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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....

Family Guy

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

I Spy With My Little Eye

Getting a hold of fairly priced Bishoujo Street Fighter stuff on the Secondary Market is very hit and miss, with the prices of...

Return of the Raging Demon

A lot has happened in the Street Fighter world in the past month. SF6 started getting new character announcements, with the return of...

Chun Goku Satsu

Street Fighter figures generally sell well, particularly the imports, so it's no surprise that the first Chun Li Figuarts was eagerly...

Gomene, Bitch!

As collectors, you're generally focused on the present, or you're a retro collector. Me? I'm pretty much just a Toy Junkie in general,...

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...

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...

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...

That's A Spicy Meatball!

Scale statues don't show up very often here because quite frankly, they're kind of expensive. Yes, yes, I'm the guy who regularly import...

Streets of Rage

The term "cursed" is thrown around a lot in the toy collecting world, though generally it applies to poorly made figures where the QC is...

Dem Cheeks!

A few new things rolling in, and I figured it was a good time to take a quick look at the latest Street Fighter entry into the Pop Up...

Smol Package

So one of the newer scale statue lines on the market is the Popup Parade series by Max Factory. The way I understood it was that the...

"I Am Inevitable"

I'll get right to it - never did I ever think conditions would be right for me to own ANYTHING from Pop Culture Shock... well anything...

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