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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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So I Started Finger Blastin'!

Hasbro has a long history of doing repaints of figures that improve certain aspects of the product while also annoying the shit out of...

Choke Me, Officer...

So as I was browsing the remnants of previous lines, I cam across a few figures that I didn't bother orders for one reason or another. I...

Lil' Bow Wow

My respect for Beast Wars is basically in the revolutionary CGI (for the time) and story telling, because most of the earlier toys were...

Nice Nozzle!

As we enter the Spring, the second wave of the Mainline Transformers figures have started reaching stores, with distribution in Canada...

You Need To Make Eye Contact....

As many collectors know, ThreeZero has been doing some solid work, specifically on their mecha based properties. By now, I have a few...

TWERK DIGIVOLUTION!

While most of the world is enamored with Pokemon, I found myself more vested in another show - Digimon. I mean, both shows were anime and...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

You're so Animated, Prime!

Every year around this time, the new Transformers mainline figures start to show up in Canada. For 2024, this line is Transformers...

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.....

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