diff --git a/data/actionbar.json b/data/actionbar.json
index 7483ed0..7dc48de 100644
--- a/data/actionbar.json
+++ b/data/actionbar.json
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
     { "id": "menu", "label": "Menu", "accent": "#ff2d6f" }
   ],
   "surface": {
-    "_comment": "Deck layout for the surface (SurfaceScene): `research` is replaced by `shop` (no-op for now) and `takeoff` sits to the left of `menu`. SurfaceScene passes this list to ActionBar via its `buttons` option; everything else (height, colors, animation) is shared with the flight deck.",
+    "_comment": "Deck layout for the surface (SurfaceScene): `research` is replaced by `shop` (toggles the world's shop clip — while the clip is up the slot relabels to `labelActive`, and pressing it swaps back) and `takeoff` sits to the left of `menu`. SurfaceScene passes this list to ActionBar via its `buttons` option; everything else (height, colors, animation) is shared with the flight deck.",
     "buttons": [
-      { "id": "shop", "label": "Shop", "accent": "#00e5ff" },
+      { "id": "shop", "label": "Shop", "labelActive": "Leave Shop", "accent": "#00e5ff" },
       { "id": "build", "label": "Build", "accent": "#ffc94d" },
       { "id": "ship", "label": "Ship", "accent": "#7ce8a4" },
       { "id": null, "label": null },
diff --git a/data/landing.json b/data/landing.json
index 2a5f952..7230eee 100644
--- a/data/landing.json
+++ b/data/landing.json
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
     "",
     "`land`    — the full-screen one-shot clip played when the ship lands.",
     "`surface` — the looping clip shown on the surface deck behind the action bar.",
+    "`shop`    — the looping clip the SHOP button swaps in over the surface",
+    "           clip (press SHOP again to swap back). null/missing = no shop",
+    "           on that world (a console note instead of a clip).",
     "`takeoff` — the full-screen one-shot clip played on TAKE OFF, before the",
     "           flight world resumes. A null/missing entry takes off instantly.",
     "",
@@ -37,11 +40,11 @@
     "lineStrokeWidth": 2
   },
   "videos": [
-    { "land": "terran-land-01.mp4",  "surface": "terran-surface-01.mp4", "takeoff": "terran-takeoff-01.mp4" },
-    { "land": "terran-land-02.mp4",  "surface": "terran-surface-01.mp4", "takeoff": "terran-takeoff-02.mp4" },
-    { "land": "terran-land-01.mp4",  "surface": "terran-surface-01.mp4", "takeoff": "terran-takeoff-01.mp4" },
-    { "land": "gasgiant-land-01.mp4", "surface": "terran-surface-01.mp4", "takeoff": "gasgiant-takeoff-01.mp4" },
-    { "land": "gasgiant-land-02.mp4", "surface": "terran-surface-01.mp4", "takeoff": "gasgiant-takeoff-02.mp4" },
-    { "land": "gasgiant-land-01.mp4", "surface": "terran-surface-01.mp4", "takeoff": "gasgiant-takeoff-01.mp4" }
+    { "land": "terran-land-01.mp4",  "surface": "terran-surface-01.mp4", "takeoff": "terran-takeoff-01.mp4", "shop": "terran-shop-01.mp4" },
+    { "land": "terran-land-02.mp4",  "surface": "terran-surface-01.mp4", "takeoff": "terran-takeoff-02.mp4", "shop": "terran-shop-01.mp4" },
+    { "land": "terran-land-01.mp4",  "surface": "terran-surface-01.mp4", "takeoff": "terran-takeoff-01.mp4", "shop": "terran-shop-01.mp4" },
+    { "land": "gasgiant-land-01.mp4", "surface": "terran-surface-01.mp4", "takeoff": "gasgiant-takeoff-01.mp4", "shop": "terran-shop-01.mp4" },
+    { "land": "gasgiant-land-02.mp4", "surface": "terran-surface-01.mp4", "takeoff": "gasgiant-takeoff-02.mp4", "shop": "terran-shop-01.mp4" },
+    { "land": "gasgiant-land-01.mp4", "surface": "terran-surface-01.mp4", "takeoff": "gasgiant-takeoff-01.mp4", "shop": "terran-shop-01.mp4" }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/js/scenes/SurfaceScene.js b/js/scenes/SurfaceScene.js
index 38aeb0b..8b22ddb 100644
--- a/js/scenes/SurfaceScene.js
+++ b/js/scenes/SurfaceScene.js
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ import { SaveManager } from '../save/SaveManager.js';
  *      plate. No UI during the flight down.
