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First, I don't know Steve personally. But I have enormous empathy (from personal experience) for anyone with a child in the hospital. Excruciating. Good vibes! Fingers crossed! Everything! That's so tough.
Hard to transition from that.
Nonetheless, seeing the new White Elephant Toys 'El Amuleto de Sangre' figure pair confirms that their tastes eerily parallel mine. When I was 13, my family moved from a suburb of Washington, DC, to San Diego, CA, and there, pre-cable TV and pre-internet, I discovered all these awesome low-budget genre films featuring Mexican wrestlers. The most famous one in America is 'The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy,' but there are so many more that I discovered on TV broadcast from Tijuana 40+ years ago. This new figure set reminds me so much of those films. If I have any quibble or hesitation about buying (beyond wondering about the price, before the official release in a few days), it's that I don't have any nostalgia attachment to that mummy sculpt. But I love that dark, blood-red color!
The 'El Hombre Lobo' custom is also totally awesome!
As someone who also really likes the White Elephant Toyz' Atomic Apemen, I completely loved those photos, especially the one where Space Ghost and his teen companions are caged: completely awesome!
Hard to transition from that.
Nonetheless, seeing the new White Elephant Toys 'El Amuleto de Sangre' figure pair confirms that their tastes eerily parallel mine. When I was 13, my family moved from a suburb of Washington, DC, to San Diego, CA, and there, pre-cable TV and pre-internet, I discovered all these awesome low-budget genre films featuring Mexican wrestlers. The most famous one in America is 'The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy,' but there are so many more that I discovered on TV broadcast from Tijuana 40+ years ago. This new figure set reminds me so much of those films. If I have any quibble or hesitation about buying (beyond wondering about the price, before the official release in a few days), it's that I don't have any nostalgia attachment to that mummy sculpt. But I love that dark, blood-red color!
The 'El Hombre Lobo' custom is also totally awesome!
As someone who also really likes the White Elephant Toyz' Atomic Apemen, I completely loved those photos, especially the one where Space Ghost and his teen companions are caged: completely awesome!
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