Forbidden Planet

There are too many things about this shop that i love. The friendly staff, the masses upon masses of graphic novels and collectible items and the fact that is so easy to find in Leeds city centre.

This place is a geek child’s dream store. I say child, but on my last occasion there I could see naught but adults within, so perhaps it is better put that it is a geek’s dream store. The entire shop is literally packed with exciting niche toys, books, games and figurines. The items range from old fad to new so there is surely something for everyone.
Staring at you from opposite the entrance are those ‘skull panda’ toys, they have Resident Evil figurines (including the ‘lickers’ which were particularly cool), all kinds of different manga magazines, ‘ugly’ dolls (my favourite being the crazy long-​necked one), Domo toys (possibly the cutest craze so far) and oh-​so-​much-​more. They just about have everything in the way of fantasy, sci-​fi, horror alternative gifts and such — it is truly a treasure trove of cool things.
I must admit, there isn’t exactly a *need* per se for, let’s say, an ‘ugly’ doll but I’d much prefer one of those for Valentine’s day than a ‘forever friends’ boring bear. But, I suppose, I was always more geek chic than girly girl anyway…

Forbidden Planet on Eastgate in Leeds is an easy to find and popular comic book and specialist interest (better known as cult) shop. With the closure of it’s main rival in the corn exchange down the road this is the best known and most popular shop of it’s kind in Leeds. It is quite large inside and sells everything the cult or comic enthusiast would need or want from low value items like trading cards and higher value items like statues and figurines. If you are interested in this sort of thing this is the place you want to go. The staff are lovely too.

Aah, Forbidden Planet, always and forever a holy place to me. Why? BECAUSE this is where I used to pick up the brand new seasons of Buffy and Angel on VHS, hot off the press, not available on terrestrial telly (which was all I had).
Ah, those were the days! Barely able to contain my excitement on the bus home, then settling down once I got in, telly on, kettle on, junky snack foods prepared and all set for a twenty-​four hour MASSIVE BUFFYTHON! Broken only by the odd hour of restless sleep, to which I succumbed with the greatest reluctance and only when I could keep my eyes open for the next episode no longer
I feel quite melancholy and almost tearful with nostalgia. God bless Forbidden Planet and all who sail in her

This shop is like heaven for us nerds, once I’m in there my other half has to drag me out. Star Wars, Comics, Dr Who, Aliens etc; you name it, if its sci fi or fantasy, chances are it here. The prices are a little more than the equivelant in a toy shop, but as a lot of the stuff is imported from the states and only available from here its not unreasonable.

a nerds heaven. seriously. mass amounts of comics and action figures. it’s enough to make any adult feel 12 again. the shop is only small and the prices can be pretty high. but its truly a brill shop.

Wow! this is every movie, comic book geeks heaven! It’s a smallish store but it’s packed with comic books, graphic novels, movie books, models of your favourite comic book and movie characters and many more speciality goods. This is another store that I could spend hours in, go and shop elsewhere and then come back and browse for hours more. The staff are very friendly and knowledgable and NOT GEEKS! The shop is very close to all the major shopping areas so you don’t have to go out of your way to get to it. They offer great online shopping too with low delivery charges.

This used to be in bradford but shut down so we were very glad to find it on our day out in leeds. They have all the usual comics and magazines that people save and lots of models on the characters too. Their supply of trading cards is the best as they have such a good selection and not overly priced either. They have a box of old stock that they leave out and tell you to help yourself to them — i was happy to find some old cinema posters in the box for my nephews. I like the selection of star wars memorabillia because my other half is a big fan and i can come here and get rare things to find. The prices are decent too and not too pricey. The staff are lovely and very happy to help.

Great place for your nerdy needs. Sells a large range of comic books, manga, memorabilia, and trading cards. Very friendly staff often knowledgeable about what they’re selling.

Nice comic book shop. A massive collection of graphc novels and so many stars wars/​doctor who/​scifi toys and figurines! Great shop! Also hold signings now and again, and thats where i met Claudio Sanchez! what a ledge he is!