Controversial Thursday-TRIGGERING THE TOYBOX...

The toybox blog had to write a snarky comment about my um, stealing the Universal Monsters stuff for my cafe.  So I will hold my breath to see what he does with this.  A company called Farmville down here which sells corn to eat is using Alfred E. Neuman to sell their corn.  Unlicensed of course.  That is just how it is down here.  We love it.  Toybox can eat a bag of dicks.  Still waiting on a blogpost by this person bashing applebee´s, Chili´s and other places that has memorabilia in their places.

I AM A TAPE HEAD PART 2

Traded some more spanish DVD´s I had for some VHS in english.

 Got a few more.  Most I have never seen before.  Now I just need a frickin VCR!

That is my entire meager little collection now.

THE BLESSINGS OF LIVING IN MEXICO

Well after living here for 11 years....I have come to recognize some awesome blessings.

                                                              1. MEDICAL COSTS

I have detailed 3 years ago when I slipped and broke my arm in 4 places.  No insurance.  Xrays, temporary cast, consultant with the doctor, and a pain shot.  How much would that be in the U.S.?  I checked.  3 grand.  It was 70 dollars here.  SO cheap.  Got all my teeth free from cavaties and white resin put over them.  Cost me $50.  I plan on doing porceline implants one day.  Oh and hair restoration too.

2. FREEDOM

There is MUCH more freedom here than in the U.S.  If I want to put a pond in my backyard....I just do it.  No stupid EPA inspectors to come out to give one a ticket that they are destroying the enviroment like in the U.S.  I heard one lady got a fine for $35,000 because she put a SMALL koi pond in her backyard.  

3. PROTECTION

I can protect my home how I see fit here.  See the steel window I had made?  I even have metal spikes and barbed wire covering my rooftops.  It is common here.  You could never protect your home that way in the U.S.  If a thief hurt themselves breaking into your home in the states he can sue you....and win.  Ridiculous!

4. PROPERTY TAXES

The property tax on my 7 bedroom home is $25 a year.  That is right.  Twenty five dollars.  A two bedroom home in Tenn is $1,400 in property tax.  Ugh!  My brother in Boston pays a whopping 10k every year. 

5. SAFETY

I felt really unsafe in Atlanta.  Got called so many derogatory names in da hood I dare cannot count.  I can walk around this city at midnight and be in relative peace.  Not so in downtown Atlanta.

6. COSTS IN GENERAL

Had this Electric Chair made.  $25 down here.  How much would this be in ole GA?  $300?  Who knows.  I have had many things made here for a cost of next to nothing.  Love that about Mexico.  I estimated my monster cafe would cost half a million or more in the states.  I did it for 75% off.

7. TRADEMARKS

No one gives a crap down here.  I love it.  I can have my monster cafe how I want it without forking over licensing fees to Universal or Karloff´s greedy daughter etc.  Heck, I could make a Star Wars restaurant if I wanted to.

8. LA CHICAS

I never had a chance with any gal in the U.S.  They all want money and a nice home etc.  Heck even one woman I knew wanted to review a guy´s bank account BEFORE they had their first date.  The girls I dated in the states were ALL looking for the BDD.  The bigger and better deal.  I once got dumped by a girl in Atlanta because I didn´t have a car.  Her next boyfriend had one...Go figure.  I got my beautiful wife just by being a nice guy.  That was all it took.  I could have never had a chance with my wife had she been a spoiled entitled USA princess.

9. MODERN CONVEINENCES

Yeah, we got mint jelly down here.  We also have Burger King, Sam´s Club, Mcdonalds, petco, chinese food, subway, Home Depot and frickin Chuck E Cheese etc.  When people think of Mexico they think it is poor etc.  Not so.  The only thing I am missing down here is a good Toys R Us, Olive Garden, and Taco bell...but since I own a restaurant I can have my chef make anything I want to so...And in the states Toys R Us is out of business now...

10. CLASSES

You can take a class on anything here.  Krav Maga, Taekwando, cooking classes, knitting classes, the works!  There is always something to do here.  How much are classes in the U.S.?  Bookoo dinero my friends.

11. VACATION

We got beaches just a few short hours away.  We got mountains too.  Heck we have a ski lodge 40 minutes from me.  SO diverse.

12 BORDER

Yup.  The Texas border is just 4 hours away.  I can go to a comic book convention and GET the aformentioned Taco Bell, Olive Garden etc.  

So...that is just a few of the blessings I have found here.  Not too shabby.  The only things I miss are English being spoken as the dominant language.  But there are many universities around here.  Guess what language is the most dominantly taught?  English.  Many people speak it here.

I AM A TAPEHEAD!

Yesiree...I am going to catch up to Cinemassacre...in 100 years or so....But hey I am have been starting for years.  Trouble is...NO VHS in Mexico in English.  I am starting way behind the 8 ball here.

So imagine my shock that my neighbor had these.  I only had to trade 8 beers to get em!  Pretty good huh?
Yup!  Well on my way....Titanic and MI2 were in spanish so I traded them back in for 2 others.  Giddy up! 

FIXIN COLUMNS...

Yeah...I have had nothing to post in over a month.  No money for figures etc.  Saving to fix our delapidated columns at the cafe.

 The columns of the cafe are made with sand!

 SAND!!!!  Who makes anything with sand except castles?

7 years has not been kind to them....So we done fixin dem!

 YES!  No more water damage.

 We mixed the sand with concrete.  We hope we never have this problem ever again.

White and beautiful.  Did I just say that?  Uh oh, my columns must be racist...

Hope to have some figures some day if EVER my ship comes in.  It is still docked.

BUT THE MALL IS SO DELIGHTFUL!

So we decided to go out to the mall to have a bite to eat.  

Saw this cute little dog all dressed up.  We had to take a photo.

The mall had all kinds of Christmas crap around.

They love worshipping their trees don´t they?

Just wanted to get my wifey up against those pretty lights.

Uh oh, looks like that glacier is cracking.

Jesus was not born on December 25th.  Impossible.  We know he lived 33 and a half years.  We also know he died in April  So count back 6 months from April.  That does not bring one to December 25th but rather October 1st.

 Went by the Egyptian store.  Makes me think I am in the Mummy movies.

Uh oh...Karloff´s mummy lives!

PULGAS RUN 8! Strange apparitions!

Had no money once again...but we went to the old flea market.  Got 2 goodies that were on my list. Traded 2 Jakks BCA´s...

Toybiz Dr. Strange and Total Justice Batman!  Had them both when they originally came out in 97-98...but alas, when Dad died I sold my collection.  Ugh.  I will have to redo these guys with some nifty capes.  Fix them right on up!

They also had the imaginext Supernova there that is a wishlist item for sure.  I just do NOT have the space for that frickin thing.  Eh, perhaps next year.  We went on December 24th.  Very few dealers were there.  Very few people were there.  I thought it would be packed.  Got these two beauties.  Only around a thousand more toys to go.

I am surprised I have not found one single Reaction figure down here.  I am sure the kids have no idea who those characters are...so when they hit I am sure I will hit the motherload.