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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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Walk Like A Chicken

I generally avoid Marvel Legends, and when I do get them I do so knowing they're not going to live up to standards of other figures 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...

Floats Like A Butterfly.....

So I am a Transformers fan, but more so in the classic sense - transforming toys, but I can appreciate that as the appeal of the...

HYPER COMBINATION FINISH!!!

Who here didn't like XMen Vs. Street Fighter? Well, I'm glad we agree it's one of the greatest fighting games ever conceived. Having said...

Revolver Blast!

I... I did it. I got to the end of the TFCon stuff - again it's a piece that nobody would ever consider actually finding there, but this...

MUSCLE POWAHHHHHH

One of the last pieces of TFCon swag.. man I'm slow. Yeah, you're not seeing things. This really isn't a Transformer, or even something...

Compound V: It Does a Booty Good

The Boys is a fantastic show. It's kind of like Breaking Bad in that, presuming you've not read the comics, you KNOW things are gonna get...

Make It Clap!

So when I recently went to Buffalo, NY, I didn't just bring back indigestion from Erie County Fair food - I dropped by a fellow...

WE GOT TWO WORDS FOR YOU!

Of all the TFCon 2023 exclusives, only the Fans Hobby MB-19C Huntsman really looked like it was worth my dropping money on. I'm not a...

It's Over, Prime!

Within a month, not only did the Commander Class Armada Optimus Prime release, but his nemesis, the Leader Class Armada Megatron also...

Dragonball Figuarts Abridged

There have been a few Dragonball Figuarts releases lately that have gotten people very excited for a variety of reasons. Having missed...

Look at the Trustworthy Face..

Over the weekend, I was able to get something from a fellow collector that I'd been seeking for a while. It's not an exclusive or...

Junk In The Trunk

Right before TFCon went away for a COVID related vacation, the last Fans Hobby exclusive was the MB-12B - Wheelblade. A repurposing of...

You Got Web In Your Eye

Across the Spiderverse turned out to be one of the better Super Hero movies for 2023. The story is alright, but it's really the art...

GOMENE!

I'm not much of a Nendoroid collector as overall, they're really more trouble than they're worth. I make exceptions occasionally, usually...

Welcome to the Velvet Room...

The second in my series of two of stuff I've settled for incomplete in exchange for rock bottom pricing is this D-Arts release of...

Snoop Doggy Dog Style

So far the summer has been alright. Nothing overly exciting... YET, but I know things have only just gotten started. Some minor victories...

You're Not The Same When You're Hungry.

The Super/Evil Buu S.H. Figuarts figure was quite popular, along with its Good counterpart. Probably a lot of it had to do with the fact...

Time To Monkey Around

https://flickr.com/photos/22877494@N02/albums/72177720309584963 Backlog, backlog, backlog! I've had the SSJ4 Vegeta and Reissue Super Buu...

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