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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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Orange Thiccolo

Here's one that's been sitting around for a very long time - Orange Piccolo from the Super Heroes movie. Yes, the same one that was...

BAR-BAR-BAR... BARBERA RED!

2023 was a year of many firsts, including the Thunderbolt Squad series, which just happened to be a line I picked up on as the figures...

Pony Ride

So, if you take enough risks like me, you will eventually end up with a product that defies your expectations, failing to meet that...

Choices, Choices, Choices

BBTS occasionally has deep discounts of random figures, and I've benefitted from this before. I haven't seen anything for 2024 yet, but...

ARA ARA!

Happy New Year! If you're reading it, you made it to 2024. Right before the year ended, or at least on the last delivery day, a package...

FINISH HIM!

Storm Collectibles is working on several licensed, including Mortal Kombat. I was hoping to get into the series sooner, as prototypes of...

Soundwave... SUPERIOR!

As I was impressed with the ThreeZero DLX Arcee figure, I decided to adopt another figure from the line, Soundwave. More specifically, I...

The Ultimate Combiner

The Haslab Transformer for 2023, Deathsaurus, finally released. It's currently shipping to customers all over the world, and I was...

Gonna Be A Big Load

I've slowly been getting involved with Third Party figures, though as always it's very much a "proceed with caution" type of deal. I have...

Alternate Tastes

Here's one that has been sitting the pile for almost 6 months now, the Figma Saber Alter 2.0 figure. How long has it been? Well, I...

All Hail Megatron, BFF!

I occasionally jump on the Kickstarter bandwagon, as there are some neat products offered. One such item was the Yolopark AMK Pro Series...

Walk Like A Chicken

I generally avoid Marvel Legends, and when I do get them I do so knowing they're not going to live up to standards of other figures I...

Bounce Bounce Bounce!

I'm still bouncing back and forth between backlog and new stuff. I'm nearing the end of my August haul, and decided that this was a good...

Wonderful Hair!

One of the more interesting surprises from Hot Toys this year is the return of rooted hair in what would be named the Artisan series....

Floats Like A Butterfly.....

So I am a Transformers fan, but more so in the classic sense - transforming toys, but I can appreciate that as the appeal of the...

Make It Clap!

So when I recently went to Buffalo, NY, I didn't just bring back indigestion from Erie County Fair food - I dropped by a fellow...

STINKFACE!

So, every since I've made friends in the US, I've actually been able to take advantage of the fire sales that BBTS puts on. I just might...

Snoop Doggy Dog Style

So far the summer has been alright. Nothing overly exciting... YET, but I know things have only just gotten started. Some minor victories...

My Fairlady Z

Growing up in the 80s meant I was around for the genesis of what would become Transformers. Of course, that meant that years and years...

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