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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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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...

All Hail The Nipple Queen!

If Mai Shiranui was the earliest adopter of the Jiggle, then Taki from Soul Edge/Calibur was the first (and I think the only) adopter of...

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...

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...

Large And In Charge

Jiggle physics is pretty much standard these days, but back in the stone age, SNK pioneered it all when they animated Mai Shiranui for...

YATTA!

It seems in the last 5 years or so, we've finally starting consistently getting decent Street Fighter figures. The NECA line was crude,...

Shake It Off!

500 Snail Shell Studios is slowly becoming a favourite in the 1/12 collecting world, especially if you're not a conservative collector. 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...

Wonderful Hair!

One of the more interesting surprises from Hot Toys this year is the return of rooted hair in what would be named the Artisan series....

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...

IMAGINATION!!!

Failed products aren't new, and everything eventually becomes obsolete. The fun stories, on the other hand, are the products that crash...

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...

Peni For Your Thoughts

The last piece of BBTS clearance backlog is the least exciting one. I had an idea of what I was getting into when I did some research, so...

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...

STINKFACE!

So, every since I've made friends in the US, I've actually been able to take advantage of the fire sales that BBTS puts on. I just might...

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...

THIS... IS... CYBERTRON!

As we approach the mid point of 2023, the Commander class figure for the Legacy Evolution has finally been released. Yes, I'm talking...

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