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.




You've Got The Touch!
Once upon a time, Takara started a line of Transformers figures that would represent the best versions of whatever character they were...
Streets of Rage
The term "cursed" is thrown around a lot in the toy collecting world, though generally it applies to poorly made figures where the QC is...
Spanking the Monkey
50 I am a child of the 80s - while I appreciate the story telling of Beast Wars, the original toys never really did anything for me. From...
Super Hero
So a few weeks ago I discovered how much nicer the Dragonball Super: Super Hero figures compared to their mainline counterparts, I...
Space Cowboy
Well, with Black Widow, or at least the Natasha Romanoff version of her, being dead and all, I guess one shouldn't be surprised to see...
Mayonetta
So I'm a bit behind on this one - unfortunately the one I received at the start of the year was a bit damaged out the gate. Fortunately,...
Double Fisting It
So this past weekend, I was reminded of a universal truth - prices at conventions are insane. I usually find that one fire sale item, but...
Milk Tease Girl
So a while ago, Snail Shell solicited their latest offering for preorder, one Milk Tea Girl. I actually passed on this when I saw it on...
I Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog
So MP Hound came out a while ago, and I remember skipping him because the MSRP made me feel just a bit on the ill side. Time passed, he...
Sword Swallower
A little while back, I took a look at Ronin from the Falslander line. As a posing figure, Ronin left much to be desired., but it...
Boob Job
When it comes to MP Arcee, people are either in the "love" or "hate" categories, with most of the hate being directed at one defining...
"WHY YOU LITTLE...!"
I've never made it a secret that I like collecting female figure more. They usually look nicer and generally speaking because they're...
Twerk It!
I was holding out hope that S.H. Figuarts would do more Disney + figures... or anything beyond Falcon and The Winter Soldier. But alas,...
Papi Piccolo
The second main protagonist of the Dragonball Super: Super Hero movie is Piccolo, so to the surprise of nobody, Bandai released a Piccolo...
Biggie Smalls
The most recent Masterpiece Transformer, Trailbreaker, was released in Japan late 2022, and my copy actually just arrived quite recently....
Giggity Giggity Giggity!
The preorder window for the Beast Gohan is now upon us, so it's probably a good time for me to actually open this one up and take a quick...
"I'm A Little Teapot..."
A random figure that I came across on Facebook Marketplace, the S.H. Figuarts Street Fighter V - Sagat. It wasn't complete (no...
The Royal Treatment
So over the past summer, the latest Dragonball Super move, titled Super Hero, was released and along with it was, of course, some...
"These Boots Were Made For Walkin'..."
As some of you know, Figma doesn't always produce character goods for the most popular properties. Sometimes, they like to get their...





















