The Palermos
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The Palermos is a line of action figures that were conceived by toy designer David Gonzales. The line has become a hit among children and collectors alike, and is sold at stores such as K-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 powerful mafia groups, The Palermos are trying to get out of mafia activities and dedicate to legal business only. For that purpose, they have established a pizza restaurant: The "Palermo Family Pizza" is a restaurant whose name was probably inspired by a real life pizza brand, Palermo Pizza.
[edit] 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- a catholic priest
- Sally the chef- also a worker at the "Palermo Family Pizza"
- Ruggero the Sandman
- Teflon Tony
- Vittorio the Violinist- a musician
- Luigi the Waiter- another "Palermo Family Pizza" worker
- Rico The Rat- who talks about the Palermos with law authorities
- Freddie the Fed- an FBI agent
- Officer Bruno The Baton- a policeman
- Backroom Bernie- 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
It is unclear, as of 2005, whether there are any plans to release other, new characters to The Palermos toy line.
