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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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Yo Ho Ho!

One last Queen's Blade statue (for now) is none other than Ymir from the Queen's Blade: Rebellion line. So while this is the second...

If The Armoured Greave Fits...

What's that? More Queen's Blade stuff of course! This time, I'm looking at two of the finest to ever wear Armoured Greaves, Nanael and...

It's All About The Viewing Angle

So just before Anime North 2024, I came across a guy selling a lot of his stash, which included some Queen's Blade figures. The OG book...

Room For Growth

So Anime North was at the end of May, and generally my luck at finding stuff at a price that won't make me cry isn't very good. This...

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...

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...

Anti-Gnosis Systems, Activated!

As time goes on, more and more fantastic series of yesteryear get forgotten. It's particularly sad for me, as out of mind also means no...

Cheekless Wonder

Street Fighter is by far the most popular fighting game, to the point where even people who don't play video games know of it by name....

Mightiest Thor

With the year winding down, I finally have some time to keep chipping away at that backlog of stuff I have lying around. Today, I look at...

Seeing Double

A few weeks ago, I brought back that Bishoujo Black Canary from Calgary, AB, and promptly proceeded to destroy it in an attempt to fix...

YEE HAW!

I recently took a work trip to the lovely Province of Alberta, Canada, and spent some time in either Edmonton or Calgary, the two largest...

CATFIGHT!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/22877494@N02/albums/72177720310086644 Darkstalkers really doesn't get the love it deserves, with mainly us...

Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am!

I love local marketplaces. A good portion of the stuff I've found over the years is from random spots across Canada, because the right...

Me Bouncy!

Been sitting on a few fixed posed pieces for a while now, and figured before I start in on any articulated stuff, I'd tackle these as...

Soul Fist!

In the 90s, Capcom was killing it with their fighting game franchises, particularly the ones that were based on the success of Street...

Biggie Biggie Biggie, Can't You See...

Because I live in the Toronto area, I'm fortunate enough to have the ability to attend Anime North every year. For the unimitated, Anime...

I... I Got Nothing....

This one was strangely a rather painful one to get through, possibly because of my overall impression of "meh" with regards to this...

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