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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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Ultimate Interrogation Technique!

Many, many people have been quite vocal about how much they hate the Batman Ninja movie. Now, I haven't watched it in its entirety, but...

For King And Country!

The What If... series on Disney+ took an indepth look at the concept of the Multiverse, namely how things familiar to us are slightly...

SPLAT!!!!

Every so often, I like to break the seriousness of the figures I look at with something wacky. Today, that breath of fresh air comes in...

The Legacy Continues....

A new year, a new mainline for the Transformers family. The sequel to the Legacy line, subtitled Evolution, seems to be using the same...

The Package Has Been Delivered

Since I'm on a bit of an older school kick, this is a good time to take a quick look at one of the earliest releases in the revamped...

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....

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