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Welcome to Utopia...

.. if you're into rants about toys new and oldish.

This is Collectors Haven, somewhere I've decided to start sharing my analysis on the many, many, random toy purchases of mine. Very much Japanese centric, but you never know what'll show up.

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Some Old School Mai

Have you ever looked a product offering, and right off the top of your head you just knew it wasn't going to do well? I mean, it could be...

My Balala....

If you've not noticed, I like to buy new things once in a while to see how competitor products are doing, or to get on the ground floor...

Eternal Pegwarmers

Every MCU viewer remembers The Eternals, the first major flop of the MCU in the latest phase, but had high viewership due to its...

Marvel-Ass

To say that The Marvels was a poorly received movie is putting it politely. From what I can see, people either disliked it, or outright...

That BBL Drizzy

While there was a lot of things people loved about No Way Home, there is no doubt that the appearance of previous live action stars ranks...

Quit Playing Games With My Heart...

As far as I know, Hiya Toys is a relatively new player on the scene, first starting with some 1/18 stuff and more recently, moving on to...

The Sweet Smell of Success!

You know how it is here - one day, it's stuff from Japan, fresh off the market, and other day's its more retrospective. Today definitely...

The Milkshake!

So a few weeks ago, I came across two Queen's Gate statues. Unlike the mainline releases, these statues were all 1/8 and released by...

Riding Him Like The Village Bicycle

With the passage of time comes the delivery of more Transformers figures. Recently, Deluxe Chromia from the Legacy United line was...

Look What The Cat Dragged In

Back on track with stuff I did mean to buy, one the more recent figures I've had shipped is the Revoltech Amazing Yamagucchi Arkham...

CLATUU! VERATA! NICTUU!

Second of two swaps was for Figma 558 Princess Connect! Re: Dive. - Karyl. So while I in general did not know anything about this figure...

The Sweet Smell of Success...

So back in February 24, Goodsmile Company did a Lucky Box promotion for some of their products, including Figma. I, like pretty much the...

We Don't Need Any Roads....

So, in Summer 2023 or so, a most interesting crossover product was announced - the Lunar Cruiser Prime. This Transformers product aimed...

So I Started Finger Blastin'!

Hasbro has a long history of doing repaints of figures that improve certain aspects of the product while also annoying the shit out of...

Choke Me, Officer...

So as I was browsing the remnants of previous lines, I cam across a few figures that I didn't bother orders for one reason or another. I...

Lil' Bow Wow

My respect for Beast Wars is basically in the revolutionary CGI (for the time) and story telling, because most of the earlier toys were...

Nice Nozzle!

As we enter the Spring, the second wave of the Mainline Transformers figures have started reaching stores, with distribution in Canada...

You Need To Make Eye Contact....

As many collectors know, ThreeZero has been doing some solid work, specifically on their mecha based properties. By now, I have a few...

TWERK DIGIVOLUTION!

While most of the world is enamored with Pokemon, I found myself more vested in another show - Digimon. I mean, both shows were anime and...

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