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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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Monkey See, Monkey Do

Continuing on with my stack of Queen's Blade statues, we have Airi and Airi, with one from Griffon Enterprises and the other from good...

It's All About The Viewing Angle

So just before Anime North 2024, I came across a guy selling a lot of his stash, which included some Queen's Blade figures. The OG book...

Room For Growth

So Anime North was at the end of May, and generally my luck at finding stuff at a price that won't make me cry isn't very good. This...

Some Old School Mai

Have you ever looked a product offering, and right off the top of your head you just knew it wasn't going to do well? I mean, it could be...

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...

Catching the Great White Buffalo

Platinum Games comes up with some great software filled with memorable character designs. While I await a better Bayonetta than that Play...

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...

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...

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...

Beserker Barrage!

If there's one thing I've learned in 2023, it's that if you wait long enough, something interesting will pop up on clearance at a store...

Shake It Off!

500 Snail Shell Studios is slowly becoming a favourite in the 1/12 collecting world, especially if you're not a conservative collector. 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...

SHINOBI FLASH!!!

While I appreciate a great JRPG, I also appreciate what is best described as "absolute trash". The PS Vita introduced me to several...

And Then There Were Three...

Happy Weekend. First one back and I've reacclimatized myself to life back home.. or more accurately, accepted the fact I'm now back to my...

YEE HAW!

I recently took a work trip to the lovely Province of Alberta, Canada, and spent some time in either Edmonton or Calgary, the two largest...

CATFIGHT!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/22877494@N02/albums/72177720310086644 Darkstalkers really doesn't get the love it deserves, with mainly us...

On Bended Knee....

Well, another week has gone by, and before I took off for some work travel (and hoarding), I spent a weekend hoarding at TFCon, as well...

It's Science, Bitch!

Well, May was a busy month, and I fell behind on stuff... stupid Tears of the Kingdom. But, hey, I can't complain about a game unless I...

Hippity Hop

My most recent Anime Export package was actually the cumulation of about 4 months of preorders, as I really wanted to get my Maguire...

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