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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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It's The Deep!

So I have a habit of buying random things, but sometimes, even I can't recall the logic in that moment of madness. Take this figure for...

Family Guy

I've been playing fighting games since Street Fighter 2. I'm... competent overall, but generally play better with Charge characters, even...

TWERK DIGIVOLUTION!

While most of the world is enamored with Pokemon, I found myself more vested in another show - Digimon. I mean, both shows were anime and...

LOSER

Sailor Moon was one of those anime series that kick started the whole love of anime on this side of the world. There were some.....

Entered By The Dragon

Growing up in the 80s on Hong Kong martial arts movies, I was exposed to action stars that many of classmates didn't even know about....

Random Loud Noises

If you collect Dragonball figures, chances are you have at least two Goku's in your collection. There's just so many of them,...

That's A Paddlin'....

Towards the end of 2023, people of course were throwing their lists for the year, which unfortunately included the "Worst of" entries....

Uptown Funk

Across the Spiderverse is probably one of the few Marvel movies that basically impressed anyone and everyone that watched it, either from...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Make It Flashy!

Relatively recently, S.H. Figuarts released yet another subline, Shinkocchou Seihou. If I understand correctly, this line focuses on...

This Isn't Even My Final Form....

So, the Summer 2022 Dragonball Event Exclusive figures have finally started to ship. I got a few, as a typically do, this time around...

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