  *   2. SURFACE — the clip is swapped for the looping world clip (`surface`),
  *      and the command deck appears: the GameScene deck with Research
- *      replaced by SHOP (a seam for now) and TAKE OFF left of MENU
- *      (data/actionbar.json → surface.buttons). Menu keeps the GameScene's
+ *      replaced by SHOP (swaps the loop for the world's `shop` clip —
+ *      e.g. terran-shop-01.mp4 — press again to swap back) and TAKE OFF
+ *      left of MENU (data/actionbar.json → surface.buttons). Menu keeps the GameScene's
  *      save sub-bar — Save/Load operate on the paused GameScene's state
  *      (SavePanel `stateScene`). While the clip loops, the planet's name
  *      decodes in at the upper-left (Ethnocentric, the menu title's shade,
@@ -36,7 +37,9 @@ import { SaveManager } from '../save/SaveManager.js';
  * giants, per data/planets.json → frames), so a planet always lands with
  * the clip matching the art it is drawn with. Missing clips fall back to
  * the existing stubs in data/landing.json; a broken/missing file skips
- * straight to the surface instead of stranding the player.
+ * straight to the surface instead of stranding the player. SHOP swaps the
+ * surface loop for the frame's `shop` clip (null on worlds without one —
+ * a console note instead).
  */
 export class SurfaceScene extends Phaser.Scene {
   constructor() {
@@ -67,6 +70,10 @@ export class SurfaceScene extends Phaser.Scene {
     this.takeoffKey = null;
     this.takeoffVideo = null;
     this.takeoffDone = false; // finishTakeoff idempotency ('complete' + a guard can both fire)
+    this.shopKey = null;
+    this.shopVideo = null; // the SHOP clip (created on first press, then paused/resumed)
+    this.shopMode = false; // true while the shop clip is on screen (SHOP toggles it)
+    this.noteG = null; // console-note glyphs (consoleNote)
   }
 
   /** Pick this world's clips (data/landing.json) and queue them. */
@@ -75,12 +82,15 @@ export class SurfaceScene extends Phaser.Scene {
     this.landKey = `__surf_land_${this.planetFrame}`;
     this.surfaceKey = `__surf_loop_${this.planetFrame}`;
     this.takeoffKey = `__surf_takeoff_${this.planetFrame}`;
+    this.shopKey = `__surf_shop_${this.planetFrame}`;
     this.landUrl = this.resolveUrl(entry.land ?? null);
     this.surfaceUrl = this.resolveUrl(entry.surface ?? null);
     this.takeoffUrl = this.resolveUrl(entry.takeoff ?? null);
+    this.shopUrl = this.resolveUrl(entry.shop ?? null);
     if (this.landUrl) this.load.video(this.landKey, this.landUrl);
     if (this.surfaceUrl) this.load.video(this.surfaceKey, this.surfaceUrl);
     if (this.takeoffUrl) this.load.video(this.takeoffKey, this.takeoffUrl);
+    if (this.shopUrl) this.load.video(this.shopKey, this.shopUrl);
 
     // The surface's music loop (data/music.json → frames[planets.png frame])
     // — the same key as the videos, so a world hums the track matching the
@@ -190,6 +200,141 @@ export class SurfaceScene extends Phaser.Scene {
     this.buildDeck();
   }
 
+  // ------------------------------------------------------------------
+  // Stage 2b — the shop clip (SHOP swaps the loop, and back)
+  // ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  /**
+   * SHOP — swap the looping surface clip for this world's shop clip
+   * (data/landing.json → videos[frame].shop, e.g. terran-shop-01.mp4);
+   * the next press swaps back. The surface clip is PAUSED, not
+   * destroyed, so it resumes exactly where it left off; the shop clip
+   * is created on the first press (the file was preloaded) and then
+   * just paused/resumed, and the deck's SHOP slot relabels to
+   * `labelActive` ("Leave Shop", data/actionbar.json → surface.buttons)
+   * and back. The upper-left HUD stays up in both states — the shop is
+   * on the same world — and the surface hum keeps humming.
+   * A world whose frame has no shop clip (data/landing.json → shop null)
+   * gets a console note instead.
