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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....

Is There Any Other Way I Can Pay?

I'm definitely not a purist in the collecting game, and I'll randomly give things a try even if it does end up being less than stellar....

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...

Some Old School Mai

Have you ever looked a product offering, and right off the top of your head you just knew it wasn't going to do well? I mean, it could be...

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...

The Milkshake!

So a few weeks ago, I came across two Queen's Gate statues. Unlike the mainline releases, these statues were all 1/8 and released by...

Look What The Cat Dragged In

Back on track with stuff I did mean to buy, one the more recent figures I've had shipped is the Revoltech Amazing Yamagucchi Arkham...

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...

Echo Chamber

So I may have a slight Fate addiction. Not enough to throw money at every single Fate product I see, but enough that if I see anything...

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...

Anti-Gnosis Systems, Activated!

As time goes on, more and more fantastic series of yesteryear get forgotten. It's particularly sad for me, as out of mind also means no...

Do You See What I See?

So when it comes to one sixth figures, sometimes third party figures can be well assembled and other times you have to wonder why they...

2B Or Not 2B?

So, one of the advantages of being not on the bleeding edge of collecting is that it gives me a bit of time to react to updates. A very...

Catching the Great White Buffalo

Platinum Games comes up with some great software filled with memorable character designs. While I await a better Bayonetta than that Play...

Balls of Cold Steel

When the PS Vita was still around, I was introduced to what would be one of the best written JRPGs I would ever play, Trails of Cold...

Praise The Moon

A long time coming, this is the final piece of swag I got during my October 2023 drive to the US, the Blizzard Collectibles 1/6 Overwatch...

ARA ARA!

Happy New Year! If you're reading it, you made it to 2024. Right before the year ended, or at least on the last delivery day, a package...

I Usually Skip This Part...

With the Nintendo die-hards (or more accurately, Tears of the Kingdom die hards) salty over the game not winning Game of the Year...

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