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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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Souji-Boy

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

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...

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...

Here Comes The Bride... Again.

So it's no surprise that I tend to keep an eye out for Fate Figma because in general, if you miss that preorder window there's a very...

Dancing Queen

While browsing Facebook Marketplace, I stumbled upon this, the Pop Up Parade version of Saber Lily: Second Ascension. This particular...

If At First You Don't Succeed....

While it is annoying to some collectors, I'm generally in support of 2.0 releases of figures, in particular ones that either didn't live...

Biggie Biggie Biggie, Can't You See...

Because I live in the Toronto area, I'm fortunate enough to have the ability to attend Anime North every year. For the unimitated, Anime...

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...

Charge, Dun Stallion!

A few days before the New Year, Canada Post made a delivery to me. The contents - the very much delayed Nendoroid 1532-DX, Lancer Artoria...

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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