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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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Soul Fist!

The Pop Up Parade lineup from Good Smile Company has been doing some good work. While I'm not buying them all, it is a neat side line for...

Making His Monster.... GROW!

If you know Power Rangers, chancers are you're very familiar with Rita Repulsa, the main nemesis of the inaugural MMPR series. Her toys...

The Light of... Love?

So I kind of bought something by accident and just decided to roll with it. One day, I saw this really cool stop action video, but I...

Echo Chamber

So I may have a slight Fate addiction. Not enough to throw money at every single Fate product I see, but enough that if I see anything...

Chun Goku Satsu

Street Fighter figures generally sell well, particularly the imports, so it's no surprise that the first Chun Li Figuarts was eagerly...

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...

Do You See What I See?

So when it comes to one sixth figures, sometimes third party figures can be well assembled and other times you have to wonder why they...

Gomene, Bitch!

As collectors, you're generally focused on the present, or you're a retro collector. Me? I'm pretty much just a Toy Junkie in general,...

FALCON PUNCH!

Over the Family Day 2023 weekend, I travelled to Buffalo, NY to visit a teeny tiny baby, and while I was there I ended up, for the first...

Birds Eye View

A few months ago, I finally got my hands on one of the Bishoujo Wonder Woman statues. It was OK, but ultimately the Shunya Yamashita...

I Am Diana of Thiccmysceria!!

While my focus is generally on Import figures, occasionally a Domestic figure catches my interest (I mean, they're technically ALL...

Nutcracker

So I collect a wide variety of zany things because they make me smile. A line that never ceases to impress is the Magic Square Mukudo...

Duel Of The Fates

When it comes to store exclusives, Transformers have been very hit and miss. with the multi packs generally not doing so great. One set...

The Power of Primus COMPELLS YOU!

This one jumped the queue by a few figures, but it's a special one. My addiction to Transformers isn't as crippling as with anime waifus...

Here Catcher Catcher Catcher!!

The early 2000s was a time of renaissance for the Transformers franchise, or at least it was in this part of the world. In Japan, the...

Blow Me Away

First Deluxe Class of the newest mainline is Windblade, the result of a fan design contest about a decade ago now. She's one of those...

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.....

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....

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...

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