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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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Splashworks

I don't have much of the merch any more, but I LOVE QUEEN'S BLADE. It's weird, as Fate/Stay Night was an actual eroge/erotic light novel...

LOSER

Sailor Moon was one of those anime series that kick started the whole love of anime on this side of the world. There were some.....

2B Or Not 2B?

So, one of the advantages of being not on the bleeding edge of collecting is that it gives me a bit of time to react to updates. A very...

The Perfect Storm

Japan has given us some memorable heroes, names that are known throughout the world. If they're popular outside of Japan, you can...

Catching the Great White Buffalo

Platinum Games comes up with some great software filled with memorable character designs. While I await a better Bayonetta than that Play...

Entered By The Dragon

Growing up in the 80s on Hong Kong martial arts movies, I was exposed to action stars that many of classmates didn't even know about....

It's The Remix Edition

When it comes to figures, I have a certain type (so long as they're built properly). It shouldn't be hard to figure out what this type...

Killer Fashion Sense

So I spend a few minutes every day checking out the local classifieds. I used to do it more religiously, but I'm not on the road as often...

You're Such A Poser

Well Happy February everyone.. yes it's halfway through, but life's been busy and all that, with Lunar New Year and other things. While I...

Firm Butt Soft

So Animester has been on a roll lately with their 1/9 action figure offerings, So I decided to give one of their previous works, the...

Sensational Trash

You probably noticed I buy a lot o random stuff, because like food I like to experiment with new things and see what makes them tick....

I Used To Be Young....

I've got a Love/Hate relationship with the JoJo figure line up. Conceptually, there's quite a few characters I like, as pretty much all...

Random Loud Noises

If you collect Dragonball figures, chances are you have at least two Goku's in your collection. There's just so many of them,...

Livin' In a Hellish Paradise

As time goes on, I find that I really don't have the time or interest in starting a new series of, well, ANYTHING unless it's pretty much...

Fresh Meat

So for most people, Goodsmile Company are the people who make Figma and Waifu statues. They do actually make other things, and...

That's A Paddlin'....

Towards the end of 2023, people of course were throwing their lists for the year, which unfortunately included the "Worst of" entries....

Uptown Funk

Across the Spiderverse is probably one of the few Marvel movies that basically impressed anyone and everyone that watched it, either from...

Save Me, Aunt May!

When No Way Home came out, fans everywhere were ecstatic. It wasn't perfect, but Marvel did something we all wanted to see happen - bring...

Multiverse of Meh-ness

I generally like Benedict Cumberbatch as an artist, and all the projects he's been in have been pretty good.. or at least the ones where...

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