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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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The Finer Things In Life....

Unsurprisingly, I'm a bit more in touch with collectibles based on Female characters, which includes Transformers. A few years ago, when...

Camel Strike!

It's been over two months since Anime North 2024, but adulting means I get to deal with things like making sure people don't go hangry....

Till All Are None

A few months ago, a fellow collector introduced me to Tech Inn , a Spanish based tech company that, for some reason, also dabbled in...

Balls Of Steel

For a while there, we had a good thing going. BBTS would effectively put out clearance items, changing daily, and there were a few really...

It's The Deep!

So I have a habit of buying random things, but sometimes, even I can't recall the logic in that moment of madness. Take this figure for...

HEEEEY GIRL, WHATCHA DOIN'?

So back in January or so, I got my first BuzzMOD figure, 2B from Nier: Automata . The thing is that, that one I just kind of ordered...

Gobble Gobble

I'm a bit behind in opening them, but the Mainline Transformer Legacy: United figures are still rolling in, though I don't think I've...

When Nature Calls

When it comes to MP figures, vehicle based ones always get priority. The Beast era stuff isn't terrible per say, but from an engineering...

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...

Monkey See, Monkey Do

Continuing on with my stack of Queen's Blade statues, we have Airi and Airi, with one from Griffon Enterprises and the other from good...

Is There Any Other Way I Can Pay?

I'm definitely not a purist in the collecting game, and I'll randomly give things a try even if it does end up being less than stellar....

This Is The Way

Despite my fitting in the demographic, I'm actually not much of a Star Wars fan. Don't get me wrong - it's not like I grew up with...

Family Guy

I've been playing fighting games since Street Fighter 2. I'm... competent overall, but generally play better with Charge characters, even...

I Spy With My Little Eye

Getting a hold of fairly priced Bishoujo Street Fighter stuff on the Secondary Market is very hit and miss, with the prices of...

Return of the Raging Demon

A lot has happened in the Street Fighter world in the past month. SF6 started getting new character announcements, with the return of...

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...

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...

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