this hard. But why?

[Disoblige]

Eau Claire is pretty bad. Not as bad as New Horizon right now, but I could see if NHM picks up in the next decade and Eau Claire is still the same, then NHM won't be the worst anymore.

[Tik-Tok]

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I really can't think of a mall that has failed this hard. But why?

Because instead of a company building a mall and renting out it's spaces (including at least one anchor store), they sold 95% of each individual space to asian investors, and didn't bother with the anchor store. It worked in Toronto apparently, but that one was also built in a good area. Not in the middle of nowhere, right next to an existing mall.

Not having an anchor store has killed pretty much every mall in existence.

[revelations]

This mall just reeks of offshore/Asian money laundering/sheltering etc. No other reason to sit on a losing position for this long - tax writeoffs.


EDIT - from looking at some of the kijiji listings - some are claming that a new grocery store (25,000 sqft) is supposed to open in a few months ....

[BokCh0y]

The stores there, like I mentioned in my earlier post....are just shit stores selling....shit at an inflated price.

[benyl]

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EDIT - from looking at some of the kijiji listings - some are claming that a new grocery store (25,000 sqft) is supposed to open in a few months ....

The only people who would go would be people from Airdrie on the way home. No matter how cheap the groceries are, I can't see winning on the trade off of the gas expense to get there. Even from the far NE of Calgary.

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The only people who would go would be people from Airdrie on the way home. No matter how cheap the groceries are, I can't see winning on the trade off of the gas expense to get there. Even from the far NE of Calgary.

I'm probably in THE most ideal spot to take advantage of this (SW Airdrie, right off of 8th st)....but with a Save On Foods in my area it would have to be a smoking deal to go to a mall for groceries.

[Brent.ff]

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I'm probably in THE most ideal spot to take advantage of this (SW Airdrie, right off of 8th st)....but with a Save On Foods in my area it would have to be a smoking deal to go to a mall for groceries.

And theres a costco there, so no way they're going to be beating that for groceries..