Built By A Hobbyist.
For The Hobby.
HobbyZ+ is Sonoma County's experiential hobby destination — built by a U.S. Army veteran and lifelong RC obsessive who saw a gap in the community and refused to let it stay empty.
The Founder
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"This isn't a store. It's the place I wish existed when I started building."
HobbyZ+ was founded by Zackery T. Hawley — a U.S. Army veteran who served from Germany to Washington before settling in Sonoma County.
What he found here was a community he came to love. What was missing was a place built for what that community actually cares about.
The Obsession
Late nights running rigs in Santa Rosa. Park days with custom jumps. Crawling creeks. Building what broke. Upgrading what didn't.
Eight rigs in, the pattern was clear. Strangers asking where he got his gear. Newcomers asking where to even start. And nowhere local to send them. The closest real hobby destination was hours away, and the chain stores didn't know the culture.
The gap was right there. Hobbyists everywhere. Nowhere built for them.
The Calling
When Fundamonium — Rohnert Park's longtime hobby store — closed its doors, the gap in Sonoma County became impossible to ignore. The community had lost its only large-format hobby destination. What remained didn't reflect where the hobby was going.
The vision came fast: a modern, experiential destination built around four pillars — RC, Drones, 3D Printing, and Tabletop Gaming — with hands-on features no other store in the region offers. A place that doesn't just sell the hobby — it teaches it, builds it, and lives it.
Behind every powerful king is a powerful queen. None of this happens without her.
What You'll Walk Into.
Four hands-on features no other hobby store in the region has. Not displays. Not aisles. Real space, real gear, real community.
The Flight Cage
Indoor drone arena for trial flights, FPV training, and learn-to-fly classes. Safe. Enclosed. Built for skill.
The Crawl Course
Indoor rock crawling course on-site. Test your rig. Learn your suspension. Find your line — rain or shine.
The Workbench
Community build space with tools, lighting, and parts. Bring your project. Use the bench. Get help when you need it.
The Tournament Floor
Dedicated space for Warhammer, Magic, Pokémon, D&D, and board game nights. Tables, terrain, league play.
Four Pillars. One Destination.
HobbyZ+ is built around the four hobbies that define modern enthusiast culture — each given the space, equipment, and community it deserves.
RC
Cars, trucks, crawlers, racers. Indoor rock crawling course on-site. Repair bay. The full ecosystem.
Drones
Indoor flight cage for trial flights, training, and FPV practice. Sales, service, and education.
3D Printing
Custom prints, repair parts, hobby accessories. Filament, machines, and on-demand services.
Tabletop Gaming
Warhammer, Magic, Pokémon, D&D, board games. Tournament space. Community nights.
More Than A Store. A Community.
HobbyZ+ exists to build what Sonoma County is missing — a place where hands-on STEM, mechanical craft, and community come together. In a world flooded with passive digital entertainment, people are craving real, tangible, physical fun. That's what this store delivers.
STEM & Education
Hands-on workshops, learn-to-fly drone classes, 3D printing fundamentals, and youth hobby programs — building the next generation of makers.
Veteran Programs
Workshop space and programming designed for veterans — a community of fellow service members building, learning, and connecting through hobby.
Bash Days & Events
Park meetups with custom jumps and ramps, tournament nights, drone fly-ins, and community bash days — the hobby lived out loud, in person.
Real Tech, Real Hands
Hobbies that don't die — they evolve. RC, drones, 3D printing, and tabletop gaming connect tradition to the future, screens to soldering irons, and people to each other.
What's Coming. When.
The doors are coming. Here's what's waiting on the other side — phased rollout from launch through the first season.
Doors Open
Founding Members get 24-hour priority access. Grand opening event. Free RC bash day. First drone flights in The Cage.
First Events
Warhammer painting clinics. Drone training classes. D&D nights. 3D printing workshops. The community floor opens for league play.
Tournament Series
Official RC race league kicks off. First HobbyZ+ tournament series launches across TCG, Warhammer, and FPV racing.
Sonoma County, We're Coming.
HobbyZ+ opens soon. Get on the launch list to be the first to know about grand opening events, founding member benefits, and tournament announcements.