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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 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...

Balls of Cold Steel

When the PS Vita was still around, I was introduced to what would be one of the best written JRPGs I would ever play, Trails of Cold...

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....

She's BAAAAAAAAA-D

While I generally have no hesitation erring on the sluttier side of things when it comes to my figures, I generally don't get explicitly...

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...

Praise The Moon

A long time coming, this is the final piece of swag I got during my October 2023 drive to the US, the Blizzard Collectibles 1/6 Overwatch...

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...

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...

Mirror Mirror On The Wall...

Back in the 80's, anime as a genre wasn't that well known here in Canada. In fact, I think if it wasn't for the huge influx of people...

It's Getting Wild In Here!

With Orange Piccolo out of the way, the focus is now on Beast Gohan, the form that was revealed in the finale of the Super Hero movie....

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