Bookshop Review: Minotaur
Minotaur is an underground heaven for sci-fi lovers, comic and anime fans and gamers. It has an impressively huge collection of everything pop-culture, including sci-fi books, fantasy books, comic books (both Japanese and American), animation, TV dramas, music, games, wresting videos, digital art books, and any sort of merchandise you can think of (from key chain to cloth).
It is located near the corner of Elizabeth and Little Collins Street, but the basement store will be easily missed if you don’t pay attention to the shop signs hanging above.
Walking down the stairs past the display windows that ignite your evil desire to break the glass and take everything inside, you will see a huge Minotaur statue standing at the entrance and guarding the shop (hence no such evil desire in the shop).
Display window at the entrance of Minotaur
It is relatively easy to find what you are looking for because products are logically categorised and displayed in different sections. Staff there are very helpful and knowledgeable as well.
What impresses me the most is the product range Minotaur has for each fandom. For example, a Doctor Who fan usually can find books and DVDs in average stores; but in Minotaur, there are posters, real-person-size character displays, fictions (Doctor Who and Torchwood), audio books, DVDs, calendars, character toys, Tarids (with sounds), screwdrivers (with lights and sounds), and even David Tennant’s biography! (Have I mentioned I have got all those?)
The other thing that’s worth mentioning about the store is that Minotaur is definitely not exclusively for geeks. If looking at their anime range, there are large amount of books for girls as well, not to mention their shounen-ai manga selections.
No matter what you are into, Minotaur is the kind of shop in which you wish you have endless amount of cash (or credit cards with no limits).
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Website: Minotaur Where: 121 Elizabeth, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Open: Mon-Wed 9.00-6.00, Thur 9.00-7.00,Fri 9.00-9.00 Sat 9.00-6.00, Sun 11.00-5.00 Contact details: Phone (03) 9670 5414 Comics (03)9670 5415 E-mail:shop@minotaur.com.au |
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[...] The Pop Culture Specialists. I love this store. I like that it is underground, so the inner geek does not fear coming out and [...]
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OH~ yeah, I would love to break those glasses and take Twilight posters =P
Wow! want find time to pop in and have a look!
Good to know!!!
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What a cool store!