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The Nerd Store

3.9 (33 reviews)
Open • 10:00 am - 9:00 pm

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Erik D.

This is my favorite spot for all things NERD! They've got everything you're looking for as well as everything you weren't expecting to find. Entire walls full of Funko Pops, endless displays of Comics, everything you want Pokémon, and more! I never knew I wanted to buy so much stuff! The staff are super friendly and very helpful. I feel nerdy, at home, and understood shopping at The Nerd Store I do wish they had some sort of rewards card or a way to generate loyalty points. I seem to be coming back so often, this would come in handy!

Stephanie E.

So many fun things for the young, young at heart, those into playing games, gamers and just about everything in between. If you have ever (or still do) love comics, trading cards or games, then The Nerd Store is definitely a must-investigate store for you because they've got it all! They also provide a gaming haven of tables in the back of the shop where games are held. 'Magic the Gathering' is hosted on Friday evenings.

If you like funko, this is the place for you. I was in heaven. Most are $12 and they have a great variety. They also sell box protectors for $1 if you want one. My boyfriend is a very avid video gamer and had fun looking around at the old consoles they have on display. I don't know enough about comics or collectible cards but their prices seemed a bit steep. Other than that it's a pretty fun store. All of the employees are very nice and helpful. As mentioned before, the store is a little dirty and the carpet could use replacing.

All in all great store if you love comics action figures card games. This is the store to go if you are in town. I'll definitely be going back.

Greg D.

The only things special about this place is the workers. They are interactive, knowledgeable, and passionate about their work and the items they sell. The place looked to be a little dirty and unorganized. They had a good selection of comic books. It's inside the Mall near the JC Penny Entrance.

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3 years ago

Great shop, you can easily spend an hour browsing all of their cool swag. Friendly staff, reasonable prices, get ready to nerd out!

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4 years ago

The staff here is SUPERB! So helpful and knowledgeable. My kiddos and I enjoy this place a ton.

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6 years ago

Ill tempered and uninformed staff. The kind of place that exemplifies why retail is failing. I will not be going back there.

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4.4(40 reviews)
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Came here based on location and reviews…read more Helpful staff. I wanted to find more graphic novel Options to offer my grandson to keep up his interest in reading. Great help and very knowledgeable and happy to know I wasn't the first Papa to walk in wanting to get my kids into comics. lol Great selection. Lots of peripheral items of interest. I spent $85 so I'm sure I did ok.

Walking around the Gateway District in downtown Salt Lake City when we came across this comic…read morebook/hobby store. We actually found this place unexpectedly right after parking the car in the nearby parking garage and my LTP, who enjoys collecting comic books, wanted to pop in and see what they had here. If you're a comic book nerd, then this is the place for you. They have a lot of awesome stuff in here. All their comic book selections that they have available are in boxes located in the back of the store and are listed in alphabetic order for easy browsing. They also have comic books that are permanently sealed and can't be opened. When I was little, I was a huge, huge fan of the Sonic the Hedgehog comics, and seeing some of those here brought me back to my childhood. Along with comic books, they also have puzzles, trading cards, board games, and a collection of the world's smallest things, like the world's smallest Godzilla and the world's smallest Barbie doll. They had the world's smallest Magic 8 ball as well and I tested one while it was in the package. It was so small that I couldn't read the text after I shook it. We love working on puzzles in our free time and we would've bought one if we weren't working on one back at home right now. This was a cool place to step into. Very spacious and lots to choose from, you could spend hours and hours in here.

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4.5(4 reviews)
25.5 mi

Neat little newer store with a boatload of CGC graded books. The prices on these were about at…read moremarket value, which is great. The ungraded higher end books, however, were sort of scattered about the store, on various walls, or even stacked (unstoppable) in a glass case. The back room ha 25 or so long boxes to look through. A note on the prices of the raw books: WAY over market. I mean, astronomically so. Prime example, Daredevil #181 in NM is a $5-15 book all day. This store had it at $55. That's just one example. I've never Said to a store owner/employee "how on earth are you pricing these?!" But I did today. The owners wife? Was super sweet though, and took my complaining in stride. I bought all of two comics unfortunately, but I was looking to spend far far more. I would come back, if only to score a nice CGC book or three.

Kind of a dark store, on the smaller side and with some very odd hours, the selection of comics is…read moredecent and there is a lot of eclectic stuff in there as well, such as old video games. There is also a solid selection of action figures, including some older ones, so worth a look in that respect. Prices are also excellent, which gives it the push I was thinking from 3.5 stars, but this would be something I'd look into only occasionally, as it's debatable how worth the fight to get in during the limited hours is. For me, this will be something I'll check in maybe 2 or 3 times a year...

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Gweedo's Comics - Wall of higher prices raw books

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Gweedo's Comics - Side case of higher priced ungraded books.

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Game Haven - This is $250. I think it could be $75-100.

Game Haven

3.6(32 reviews)
9.4 mi
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In a nut shell, Game Haven is a phenomenal, local business and community…read more This store has just about everything a nerd could want. If you want to find people to play Pokémon or Yu-Gi-Oh with, every Saturday they have tournaments. You like magic cards, there is almost always someone in the store playing magic but every Friday they always have some magic event happening. You like painting figurines and playing war hammer, they have a section set up for you and every Monday is night where people come to paint there figurines. Outside of this they have a great cafe. They have your standard coffees but my favorite thing is they have a ever changing specialty drinks special that changes season to season or if their is a big nerdy event happening. On of my favorite drinks I had was when they made drinks inspired by and to celebrated "Detective Pikachu". The biggest item for me this store offers is their board games. They have a ton of demos you can play in the store and cafe or rent to take home. Every Tuesday night and Sunday their is a community that comes together to play some board games. If their is a game you want to play and not sure you want to buy it yet, come to these events. If you go often enough and I am sure someone will bring your game in and you will get to play it. For me, these events are like a midweek Christmas, always looking forward to them. As for their events, what I have said does not even scratch the surface. Game Have always seems to have something coming down the pipeline. They have Mini-Cons, Halloween events, psychic and fortune-telling events and so so much more. They support local vendors and artists and just as a ridiculously amazing community. Not to get to personal but Game Haven's community is very inviting and accepting. From their customers, to their employees, to the owner himself. I was very anti-social and depressed a few years ago but Game Havens community accepted me, and I have met some outstanding people and made some life long friendships. A lot of these events have been suspended due to the pandemic but once everything is over, I encourage you to come to this location if this is a community you want to be a part of. Come to one of the events, have a cup of coffee or tea, sit down and as long as you come with a positive outlook and are understanding and respectful, you will have a fun and outstanding time that you will not soon forget!

They charge scalper prices for Pokémon tcg items despite getting them from manufacturer and got rid…read moreof their comics section which was the only reason I visited

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Game Haven - The Lugia in the shop

The Lugia in the shop

Game Haven - This is $250. I think it could be $75-100.

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