It's really simple to hire a unit and fill it with stock, anyone can do it.. But the creation of a M.E.G.A.S.T.O.R.E is much more than that. It's about pedigree, customer service, innovation, pioneering, risk and going that extra step which gets you copied, but at the end of the day, you have the satisfaction of knowing you were there first and if it wern't for you, no one else would be doing it.

The evolution of a pedigree paintball store.

Fat Bobs opens in 1996. It's an online store and is attached to the YPC website - www.ypc.co.uk/shop
At this time we were the ONLY online paintball shop in the UK.

Fat Bobs grows and grows until we need a shop. In a fit of Egomania, in 2004, we go for the biggest shop we can find. It's a 2000 sq ft unit and to this day it's the UK's biggest EVER paintball store. This place is huge and we stack it to the rafters with everything we can lay our hands on.

 

But size isn't everything, much more important is quality and sound honest advice, so in 2007 we move to a new location. As it turns out, the shop wasn't big enough so we hired the next two rooms and created a shop of similar size to the first. Again, bigger than anything ever seen in the UK. 1/3 of the shop is a retail store, the other 2/3 is used as warehousing for the online side of things and to keep stock for the retail side.

 

Then in 2012, it's not about bravado, it's about quality, so this time, instead of going for a unit, we go for a suite.
The latest incarnation of Fat Bobs is the UK's most modern paintball store, plush carpets, intercom entry in a clinically clean environment. It's now about total quality of products, total quality of service, you could say the Rolls Royce of paintball stores in the UK.
This quality and attention to detail, together with the huge output of the online side of Fat Bobs sees us still at the top of the game, the best paintball shop in the UK, the most honest paintball shop in the UK, the biggest paintball shop in the UK..
This is the true UK Paintball M.E.G.A.S.T.O.R.E

Fat Bobs - Since 1996

 

But.....We're not just a one trick pony. Apologies for the self indulgence, but sometimes it's ok to be proud of your achievements.

Talkpaintball.com - The UK's no.1 online paintball forum. A friendly and informative environment catering for all types of player.

Fat Bobs - See above

Super6 - Dragged paintball into the 21st Century, second generation paintball with second generation thinking. We were one of the founding members of the Super6

Talkpaintball Thunder - The initiative to help get players into big games. We've seen new teams created specifically due to players membership of thunder. Innovative thinking to help players with no financial angle. That's what makes Fat Bobs different.

Madtoxic - The tournament side of Thunder, helping people who would never have the opportunity to play tournament paintball, experience the sport side. No financial angle whatsoever. Just a willingness to help others.

YPC - The UK Scenario Site of the year 2011, as voted for by the players who play. Probably the UK's most successful walkon venue. Built by players for players (And we really mean it) 

 

Air Safety Training - We wrote the policy and the training program in 2006. Since then all quality event organisers have adopted the program and to date in excess of 6000 people have recieved the training.

We also put a page 3 model in front of a fill rig, perhaps the most important thing...!!!