Forbidden Planet

Its isn’t just the name, ‘forbidden planet’, that makes me want to go to it; it sounds like the BDSM capital of the known universe, that’s incentive enough. Unfortunately for the leather inspired, and fortunately for BSG lovers, this mega store stays away from the sex part of things. It focuses more on the ‘Sexy’ part of things: namely Starbuck. For the uninitiated, this store holds almost every sci-fi fetish known to geek-kind: from a full-scale-all wired-almost naked-posters of major Kusunagi (ghost in the shell), action figures, t-shirts that praise the gods of outer worlds, trekkie stuff, star wars memorabilia and book shop that includes every genre, subgenre and their underground illegitimate children ( I found cyberpunk, that isn’t even traceable online…).

I was amazed at the magazine and comic collection that the store has to offer. While Heroes comics seem to be making their rounds every where (watch the latest episode here), things like the Matrix comics are available now for a fraction of the price! Unfortunately this older-for-cheaper section requires the searching skills of google and the patience of those who are yet to discover caffeine (translation: seek and you might just find). While most Hollywood notables are available here, the upcoming Watchmen movie has ensured that the comics remain at a painful £20. (I’d still download for free).

Sure for those who don’t like to depend on material things, this store hold little. But then again, it is a ‘store’, you come to buy. At least that’s what you get told for hanging around too much!

PS lots of authors keep coming here for book signings, so keep checking the official site.

PPS: the pictures used in this post are from google images, I will put up my own pictures after i get a camera!

More information is available at: http://www.forbiddenplanet.com/fp
Address: 179 Shaftesbury Ave, Camden, London WC2H, UK (see map)


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