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  • Review from Jessica S.

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    • 81 reviews

    Boulder, CO

    USA
    4.0 star rating
    3/8/2010

    This place is definitely one of the best anime stores that I have ever been to and I have probably dropped a fair amount of coin at this store in the 8 months that I lived in Calgary. It was a very convenient location within the University of Calgary Student Union. The staff are very friendly and knowledgeable and I most assuredly enjoyed picking their brains on the odd occasion..

    I did rate it as non-wheelchair accessible simply because of the fact that it just was not given all of the display racks and bookshelves would not support a wheelchair. It was most definitely a small space.

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  • Review from Crystal W.

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    Calgary, AB

    3.0 star rating
    11/27/2011

    For me, walking into Words and Pictures was like entering an unknown dimension.  No offense to nerds or geeks, (which does include my spouse), but this would be a store where my spouse, his buddies and anyone else I'd consider to be a nerd or geek would hobby shop.  I am not one (based on my opinion and a recent pole for the purposes of this review) and realized how much of their world I am oblivious to as I perused.  The only thing I could connect with was the Archie Comics and a few crazy figurines.

    W&P is jam packed with items such as comic magazines, books, role playing games, collectible cards games (my spouse just helped me to figure out those acronyms - RPG's and CCG's), figurines, toys, there's an entire section of Tokyopop, etc.  I was intrigued by a lot of the books and actually spent a fair bit of time in here.  I found a special edition Bizarro Comics book that was a good birthday gift for my spouse and a great addition to our coffee table books.  I actually laughed out loud while leafing through it, which sold me.  

    The staff was very friendly and being that I was an obvious stranger to this territory, they asked several times if I needed help.  The store is very organized and clean.  Also awkwardly quite even with others shopping there, which of course suits the nerd stereotype.  

    This store is a great place for gamers, collectibles shoppers and folks looking for a bit of a blast from the past.  They provide comics appraisals as well.    

    27/30 for Yelp's 30 Day Challenge

    Listed in: Extraordinary Excursions

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