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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 A Small World After All...

So a surprise package showed up on the weekend - mostly because packages really don't get delivered on weekends around here. Turns out it...

If At First You Don't Succeed....

While it is annoying to some collectors, I'm generally in support of 2.0 releases of figures, in particular ones that either didn't live...

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star...

FINALLY... the light at the end of the Dragonball tunnel. All caught up until the Super Hero figures show up, which may take a while...

Ooooooo...I'm Blinded By The Lights!

So I recently received a few Dragonball Figuarts figures from my US brother from another mother. A bit slower than most, but at the same...

Truth, Love & Justice

Back in December of 2020, a little film was released that basically divided its fandom in terms of whether it was acceptable or not. That...

I... I Got Nothing....

This one was strangely a rather painful one to get through, possibly because of my overall impression of "meh" with regards to this...

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

A few years ago, 1000 Toys unleashed the TOA Heavy Industries Synthetic Human, which made many people giddy because of its awesome posing...

Ninja Rap!

LIke Nicee, MP Arcee received a retool/repaint, specifically MP-55 Nightbird, the Decepticon Ninja! Let's be honest - considering that...

Fun In The Sun!

Welcome to the Year of the Tiger. We're finally almost done the month of February, and I'm truly anticipating the next few months as...

Insane In The Membrane!

Fresh from Japan, it's the Snail Shell Studio Phantom-001 Hotaru set. Based on what I've seen on Instagram, it appears that the Chinese...

Yare Yare TNG

Well, here we are for the next little while - Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. A combination of delays, me wanting to cheap out on the shipping,...

"You Don't Turn Your Back... On Family"

Yeah... wrong family movie, but it's what I had off the top of my head. Now, I LOVED ScarJo's run as Black Widow, but even I though that...

Charge, Dun Stallion!

A few days before the New Year, Canada Post made a delivery to me. The contents - the very much delayed Nendoroid 1532-DX, Lancer Artoria...

Base Gokus Matter!

So as I mentioned when I wrote about SSJ3 Goku, Bandai did a few other interesting things in 2021 to appease Dragonball collectors. There...

In The Name of the Moon.....

I've always appreciated Sailor Moon as a series, setting the precedence for Magical Girl anime ever since its debut in 1992. Character...

Back to Basics...

With the 1/6 stuff out of the way, I now head back to my usual hang out - Figma, Figuarts, and other similar sized figures. On the top of...

All Hail The Queen......

Welcome to 2022. Already it's been one hell of a year, with uncertainty regarding Ontario's plan for openings, and of course, the passing...

Dangerous Curves Ahead....

Well, it's December 30th, and almost the end of 2021 as well as my vacation. If you live in Ontario, Canada like I do, you were just told...

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