The Palermos is a line of action figures that were conceived by toy

Toy

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 designer David Gonzales

David Gonzales

David Gonzales is a Mexican-American cartoonist from Richmond, California, currently living in nearby Hercules. He is the creator of the Homies line of toys.-Biography:...

. 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

Italy

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 or they themselves came from there, but they are an Italian-American

United States

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 group.

The Palermo family characters have life stories that are somewhat similar to the biographies of the characters on Gonzales' previous hit toy, Homies

Homies

Homies are a series of 2-inch figurines loosely based upon Chicano characters in the life of artist David Gonzales. First created in 1998, these plastic figurines were initially sold via vending machines typically positioned in supermarkets, mainly in International marts. Homies have become a...

: being one of New York's most powerful mafia

Mafia

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 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

Pizza

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 restaurant

Restaurant

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: The "Palermo Family Pizza" is a restaurant.

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
  Consigliere
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  - advisor and lawyer to the Palermo family
• Angie
• Sebastiano the Sausagemaker - works at the "Palermo Family Pizza"
• Father Francseco - a Catholic
  Catholic
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   priest
• Sally the Chef - also a worker at the "Palermo Family Pizza"
• Ruggero the Sandman
• Teflon Tony
• Vittorio the Violinist - a musician
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• 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 police officer
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• 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 member

It is unclear, as of 2009, whether there are any plans to release other, new characters to The Palermos toy line.