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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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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...

Road Rage

Another one of my sheer boredom purchases. I'd heard rumblings about this War Dawn 2 Pack a few weeks ago, but as things go my interest...

Third Time's The Charm!

Going to be another pretty quick one. I happened to come across a loose MP 35 Grapple on Facebook Marketplace. In general, my thoughts on...

Take Me To The Candy Shop...

About.. 20 years ago, I think, Hasbro released G1 Transformer Reissues along side the Takara Tomy Encore series. Around here, these...

Attack on Titan

Well, it happened - my MP57 Skyfire finally arrived. Believe it or not, I actually preordered mine at Dewtoys in Singapore when the...

Kick Him In The Blueberries....

So you might have noticed that I dabble in Third Party stuff, but generally it's not really my thing because eventually Hasbro/Takara...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Biggie Smalls

The most recent Masterpiece Transformer, Trailbreaker, was released in Japan late 2022, and my copy actually just arrived quite recently....

Pick 'n Flick!

Oh the wonderful world of knockoffs. Support of these products is a very grey area, as sometimes they come about in order to give...

Tiny Terror

Over the Black Friday 2022 sales period, there was one figure that I consistently saw on sale - the MP 53 Skids. Generally, at worst most...

Three Ladies Walk Into a Bar...

Just playing catch up, and I've gotten around to these three Fembots from various mainline series - Studio '86 Arcee, BB Movie Arcee, and...

Blow Me Away....

I have quite a few Fembots to catch up on, including this - the Bingotoys BT02 Windgirl. It feels like forever now, but back when Nicee...

He's Gonna Be Running a Train....

... just probably not the kind of train you were thinking of. Today, we'll take a quick look at the Transformers Legacy: Velocitron...

Let's Go!!!

Well, it's finally here - the Hasbro Pulse Victory Saber set. Just about a year late.. no big deal. It's just a figure set of a highly...

Punch Buggy!

The retail availability in Canada for Transformers is weird. Unless you're just going through smaller independent shops, it seems like...

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