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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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Save Me, Aunt May!

When No Way Home came out, fans everywhere were ecstatic. It wasn't perfect, but Marvel did something we all wanted to see happen - bring...

Multiverse of Meh-ness

I generally like Benedict Cumberbatch as an artist, and all the projects he's been in have been pretty good.. or at least the ones where...

Mirror Mirror On The Wall...

Back in the 80's, anime as a genre wasn't that well known here in Canada. In fact, I think if it wasn't for the huge influx of people...

Souji-Boy

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

It's Getting Wild In Here!

With Orange Piccolo out of the way, the focus is now on Beast Gohan, the form that was revealed in the finale of the Super Hero movie....

Orange Thiccolo

Here's one that's been sitting around for a very long time - Orange Piccolo from the Super Heroes movie. Yes, the same one that was...

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...

Soundwave... SUPERIOR!

As I was impressed with the ThreeZero DLX Arcee figure, I decided to adopt another figure from the line, Soundwave. More specifically, I...

The Ultimate Combiner

The Haslab Transformer for 2023, Deathsaurus, finally released. It's currently shipping to customers all over the world, and I was...

I'll Put Some Web In Your Eye

If you dabble in the world of Third Party Transformers, you'll know that creating Multiverse Variants of existing characters is also a...

Gonna Be A Big Load

I've slowly been getting involved with Third Party figures, though as always it's very much a "proceed with caution" type of deal. I have...

To Catch a Predator....

Middle of December already, and my vacation has gone as well as you'd expect - it's non existent. Too much other basic adulting...

I Usually Skip This Part...

With the Nintendo die-hards (or more accurately, Tears of the Kingdom die hards) salty over the game not winning Game of the Year...

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...

Glorious Purpose!

You know how sometimes you crave fine dining, but other times you're wanting Taco Bell even though you know it's utter and complete...

I See.. You See,,, Arcee

My dislike of the live action Transformers movies is predominately due to the terrible storylines, but there's also how the designs...

All Hail Megatron, BFF!

I occasionally jump on the Kickstarter bandwagon, as there are some neat products offered. One such item was the Yolopark AMK Pro Series...

Open Wide!

Despite the fact that spending money at NYCC was kind of like pulling teeth, there were a few deals to be found, though you really needed...

Great Balls of Fire!

A very special article, especially for me. Scarlet Witch isn't exactly my favourite character, though to be fair if you're not Scarlett...

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