About Us
.jpg) We wanted to give Northwest Indiana a better choice where it came to comic and game stores. Lightspeed Hobbies was founded on this principle. We are constantly trying to make things better for the gaming community by offering fun events, safe play environment and a clean and tidy play space to enjoy their favorite games in. This is a place where you can come back to after moving away and feel right at home when you come back.
Lightspeed Hobbies is the best place for players and collectors to go for all of your comics, games & toys in Northwest Indiana.
We carry Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Image, IDW and a host of other comics from other independent publishers.
We also carry a wide assortment of Dungeons & Dragons (RPG & Minis) Green Ronin, Palladium Books, Eden Studios, Catalyst Game Labs, Mind Storm Entertainment, Mongoose Publishing and others.
We love Board Games here at the store!
That's why we carry Avalon Hill, Mayfair Games, Rio Grande Games, Days of Wonder,
Out of the Box Publishing and Playroom Entertainment Games.
We're no strangers to card games (CCG & Non CCG)!
We carry Magic the Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Naruto, Munchkin, Ninja Burger, Zombies, Grave Robbers,
Lunch Money, Cthulhu 500, Bang! and more.
Some of our favorite games are miniature based war games like Warmachine, Heroclix, D&D Miniatures, Star Wars Miniatures! We also carry Reaper paints and miniatures as well as Gale Force Nine painting & modeling supplies.
We understand the collector's and the player's needs!
That's why we carry a wide variety of card & comic collecting supplies, such as bags, boards, boxes, deck protectors, card cases and deck boxes.
We are currently hosting tournaments and special events at the store and they are posted in our online calendar for public view. We offer a printer friendly version of our events calendar if you would like to print out your own copy!
Michael Hansen
Owner / President of Lightspeed Hobbies, Inc.
I've been in the comics & games business for over 10 years now. I have been a fan of comics and most games for a long time now. My first love was comic books. I read every chance I get. My first experience with comics was going to the drugstore down the street from my house in Hammond, IN when I was 7 years old and begging my mom to let me buy a couple of books to read. After that I was hooked. Superheroes became my addiction... I still enjoy their exploits. From Batman & Superman to the X-men and the New Avengers, I read them and I get excited like I did when I was a child. I'm also a big fan of games... I was always a big fan of board games and role-playing games. My favorite games are miniature war games like Warmachine and Confrontation. I had been a big Battletech player way back when and I loved the thought of massive robots beating the hell out of each other for domination of the battlefield.
I started out workng in this business working at comic book shows for a guy named Dave Alexander. He showed me how to talk to people and how to make sales, as well as deliver top-notch customer service. He was the most influential throughout my early days in the business. After a couple years of working shows, Dave had partnered up with a couple of other investors and opened a store in Crown Point, IN called City of Atlantis. This was my dream job :)
I worked like hell to make this store the best it could be. I would go in on my off hours from my regular job and help make fixtures, shelves and paint and whatever else needed to be done before the store had its grand opening. I was so damn excited! I couldn't believe that I would finally get to work in store with all the cool stuff I would like to read or play at any given time. As time went by, the store wasn't doing very well and all the employees were let go to save money. City of Atlantis had eventually closed, but Dave did me a big favor. He got me a job with one of his partners at the time...Greg Karras (AKA Galactic Greg's). It was there that I really immersed myself in the business and learned everything I could and earned my way into the manager's position. I handled most event planning and ordering of game product. I also handled most of the public relations and customer service questions and orders that popped up from time to time. I stayed in that position until late December 2005.
It was time for me to find my own way. I needed to go out on my own. I needed to do something with my life and this was the right time. My impending marriage and a necessity to get out of a dead end job spurred me on to take a chance and go out on my own. So...Here we are, a little older, a little wiser and we've made new friends, lost some old ones, put some of the past behind us and now we look forward to new challenges and keep moving ahead.
Jennifer Hansen
Customer Service Specialist / Sales Associate
I really love Vampires and Goth culture, I also fell in love with Anime, comic books (my favorite is anything with Rachel 'Phoenix' Summers in it) and most of all I love to read fantasy and vampire novels. My favorite books to read are the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter Series by Laurell K. Hamilton. I enjoy meeting and talking to new people and making new friends. I am friendly and very warm personality.
If someone asks for help, I'll gladly help them with a smile...
Tim Price
Customer Service Specialist / Sales Associate
Tim has been gaming since the early 1980's. He's played most of the role-playing and tabletop games, and is an avid miniature war gamer. He is currently playing and enjoying Warmachine & Hordes as well as AT-43 and Confrontation. He is a Sentinel for Rackham and is knowledgeable in all things AT-43 and Confrontation. He is always willing to help new players get more out of their gaming experience.
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