Whats the difference between ForbiddenPlanet.com and co.uk

[Ben]

A bit of a noob question..

i thought .com was American and co.uk was for UK

but i'm on .com and its in pounds (UK Currency)

 

[Karma]

.com is the internet website


.co.uk is the website for the London megastore

 

[GondorGirl]

.com is the internet website


.co.uk is the website for the London megastore

Really? I thought the company was broken in two, coz the .com site has one of its stores as the london one and the .co.uk site does not!

.co.uk stores:

Forbidden Planet Aberdeen
12-14 Schoolhill
Aberdeen
AB10 1JX
Phone: 01224 622131

Forbidden Planet Edinburgh
40-41 Southbridge Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1LL
Phone: 0131 558 8226

Forbidden Planet Glasgow
168 Buchanan Street
Glasgow
G1 2LW
Phone: 0141 331 1215
Fax: 0141 332 5136


Forbidden Planet Belfast
52-54 Ann Street
Belfast
BT1 4EG
Phone: 028 9043 8744

Forbidden Planet Dublin
5-6 Crampton Quay
Dublin 2
Phone: 0035 3167 10688

Forbidden Planet Middlesbrough
41 Dundas Street
Middlesbrough
TS1 1HR
Phone: 01642 248889


Forbidden Planet Sheffield
12 Matilda Street
Sheffield
S1 4QD
Phone: 01142 769 475

Forbidden Planet Manchester
65 Oldham Street
Piccadilly
M1 1JR
Phone: 0161 839 4777

Forbidden Planet Cardiff
5 Duke Street
Cardiff
CF10 1AY
Phone: 02920 228885


Forbidden Planet Nottingham
19/23 Friar Lane
Nottingham
NG1 6DA
Phone: 01159 484 122

Forbidden Planet Leeds
30 Eastgate
The Headrow
LS2 7JL
Phone: 0113 242 6325

Forbidden Planet Hanley
48-52 Stafford Street
Hanley
ST1 1JB
Phone: 01782 279294
Fax: 01782 202381


Forbidden Planet Leicester
23 Silver Street
Leicester
LE1 5EU
Phone: 01162 515266
Fax: 01162 532878

Forbidden Planet Derby
1-2 Corn Exchange
Albert Street
DE1 2DS
Phone: 01332 206606
Fax: 01332 206333

Forbidden Planet Wolverhampton
23 Victoria Street
Wolverhampton
WV1 3NP
Phone: 01902 717440
Fax: 01902 717499


Forbidden Planet New York
840 Broadway (at 13th Street)
10003

.com stores:

Birmingham
38 Priory Queensway
Birmingham
B4 7LA
Telephone 0121 236 3026


Bristol Megastore
Units 4&5 Clifton Heights
Triangle West,
Bristol
BS8 1EJ
Telephone 0117 929 7767

Cambridge
60 Burleigh Street
Cambridge
CB1 1DJ
Telephone 01223 301666

Coventry
31 Cross Cheaping
Coventry
CV1 1HF
Telephone 024 7622 9672

Croydon
175 North End
Croydon
CR0 1TP
Telephone 020 8688 7190

Liverpool
92 Bold Street
Liverpool
L1 4HY
Telephone 0151 707 1491

Newcastle
59 Grainger Street
Newcastle
NE1 5JE
Telephone

Southampton Megastore
24 Hanover Buildings
Southampton
SO14 1JU
Telephone 023 8022 4761

 

[Memnoch]

Really? I thought the company was broken in two, coz the .com site has one of its stores as the london one and the .co.uk site does not!

This is more accurate. Two different stores under the same name. Stole this off Wiki -

Forbidden Planet was the third major comics store in London eventually replacing what had been the leading shop, Derek Stokes's Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed, which had started in 1969 and coming after Frank and Joan Dobson's 'Weird Fantasy' in New Cross. Much of FP's growth came after the demise of DTWAGE which went out of business in 1981. Forbidden Planet had grown out of the Titan Comic Distributors business of Mike Lake, Nick Landau and Mike Luckman, Titan itself having grown out of Comic Media Distributors. It began life in 1978 as a small store in Denmark Street. As the scope of the store expanded beyond comics to embrace film and TV a 2nd store was opened just around the corner on St Giles High St. The store's success led to overcrowding, necessitating a move to much larger premises on New Oxford Street.

As well as improving their London store the original partners paired with James Hamilton and Kenny Penman (today the main shareholders in Forbidden Planet International with Andrew Oddie, Richard Boxall and Colin Campbell) to open other stores. Penman and Hamilton were owners of one of the UK's oldest comics and SF stores 'Science Fiction Bookshop' in Edinburgh which opened around 1975. On September 30, 2003 the London store moved to even bigger premises at the eastern end of Shaftesbury Avenue.
The Forbidden Planet in Manhattan, New York, at the corner of Broadway and East 13th Street.

The original chain split into two rival firms, called Forbidden Planet and Forbidden Planet Scotland (later renamed Forbidden Planet International). Forbidden Planet International grew beyond Scotland to include stores throughout the Midlands, in Wales, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and majority ownership of the store in New York City. The New York store can be found on Broadway near Union Square.

FPI also runs a blog featuring comics and SF related news, reviews and interviews with novelists and comics creators and has recently begun podcasting too. As well as the main webstore with a wide range of comics, SF and cult merchandise and graphic novels (including a number of British small press titles) there are also sites dedicated to new comics and back issues.

In total, between the two groups who trade under the same name, there are currently some 30 stores worldwide.

 

[Karma]

my bad.......it's the other way around

.com is the london store & co.uk is the warehouse internet website

 

[Karma]

can't believe I missed this bargain!!

https://www.forbiddenplanet.com/pro..._Fiction/Cinemaquette/Terminator/Product.html

 

[Ben]

thanks a lot! much appreciated!

 

[GondorGirl]

can't believe I missed this bargain!!

https://www.forbiddenplanet.com/pro..._Fiction/Cinemaquette/Terminator/Product.html

Yeah I know been doing this: ever since I noticed it!

 

[paulcarson]

That's a shame! I think that would look great in anyone's collection !

 

[raider]

they prob only had 1 left and wanted it out of the way. so i bet it went within mins of being discounted

 

[Bum]

man, i was in Alabama last week, and could not find the Birmingham location?


What in the world???


(just kidding..although, i WAS in B-ham, AL last week)

 

[DinoLast]

I only live about 30 min's drive from co.uk's warehouse. I have been inside to have a look around. The guy in there told me that Doctor Who is there best seller. Also I have shopped from co.uk for years when there site was the SCI-FI warehouse