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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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Camel Strike!

It's been over two months since Anime North 2024, but adulting means I get to deal with things like making sure people don't go hangry....

Till All Are None

A few months ago, a fellow collector introduced me to Tech Inn , a Spanish based tech company that, for some reason, also dabbled in...

If The Armoured Greave Fits...

What's that? More Queen's Blade stuff of course! This time, I'm looking at two of the finest to ever wear Armoured Greaves, Nanael and...

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...

I Spy With My Little Eye

Getting a hold of fairly priced Bishoujo Street Fighter stuff on the Secondary Market is very hit and miss, with the prices of...

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...

The Sweet Smell of Success!

You know how it is here - one day, it's stuff from Japan, fresh off the market, and other day's its more retrospective. Today definitely...

The Milkshake!

So a few weeks ago, I came across two Queen's Gate statues. Unlike the mainline releases, these statues were all 1/8 and released by...

Frontal Impact Protection

So I generally have gotten out of the high end statue game, as prices are really not that friendly and I'm OK admiring from afar. When I...

Soul Fist!

The Pop Up Parade lineup from Good Smile Company has been doing some good work. While I'm not buying them all, it is a neat side line for...

Echo Chamber

So I may have a slight Fate addiction. Not enough to throw money at every single Fate product I see, but enough that if I see anything...

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...

FALCON PUNCH!

Over the Family Day 2023 weekend, I travelled to Buffalo, NY to visit a teeny tiny baby, and while I was there I ended up, for the first...

Birds Eye View

A few months ago, I finally got my hands on one of the Bishoujo Wonder Woman statues. It was OK, but ultimately the Shunya Yamashita...

Cheekless Wonder

Street Fighter is by far the most popular fighting game, to the point where even people who don't play video games know of it by name....

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...

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