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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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All Hail The Nipple Queen!

If Mai Shiranui was the earliest adopter of the Jiggle, then Taki from Soul Edge/Calibur was the first (and I think the only) adopter of...

Large And In Charge

Jiggle physics is pretty much standard these days, but back in the stone age, SNK pioneered it all when they animated Mai Shiranui for...

YATTA!

It seems in the last 5 years or so, we've finally starting consistently getting decent Street Fighter figures. The NECA line was crude,...

That Third Kind of Guy..

Storm Collectibles releases for me are incredibly sporadic, where often years go by before a planned figure appearance happens. Well,...

Revolver Blast!

I... I did it. I got to the end of the TFCon stuff - again it's a piece that nobody would ever consider actually finding there, but this...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

This Totally Sucks!

I can't explain it - I've got a full on heart emoji for Kirby, the greatest NIntendo character of all time. Screw Link! Mario! Zero Suit...

SPLAT!!!!

Every so often, I like to break the seriousness of the figures I look at with something wacky. Today, that breath of fresh air comes in...

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...

Mayonetta

So I'm a bit behind on this one - unfortunately the one I received at the start of the year was a bit damaged out the gate. Fortunately,...

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...

"I'm A Little Teapot..."

A random figure that I came across on Facebook Marketplace, the S.H. Figuarts Street Fighter V - Sagat. It wasn't complete (no...

"DID I TELL YOU I KNOW KAL PENN?!"

Welcome to the Year of the Rabbit. I've not yet looked to see how compatible I am with this year, but I'm sure I'll deal with it one way...

Down With The Thiccness

While I appreciate a fine bust line on my action figures, it's very seldom that you get any that actually go against the typical norms...

FINAL! ATOMIC! BUUSSSTTAAAHHH!

Back on Black Friday 2022, the Bandai Namco store had many goodies on clearance. One was the Where's Waldo/Wally set I looked at before...

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