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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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Firm Butt Soft

So Animester has been on a roll lately with their 1/9 action figure offerings, So I decided to give one of their previous works, the...

Fresh Meat

So for most people, Goodsmile Company are the people who make Figma and Waifu statues. They do actually make other things, and...

Souji-Boy

Figures can, despite being from popular IPs, basically fail to sell as expected. But, often there are telltale signs even before the...

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...

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...

A Royal Pain In The Rear....

Well folks, it too literal years, but she's here... the Lancer Artoria Figma has finally been released, and I was ecstatic to crack this...

Speak Softly And Carry A Big Stick

Its always fun finding an older figure for less than MSRP, especially if it's one that generally you wouldn't see for at that price. Fate...

FATALITY!

So I've finally gotten to stuff that has been sitting here for literal months.. and even then, it waited months at Anime Export before I...

What Happens on Rhodes Island....

Mobile gaming has exploded in recent years, though I will admit it doesn't appeal to me personally. Something about having your phone die...

Total Eclipse of the Sun...

I remember when COVID first started, the Japanese figures I get weren't delayed much - maybe a week or so. Then, as time went on, even...

I... I Got Nothing....

This one was strangely a rather painful one to get through, possibly because of my overall impression of "meh" with regards to this...

Back to Basics...

With the 1/6 stuff out of the way, I now head back to my usual hang out - Figma, Figuarts, and other similar sized figures. On the top of...

The Passion of the Bride

Another statue that I surprisingly stumbled upon while in Montreal was the Flare FGO 2nd Ascension Bride Saber. Seller was asking $50 and...

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