SHOPPING UPDATE
At Beijing's famous Silk Market, you can get fabulous deals on popular action figures such as Fidel, Spider Man, and Osama.
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August 11, 2008
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Oooh! I want to be the FIRST to get a Saddam!
Posted by: ScottMGS | August 11, 2008 at 10:26 AM
Will you settle for a Shaddam?
And I still say Dune was a GREAT movie ... !
Posted by: Steve Haller | August 11, 2008 at 10:31 AM
Hmmm Fidel doesn't look too healthy.
Posted by: Siouxie | August 11, 2008 at 10:33 AM
The Gift Guide should be bursting, this year.
[Scott plays with dolls, neener!]
Posted by: CJrun | August 11, 2008 at 10:35 AM
Are those by any chance bobblehead dolls? A Saddam bobblehead might actually be saleable, if it came with its own miniature noose.
Posted by: KJP | August 11, 2008 at 10:38 AM
Yep, CJ. First, you gotta unwrap a *lot* of firecrackers to fill 'em up and you *really* shouldn't be standing too close to the dolls when they go off. It's all in solidarity with the Beijing Olympics, though, because they invented gunpowder, right?
Posted by: ScottMGS | August 11, 2008 at 10:40 AM
I personally would prefer the Fidel doll to be a voodoo doll. I've got a tiny machete that'll be perfect for it.
Posted by: Siouxie | August 11, 2008 at 10:42 AM
CJ, those are not dolls. They're action figures ... !
And here's another for your collection...
Posted by: Steve Haller | August 11, 2008 at 10:45 AM
*orders a Cuba Libre for Siouxie*
Posted by: Dr. Bob | August 11, 2008 at 10:52 AM
No Obama or McCain dolls?
Posted by: circuit7 | August 11, 2008 at 10:57 AM
Those look like they are those puppets that can punch if you look at the hands on them. For some reason, that makes more sense to me.
Posted by: Margaritaville | August 11, 2008 at 11:01 AM
WHAT!? NO MAO!?
.... good thing I didn't buy a ticket!
*thinks The Dave will bring a Fidel back, bets?*
Posted by: Kibby F5™ | August 11, 2008 at 11:01 AM
Thanks, Doc B!! I'll take a few more of those.
Posted by: Siouxie | August 11, 2008 at 11:06 AM
So which of the three are going to be keeping Barbie company?
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Chris | August 11, 2008 at 11:27 AM
Is that Osama or Groucho Marx ... ?
Posted by: funniegrrl | August 11, 2008 at 12:13 PM
funny. they don't look like silk....
Posted by: crossgirl | August 11, 2008 at 12:17 PM
Are these official Crap-Cam pictures, so as to not attract undue attention to the fact that Dave is giving us all these Chinese secrets?
Posted by: Kathybear | August 11, 2008 at 12:19 PM
I hope Sophie doesn't add any of those to her collection, except possibly SpiderMan.
Posted by: Guin | August 11, 2008 at 12:34 PM
I still have my Gorbachev squeaky toy.
Posted by: Mike Antonucci | August 11, 2008 at 12:41 PM
That Spider Man figure should have been the EVIL Spider Man!
Posted by: Moon | August 11, 2008 at 02:16 PM
Not EXACTLY an action figure, but still, worth a look...
Here
Posted by: Moon | August 11, 2008 at 02:24 PM
So were these made with lead paint, too?
Posted by: WahWahWah | August 11, 2008 at 05:24 PM
i have been in silk alley and never seen these o.O
pity....
spider man wud make an awesome dictator.
Posted by: CKS | August 11, 2008 at 07:21 PM
Good info
thank-you
Posted by: Cindy Moore | August 12, 2008 at 11:23 PM
I do not believe this
Posted by: fornetti | August 31, 2008 at 12:50 AM
Added this blog to my favorites. Like it a lot !
Posted by: sports apparel | September 14, 2008 at 03:22 AM