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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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Camel Strike!

It's been over two months since Anime North 2024, but adulting means I get to deal with things like making sure people don't go hangry....

Till All Are None

A few months ago, a fellow collector introduced me to Tech Inn , a Spanish based tech company that, for some reason, also dabbled in...

Yo Ho Ho!

One last Queen's Blade statue (for now) is none other than Ymir from the Queen's Blade: Rebellion line. So while this is the second...

Monkey See, Monkey Do

Continuing on with my stack of Queen's Blade statues, we have Airi and Airi, with one from Griffon Enterprises and the other from good...

It's All About The Viewing Angle

So just before Anime North 2024, I came across a guy selling a lot of his stash, which included some Queen's Blade figures. The OG book...

The Sweet Smell of Success!

You know how it is here - one day, it's stuff from Japan, fresh off the market, and other day's its more retrospective. Today definitely...

Frontal Impact Protection

So I generally have gotten out of the high end statue game, as prices are really not that friendly and I'm OK admiring from afar. When I...

Soul Fist!

The Pop Up Parade lineup from Good Smile Company has been doing some good work. While I'm not buying them all, it is a neat side line for...

That's Some Premium Widow

So one of the benefits of driving where you're traveling to is that you generally don't care about the size of things you bring home. To...

Mightiest Thor

With the year winding down, I finally have some time to keep chipping away at that backlog of stuff I have lying around. Today, I look at...

SHINOBI FLASH!!!

While I appreciate a great JRPG, I also appreciate what is best described as "absolute trash". The PS Vita introduced me to several...

Seeing Double

A few weeks ago, I brought back that Bishoujo Black Canary from Calgary, AB, and promptly proceeded to destroy it in an attempt to fix...

IT'S RAINING (WO)MEN!

After two weeks, I finally cracked open the parcel I sent myself from Calgary, AB. So there wasn't so much any surprise as to what was in...

YEE HAW!

I recently took a work trip to the lovely Province of Alberta, Canada, and spent some time in either Edmonton or Calgary, the two largest...

CATFIGHT!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/22877494@N02/albums/72177720310086644 Darkstalkers really doesn't get the love it deserves, with mainly us...

On Bended Knee....

Well, another week has gone by, and before I took off for some work travel (and hoarding), I spent a weekend hoarding at TFCon, as well...

Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am!

I love local marketplaces. A good portion of the stuff I've found over the years is from random spots across Canada, because the right...

She Bangs!

You win some, you lose some. A few months ago, Popcultcha, a store in Australia, was having a clearance sale, and so I took a look at the...

I Want To Be Neenja!

Well, maybe not THAT old school, but by today's standards, it might as well be Prehistoric. So a few weekends ago, I decided t go to a...

Dancing Queen

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

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