+   */
+  toggleShop() {
+    if (this.phase !== 'surface') return; // no deck, no shop
+    if (this.shopMode) {
+      this.leaveShop();
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!this.hasVideo(this.shopKey)) {
+      this.consoleNote('NO SHOP ON THIS WORLD');
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!this.shopVideo) {
+      // First press of this stay: bring the clip up (only the <video>
+      // element is new — the file was preloaded).
+      const s = this.add.video(0, 0, this.shopKey).setOrigin(0.5).setDepth(10);
+      this.attachClip(s);
+      s.setLoop(true);
+      this.shopVideo = s;
+      s.on('error', () => {
+        // Broken clip — drop back to the surface loop, don't strand the view.
+        this.shopMode = false;
+        this.destroyVideo(this.shopVideo);
+        this.shopVideo = null;
+        this.surfaceVideo?.resume(); // v4 quirk: play() no-ops a clip that has played before
+        this.actionBar?.setLabel('shop', this.shopLabel(false)); // the slot is back to SHOP
+        this.consoleNote('SHOP CLIP UNAVAILABLE');
+      });
+    }
+    this.shopVideo.setVisible(true); // may be hidden from a previous visit
+    this.surfaceVideo?.pause(); // the loop pauses where it is (resume() brings it back)
+    // resume(), not play(): the first start is a no-op-safe superset (it
+    // falls through to the first-play path), and on a RE-entry the clip
+    // has played before, where play() would silently no-op.
+    this.shopVideo.resume();
+    this.shopMode = true;
+    this.actionBar?.setLabel('shop', this.shopLabel(true)); // the slot now reads LEAVE SHOP
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The second SHOP press — back to the looping surface clip.
+   * v4 quirk: for a clip that has already played once, `play()` is a
+   * no-op (its createPlayPromise gate only fires on the first start) —
+   * `resume()` (setPaused(false)) is what actually restarts it. And a
+   * paused <video> keeps showing its last frame, so the shop clip —
+   * painted over the surface loop — must be hidden, not just paused.
+   */
+  leaveShop() {
+    this.shopMode = false;
+    this.shopVideo?.pause();
+    this.shopVideo?.setVisible(false); // its frozen last frame would cover the surface
+    this.surfaceVideo?.resume(); // resumes where it paused (no surface clip → the plate)
+    this.actionBar?.setLabel('shop', this.shopLabel(false)); // the slot is back to SHOP
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The SHOP slot's label for the given state (data/actionbar.json →
+   * surface.buttons: `label` out, `labelActive` in), with plain fallbacks
+   * if the config entry is missing.
+   */
+  shopLabel(inShop) {
+    const buttons = config.get('actionbar.surface.buttons');
+    const b = Array.isArray(buttons) ? buttons.find((x) => x && x.id === 'shop') : null;
+    const active = b?.labelActive ?? 'Leave Shop';
+    const base = b?.label ?? 'Shop';
+    return inShop ? String(active) : String(base);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The console note — this scene's small cousin of GameScene.consoleToast:
+   * an accent glyph + console-caps line, top-center, fading in, holding,
+   * fading out. One at a time (a new note replaces an old one). SHOP
+   * feedback lives here.
+   */
+  consoleNote(label, { glyph = '\u25b8', glyphColor, durationMs = 2400 } = {}) {
+    if (Array.isArray(this.noteG)) {
+      for (const g of this.noteG) g.destroy();
+      this.noteG = null;
+    }
+    const fam = fontStack('body');
+    const g1 = this.add
+      .text(0, 0, glyph, {
+        fontFamily: fam,
+        fontSize: '13px',
+        color: glyphColor ?? toCss(themeColor('neon', 0x00e5ff)),
+      })
+      .setOrigin(0, 0.5)
+      .setScrollFactor(0); // UI — pinned to the screen
+    const g2 = this.add
+      .text(0, 0, String(label ?? '').toUpperCase(), {
+        fontFamily: fam,
+        fontSize: '11px',
+        color: toCss(themeColor('dim', 0x7d92c4)),
+        letterSpacing: 2,
+      })
+      .setOrigin(0, 0.5)
+      .setScrollFactor(0); // UI — pinned to the screen
+    const total = g1.width + 10 + g2.width;
+    const x0 = this.scale.width / 2 - total / 2;
+    const yy = this.scale.height / 2 - 75; // the flight world's console slot
+    g1.setPosition(x0, yy).setDepth(60).setAlpha(0);
+    g2.setPosition(x0 + g1.width + 10, yy).setDepth(60).setAlpha(0);
+    this.noteG = [g1, g2];
+    this.tweens.add({ targets: this.noteG, alpha: 1, duration: 180, ease: 'Sine.easeOut' });
+    this.time.delayedCall(durationMs, () => {
+      if (!Array.isArray(this.noteG)) return;
+      const [a, b] = this.noteG;
+      this.noteG = null;
+      this.tweens.add({
+        targets: [a, b],
+        alpha: 0,
+        duration: 350,
+        onComplete: () => {
+          a.destroy();
+          b.destroy();
+        },
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
   // ------------------------------------------------------------------
   // HUD (upper-left) — the planet's name + type + tether level
   // ------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -321,11 +466,16 @@ export class SurfaceScene extends Phaser.Scene {
   // ------------------------------------------------------------------
 
   /**
-   * The deck's button presses (ActionBar → onAction). SHOP / BUILD /
+   * The deck's button presses (ActionBar → onAction). SHOP swaps the
+   * looping surface clip for the world's shop clip (and back); BUILD /
    * SHIP are seams for the surface economy (data/builds.json plugs in
    * later); TAKE OFF goes back to the ship; MENU is the save door.
