| Shop name | Forbidden Planet |
| Location | Greater Manchester |
| Town | City Centre |
| Shop webpage | Forbidden Planet |
| Street Address/Directions | Head down Oldham Street, away from the city centre. Its on your left hand side in the same block as west world and all the other super fashionable shops, right near the end. Opposite the Dry Bar which is on your right hand side.. |
| Streetmap URL | Available here |
| Description | Forbidden Planet, for all your anoracky needs. They stock most kinds of comics you could possibly imagine downstairs and have a huge variety of merchandise to cater for almost every taste upstairs. Whether you like the Sandman or Star Trek theres something here for you. |
| Opening Hours | Normal shoppy hours, 9.30 till 5pm? |
| Phone Number | 0161 839 4777 |
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| Submitted on: | 2001-06-03 |
| User comments |
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/ 2002-02-19 |
Comment:
| Has great comics downstairs [Catwoman!!!]. Fairly good value, with nice people that know what they're talking about. |
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| Submitted by: | Bibliophile
/ 2002-07-28 |
Comment:
| I don't go here as often as I go to the Leeds FP, but from what I've seen in both I'd say this one is better for anime, manga, superheros and any kind of graphic novel. If you prefer Gloom Cookie, JTHM and Ted Naifeh, and you're looking for just one comic, I think the Leeds FB is better. Manchester has a bigger selection though, especially graphic novels, and also sells anime figures, Living Dead Dolls, other "toys", magazines and posters. I love all the Forbidden Planet's I've been to, and you should definitely go to one if you're a fan of any kind of comic. |
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| Submitted by: | dead_to_my_bride
/ 2003-04-13 |
Comment:
| all i have to say is LIVING DEAD DOLLS 'nuff said |
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| Submitted by: | count_libido
/ 2003-08-13 |
Comment:
| A great shop - BUT the downstairs is so hot & humid in this weather and stinks like the stale sweat of a thousand star trek fans. How the staff can bear it, I don't know, I was only there for half an hour!
Anyway, they just got in 'The Girls of Goth' by the singer / artist Voltaire (if anyone has heard of him). It's a very well illustrated book for fans of goth, Nightmare before Xmas, The Crow - that sort of thing. |
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| Submitted by: | Y2Jabba
/ 2003-09-04 |
Comment:
| Bigger than the 1 in B'ham and stoke but pretty hard to find :-/ |
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| Submitted by: | Y2Jabba
/ 2003-10-13 |
Comment:
| ooh, they got the new catelogue, they got the new marilyn manson figure in it!!! realy cool, hes on stilts! |
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| Submitted by: | Phiggle_goth
/ 2003-10-16 |
Comment:
| Really cool, supplies Another World in Stoke-On-Trent i believe? they do some COOL action figurines and comics... Nice one ( Thumbs up). |
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| Submitted by: | Y2Jabba
/ 2003-11-05 |
Comment:
| been in there a few times over the past few months n they never seem to have any new stock in, nothin from the new catelogue either :-( |
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| Submitted by: | faerywings
/ 2003-12-05 |
Comment:
| yeay for the comics stocked here! i could spend hours in here just looking at them (i'm such a geek) |
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| Submitted by: | count_libido
/ 2003-12-10 |
Comment:
| Seeing as there is no weblink on this page, try going here to try before you buy (or make that long trek into town)
http://www.forbiddenplanetstore.com/ |
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| Submitted by: | lilac_honey
/ 2003-12-10 |
Comment:
| WOW!!! This shop is amazing!! They have loads of Nightmare before Christmas stuff in at the moment, they even have a larger than life sized stuffed jack in :) Also a great shop for comics and calanders and bits and bobs :) |
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| Submitted by: | DemonMonkey
/ 2003-12-13 |
Comment:
| Great shop, welli was impressed with this one anyways, had loads of great stuff in, an dthe giant sized jack (see above) is amazing, shame it's just highly priced lol But anyway great for comics, books, novelty stuff, and models and figures etc |
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| Submitted by: | jaycee666
/ 2004-01-01 |
Comment:
| This place has a bit more variation in stock than places like Another World. I didnt really get to have a good look round but they have a great supply of comics which are worth checking out! |
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| Submitted by: | Tempesta
/ 2004-01-28 |
Comment:
| Always have the best selection of calenders around christmas time. |
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| Submitted by: | faerywings
/ 2004-02-08 |
Comment:
| actually i prefer another world for things other than comics. they have a better range of comics here but a greater range of other collectables in another world. |
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| Submitted by: | count_libido
/ 2004-03-01 |
Comment:
| If you go into the shop and pick up a coy of their mail order catalogue (which is only a quid), they now carry a range of New Rocks, shorts and sew-on patches for various bands. However, I've seen no evidence of the kit actually being in store or on their website. It may be mail order only. |
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| Submitted by: | gothicmoonbootie
/ 2004-05-05 |
Comment:
| This is an ace shop, lots of NBX and general Tim Burton stuff, shame that the people who own it seem to be permanantly grumpy:( |
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| Submitted by: | Jaded_Moon
/ 2004-08-15 |
Comment:
| I prefer this branch of Forbidden Prices.... uhh I mean Planet much better than the London one. Its much more quiet and peacful and you don't need to battle against nerds to get to the manga. They also seem to offer a much more off-beat range. |
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| Submitted by: | Faerie_of_dusk
/ 2005-08-15 |
Comment:
| Forbidden Planet has just been extended and the ground floor is twice the size it was before. They now have a large variety of new and used video games(is that what you call them?), even more action figures and a huge selction of books. A good range of NBX stuff, plus Living Dead Dolls, Emily, Ruby Gloom and some other rag dolls similar to LDDolls. The downstairs floor still has the huge selection of comics and manga and stuff. |
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| Submitted by: | count_libido
/ 2005-10-18 |
Comment:
| Have to agree - the expanded Forbidden Donut, er...Planet is now much better upstairs. There's more stock and the appearance is much nicer. Are they planning to do anything with the downstairs? It still gets hot and claustrophobic. Even another Magic Tree would help! |
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