"It's so pointlessly perfect, we can't wait to begin serving octodogs to all our friends and relatives." -- The Stupid Store
Okay, it's not a hectopus... but you can always chop off two legs before you serve it. Meanwhile, those of you in the Northern Hemisphere can take a look at The Great Winter Hexagon.
(Thanks for the suggestion, Mike. I think Rosemary suggested this link to me years ago, but it must have been before I started keeping the Rainbow Hector weblog.)
Just in case you need more convincing on why you must have this product -
http://octodog.net/why_octodog.htm
This page ( http://www.nipponham.co.jp/winny/kazari/index.html ) has some cute animals you can make with hotdogs. Click on the images for details - the text is in Japanese but it is pretty easy to figure out what to do.