    */
   deckAction(id) {
+    if (id === 'shop') {
+      this.toggleShop();
+      return;
+    }
     if (id === 'menu') {
       this.menuAction();
       return;
@@ -416,6 +566,11 @@ export class SurfaceScene extends Phaser.Scene {
       this.destroyVideo(this.surfaceVideo); // the opaque clip hides it — free the decoder
       this.surfaceVideo = null;
     }
+    if (this.shopVideo) {
+      this.destroyVideo(this.shopVideo); // same — the take-off clip owns the screen
+      this.shopVideo = null;
+    }
+    this.shopMode = false;
 
     const v = this.add.video(0, 0, this.takeoffKey).setOrigin(0.5).setDepth(20);
     this.attachClip(v);
@@ -569,9 +724,16 @@ export class SurfaceScene extends Phaser.Scene {
     this.destroyVideo(this.landVideo);
     this.destroyVideo(this.surfaceVideo);
     this.destroyVideo(this.takeoffVideo);
+    this.destroyVideo(this.shopVideo);
     this.landVideo = null;
     this.surfaceVideo = null;
     this.takeoffVideo = null;
+    this.shopVideo = null;
+    this.shopMode = false;
+    if (Array.isArray(this.noteG)) {
+      for (const g of this.noteG) g.destroy();
+      this.noteG = null;
+    }
     this.destroyHud();
     this.actionBar?.destroy();
     this.menuSubBar?.destroy();
diff --git a/js/ui/ActionBar.js b/js/ui/ActionBar.js
index 81fafb0..ca74730 100644
--- a/js/ui/ActionBar.js
+++ b/js/ui/ActionBar.js
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ export class ActionBar extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
         id: live ? b.id : null,
         live,
         slot,
+        fontSize, // setLabel's shrink-to-fit needs the slot's base size
         accent: toColor(b.accent ?? themeColor('neon', 0x00e5ff)),
         hoverOn: false,
         pressing: false,
@@ -458,6 +459,29 @@ export class ActionBar extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Relabel a live slot in place (main text + both RGB ghosts) — e.g. the
+   * surface deck's SHOP slot reads LEAVE SHOP while the shop clip is up
+   * (`setLabel('shop', 'Leave Shop')`). The slot's id — and therefore the
+   * onAction press — is unchanged, so the scene's toggle keeps working.
+   * A label too long for the button face shrinks to fit. Returns the
+   * slot, or null if the id has no live slot.
+   */
+  setLabel(id, text) {
+    const s = (this.slots ?? []).find((sl) => sl.id === id);
+    if (!s || !s.label) return null;
+    const t = String(text ?? '').toUpperCase();
+    for (const o of [s.label, s.ghostCyan, s.ghostMagenta]) o?.setText(t);
+    const max = this.style.bw - 18;
+    if (s.label.width > max) {
+      const k = Math.max(10, (s.fontSize * max) / s.label.width);
+      for (const o of [s.label, s.ghostCyan, s.ghostMagenta]) o?.setFontSize(`${k}px`);
+    }
+    // Re-assert the current visual state (hover keeps the white label).
+    this.paintSlot(s, s.hoverOn ? 'hover' : 'base');
+    return s;
+  }
+
   // ------------------------------------------------------------------
   // Boot
   // ------------------------------------------------------------------