Coz i don't got nothin' better to do

So I have this unwritten rule I follow when I post, I tend to avoid naming specific stores and places I get stuff because it kinda feels like I'm selling out. But I'm facing a dilemma because, well, I feel like if I don't point it out, no one will ever notice it: I broke down and I'm giving ads a try. In the right column is an Amazon.ca box with my personal picks... most of the time it'll contain stuff found in my personal collection.

Anyway, I added 3 new items today but I need to warn you: I ordered those same three items myself today too. So we'll see how long it actually takes for my shipment to arrive.

Item 1: Invincible Ultimate Edition Volume 3
This item was listed in stock. It's a hardcover collection of the third year of Robert Kirkman's upstart title paying homage to the old-school super-hero genre. Cross Peter Parker with Superman, and basically you get Invincible... sort of... not really.

Item 2: Annihilation Conquest
This item was, for the longest time, listed as "Pre-Order" - right past the release date (which should have been 2 weeks ago). In fact, it only became available, according to Amazon.ca, today. And was also listed as "Ships in 1 to 3 months" whatever the hell that's supposed to me. It collects a whole bunch of follow-up adventures to the "Annihilation" war saga that raged across the Marvel Universe. See how tiny Marvel Civil War turned out to be when you look at the big picture? bet you never even heard about Annihilation, did you? Anyway, so Nova suffered from a "Green Lantern-like" plot twist and became super-powerful, Quasar got his butt kicked (and the powers subsequently taken over by Phyla-Vell.... And Silver Surfer ran off with Galactus. Or something like that. I'm all confused... but it was so frickin' epic and I can't wait to read this sequel event.

Item 3: Voltron Omnibus
This hardcover was listed "ships in 3 to 6 weeks." Yes yes yes, it's the old "form feet and legs, form arms and torso, and I'll form the head" deal. Devil's Due Publishing took a chance and jumped on the 80's Cartoon revival licensing thing. They scored big and took off with GIJoe, but a little known fact was that they also go Voltron ...which they proceeded to take several creative liberties with incorporating several plot elements from Hundred Beasts GoLion... Anyway, the point is, it didn't sell well. And in fact, was canceled amidst rumours that the final chapter had been completed by that DDP simply killed the series before it went to printers. Well anyway, this collection contains everything from that run plus the never-before-available conclusion.

So that's that - now I wait. I'll let you know when this stuff actually arrives. But by all means, feel free to check out any of my other recommendations! :)

street fighter TLY 8

Wow - the episodes are coming out faster and faster (that's good for us!)

In this installment: The tournament finally begins. Ken gets back in the saddle. And Guile points out the obvious.


Check out the full size embed at the source! And of course - thanks go out to Napolean for finding it and notifying me!

unexplained spam practices

Here is a list of spam titles I've received on my other blog. All of them linked to the same site (different pages)... all of them pr0n! Hooray!

california primary
delegate count
maharishi mahesh yogi
miss russia 2006
new mexico primary
shaq
transcendental meditation

I'm not entirely sure why anybody would do that. Why do they want to masquerade as a link to information about transcendental meditation. I mean, that's like advertising as "hardwood flooring" while attempting to pull in potential customers for "fat-free bacon." I think pr0n pretty much sells itself.

Iron Man short in CG

While looking for the new Super-Bowl spot for the upcoming Iron Man flick (because we Canadians don't get to see American commercials), I stumbled on this 3-part short movie at the official Marvel videos archive:

Spidey has some problems with attacking giant robots... so he needs to call in a heavy-hitter.


Iron Man takes care of business:


But he also needs a hand from familiar face in the Marvel Universe...


I think what's particularly charming is that this video is clearly out of continuity (well, currently anyway, considering the state of the world post-Marvel-Civil-War). It's some good old fashion Marvel Team-Up fun.

Pulse cracking?!

At first I thought it might be because I hadn't cleaned it properly (that is, you're told to clean your mask lens, for example, since the chemical residue from paintball fill can weaken the plastic). I had been hit in the hopper a couple of times before... but this is ridiculous.

Here are some photos (the cracks are in the center of the hi-lited circles)...
In this first pic, there's a crack running kind of horizontally (away to the left from the screw). The second smaller circle is just to highlight the chip in the wedge where the battery door should go.
In this second pic, there's a diagonal crack running up and to the right from the screw.
And in this third pic, it's harder to see because the Pulse has a bezzled cut, but there's a jagged line running upwards and left from the bottom right (again where the screw hole is).

Anyway, I've written to Draxxus's Pulse support. Not sure what they'll say. I guess in the best case, they'll send me a replacement shell (because really, no matter how bad the abuse during a game, they're claim is that these shells are supposedly nearly indestructible). And worse... well, either they don't answer or they just tell me that I've been screwing in the screws too tight or something. I'll keep you posted if anything comes of this.