anyone suggest a store(s) that sells online that has day of the dead sugar skulls, wood carvings, stuff like that?

i'd like to find something actually made in mexico/south america if possible... or at least somewhat authentic

the only stores I know are not online.

There's a place in New York, a place in Philly and a place in Epcot that come to mind.

this place has a website, but no online shopping. if you knwo what you want, you could call

http://www.eyesgallery.com
(in philly)

http://www.lasirenanyc.com/
in NYC

both specialize in day of the dead. the epcot place is in (obviously) mexico. you could also call disney.

whoa this is for gifts, but i have already come across something i want



thanks for the links. hopefully i can find something on here

skylar also has 2 of those guys. that's how we know about that store. haha.

I used to live near this store ... their merchandise is about as autentico as you can find outside of Mexico (online.)

http://www.casabonampak.com/diadelosmuer.html

I know this doesn't help right now but your best bet is to visit Mexican bakeries during the last couple of weeks of October. They're likely to have sugar skulls and calavera sculptures at that time, sometimes also papel picado and of course pan muerte.

eBay can be okay but beware ... lots of overpriced tourist junk sold as "authentic."

The stuff they have in Epcot is unbelievable! Truly amazing quality. Not all dia de los muertos, but just painted wood figures in general. I thought I had photos, but I could only find this one...

I bought a devil doll from here when I was like 19. I think someone ended up burning it at a party. Eyes Gallery is amazing if anyone ever gets a chance to visit it while in Philly.

Chris

Dean is right the sugar calaveras even here in Mexico are quite hard to find unless is October, unfortunately some of the places I know here in my town that sell dia the los muertos stuff don't think they have a webpage

let me know if you need some help here in mexico, I'm gald to help you

I gave luchadores at the SB dinner gathering during SDCC



and here is a smogun in an Altar de Dia de muertos

http://www.directfrommexico.com/or6032.html


i love this

wow if you could find any bootleggy looking lucha stuff like that, it would be awesome.

oh man danlord should have no problem finding bootleggy lucha stuff in mexico..I see stuff in downtown LA all the time..next time I run across some I'll send you a pic to see if you want it

Danlord outdid himself on those lucha's at SDCC. The headers were awesome! Thanks again!

http://www.tesoros.com/homepage.html

Here is the Day of the Dead page: https://secure14.inno-tech.com/tesoros/ ... pricemin=0

Tesoros. This place is awesome! Located in Austin, Texas but they also have an online store.

Thanks for that link. Good selection and great prices!

send me your info maybe I can send you some bootlegy luchadores

i just spent $200 at Tesoros!!!

damn

Danlord, did you make those?

no I bought them in bulk, I just pack them individually and I made the header from a scan of an old VHS movie cover

those luchadores are like the army men in the usa, really cheap crappy quality and probably you get poison if you eat the plastic or the paint, but I use to play a lot with them when I was a kid, almost everybody about my age played with those, there's also fight rings made of just a piece of wood with 4 nails one on each corner and rubber bands

Ingenious!

There is another rad place in Austin called The Turquoise Door. It's got a ton of Dia de los Muertos stuff, Mexican tin art, and Oaxacan alebrijas. Very cool place, but doesn't have a website. They feature this really great artist who makes demented monsters out of paper mache. If you're ever in Austin it's on South Congress.