Tower Hobbies

From Bruce Holecek, Founder of Tower Hobbies I started Tower Hobbies in 1971. It all began with a love of hobbies, $800.00 in personal savings, and a dream. A dream to create the largest and finest hobby mail-order company in the world. A dream that has come true even beyond my wildest expectations!

During the first year my brother Mark joined me in this fledgling venture and in 1972 Jeri and I were married and this brought our total employee roster up to three! During those early years we ate, breathed, slept, talked and dreamed about nothing but Tower Hobbies. Tower Hobbies grew quickly as it revolutionized the radio control industry with toll-free "800" WATS lines, an in-house mainframe IBM computer, annual catalogs that are the "bibles" of the industry, a multiple-award-winning web site and most importantly a determined commitment to low prices, excellent service, and our "customers are Kings" attitude.