- The Palermos
The Palermos is a line of
action figures that were conceived bytoy designerDavid Gonzales . The line has become a hit among children and collectors alike, and is sold at stores such asK-Mart and others.The Palermos are a family. It is not clear whether their ancestors came from
Italy or they themselves came from there, but they are an Italian-American group.The Palermo family characters have life stories that are somewhat similar to the biographies of the characters on Gonzales' previous hit toy,
Homies : being one of New York's most powerfulmafia groups, The Palermos are trying to get out of mafia activities and dedicate to legal business only. For that purpose, they have established apizza restaurant : The "Palermo Family Pizza" is a restaurant whose name was probably inspired by a real life pizza brand,Palermo Pizza .Characters
*Don Giuseppe Palermo - The family's "Godfather"
*Baby Don Dino - second in line to Don Giuseppe as far as mafia power in the family
*Frankie The Hammer
*Corradeo the "Consigliere " - advisor and lawyer to the Palermo family
*Angie
*Sebastiano the Sausagemaker - works at the "Palermo Family Pizza"
*Father Francseco - aCatholic priest
*Sally the Chef - also a worker at the "Palermo Family Pizza"
*Ruggero the Sandman
*Teflon Tony
*Vittorio the Violinist - amusician
*Luigi the Waiter - another "Palermo Family Pizza" worker
*Rico The Rat - who talks about the Palermos with law authorities
*Freddie the Fed - anFBI agent
*Officer Bruno The Baton - apolice officer
*Backroom Bennie - who handles money to Palermo associates
*No Problem Paulie
*Rocko the Trashman
*Ivana
*Vincenzio The Voice
*Nicky No Neck
*Vinnie The Weasel
*Bobby The Blade
*No Knuckles Louie
*Whisper - family memberIt is unclear, as of 2005, whether there are any plans to release other, new characters to The Palermos toy line.
External links
* [http://www.homies.tv/palermofamily.htm Palermo family on Homies.tv]
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