Our Puppies Chuck and Thor

Chuck here is a shih tzu. January 22, 2009. Pure breed, male. Ain't he cute?

Shih tzu dogs are naturally playful.

But you have to be careful in taking care of them, because their hair is naturally long, and they do not shed. You have to constantly trim the ones near the eyes because if their hair is a constant source of eye irritation.

Because the shih tzu has a stub nose, they require that their drinks come out of a drinking tube (similar to where pet gerbils drink), because if they drink in a bowl, water enters into their small nose, which can cause them to have breathing problems.

Here is Chuck with his favorite toy, "miss piggy".

Chuck showing how much he loves miss piggy.

Awwwwwww....

Double awwwwww....

Triple...errr, you get the message.

Uh-oh, he is pissed.

More pics...

This is Thor, a chow-chow. Born February 9, 2009. Pure breed, male, color red. He is very adorable...and heavy.

Thor is from a champion line. Notice how big his head and paws are?

Chow chow are often aloof. They hardly acknowledge your presence. But Thor here is very playful. I will try to post a video.

Hehe. His feet are still too small, and he is kinda heavy, he cannot climb the stairs, yet.

Flower power!

Notice his enormous head? I am a pretty big guy, but look how his head covers mine.

Arf!

Marvel Select JMS Thor (or the one to take out the Rhulk)

Last time...The Rhulk was seen rampaging across my room, demolishing toys after toys, as willed by the all-powerful Jeph Loeb. But then, suddenly, unexpectedly....

.....BOOM!!!! Hope emerges in the form of an ancient hammer. It is Mjolnir! The hammer of....

....Thor!

Thor: What madness is this? A crimson version of my pet green gorilla is demolishing toys in RJ's room? Such villainy can only be caused by lazy editing at Marvel. Halt Rhulk! Thou now faces the Son of Odin! The god of thunder! Surrender now behemoth! Thou can't hope to defeat the god who was once rendered by the mortal Walt Simonson!

Rhulk: Big deal! On the contrary, you can't beat the mortal who was created by the god named Jeph Loeb!

Thor: Blasphemy! Now taste enchanted uru!

Rhulk: Aaaarrrgh!

Thor: Verily, thou are a foul creature with a bad case of sunburn. Thou should have used sun protection with spf 60.

Rhulk: Hah! Now I have your hammer! Jeph Loeb said that I can lift it as long as you are grasping it at the time and I can haul your godly ass to the moon.

Thor: Egad! What looney logic is this? Let us assume that your screwed up reasoning is correct (which it is not), Thor need only let go of the hammer, like so, and the hammer falls to the ground (thud! and the hammer leaves Rhulk's hand), and you are powerless to pick it up, because thou art an unworthy bastard.

Thor: Enow! I say thee, enow! Thou taste asgardian fist, and quickly, thy jaw will break like so many "cherries" during prom!

Thor: At last! Thou readers finally see what should have been the outcome of my battle with the crimson turd. Jeph Loeb, kiss my blonde haired ass.

Marvel Select Thor is the best Thor figure to date. It's almost the same height as ML3 Thor, HML Thor, and MS Ultimate Thor. So, he will blend well with your Marvel Legends collection.

The box depicts the art of current awesome Thor artist, Olivier Coipel. He is the one who designed Thor's current costume, inspired by the Lord of The Rings movie trilogy.

Roughly 23 points of articulation, including ball jointed neck, shoulders, thighs, and knees. No paint issues whatsoever. And the joints are very durable.

Highly recommended!

Marvel Select Red Hulk

Lest I begin this blog entry with yet another "Hasbro ruined Marvel Legends", which are prevalent any Hasbro Marvel Legends review in the net, but allow me this one time to state the obvious, Hasbro ruined Marvel Legends. Which is the reason why, when it came to choosing which Red Hulk figure to get, either an ultra rare HML BAF or an equally rare (but less expensive to acquire) Marvel Select version, I chose the latter. I mean, I can suck it up and buy the complete run of the HML red Hulk wave, (where the only kewl figures to get are Adam Warlock, Spiral, and Union Jack) but at the end of the day, Marvel Select Red Hulk is bigger, badder, and based on the comicbook appearance, is more in-scale.

This is one bad-ass figure. It shares the mold with the "Marvel Select Incredible Hulk", with a different head sculpt. It is fairly articulated. Ball-jointed neck, shoulders, elbows, thighs, and knees. Cut-joint waist and wrists. And peg-joint ankles. The paint is flawless. It is very durable. Nothing to watch out for in buying this figure.

Raaaaarrrrrhhhh!!!! Finally, the Red Hulk has come back to....ummm, where the heck am I?

Rrrrr...doesn't matter. Jeph Loeb writes me, and even he has no idea where I am. Actually, he has no idea how to end his stories. Well, any story not involving a flying rodent (correction, bats are not rodents).

Well, well, well... The original Hulk and DC's superzombie. Come to rrrrrumble with Rhulk?

"Red Hulk thinks he is hulk. Hulk is hulk!" (seriously, this was practically lifted from Jeph Loeb's writing)

Ahhhh... shuddap Hulk! Rhulk is in the house! Hey Grundy, why did you faint?

Solomon Grundy (doing his best hulk impression), not faint. Solomon Grundy playing possum!

Ahhh... doesn't matter. You are a b-list character. I am Jeph Loeb's baby. Nobody can beat me. Fans be damned. I am the best thing since, well, nobody! I am the best ever, according to my biased daddy, Jeph Loeb.

What is this? More useless characters? Jeph Loeb really has no idea what he is doing, so he basically just throw in whatever character Marvel suck-ups allow him to ruin, by making his pet gorilla look good.

Rhulk group hug!

And as willed by the all-powerful Jeph Loeb, the Red Hulk stands triumphant. Who in all of comics (with an action figure) will dare end his meaningless rampage?

---to be continued...

A few Marvel Universe figures

Meh. Check out the size difference between Marvel Legends and Marvel Universe. The price of the MU figures are sooooo NOT worth it. Avoid em, if you can. Unfortunately, I collect G.I.Joe and Star Wars figures, and they look great together. I only get a select few of these. Whether a Marvel Universe figure is rare or not, it is not an issue, I just get the ones I like, and keep away from the ones that suck (*punisher!*).