June 17, 2005
I don't go to Tijuana often. I don't drink, I'm not on the lookout for cheap prescription drugs, and I've long since lost my fascination with ceramic skulls and Indiana Jones bullwhips that I had when I was 9, when my parents first trekked me across the border.
But when I do have occasion to go, as I did recently, I typically have two objectives:
- Pick up Lucha Libre masks
- Go to the Tijuana Wax Museum
The Tijuana Wax Museum is one of the finest institutions known to man.
I have a sneaking suspicion that their figures are cast-offs from other museums, due to the haphazard, random nature of who's in there, where they're placed, and the general, er, quality of the figures. It's gotten better in the six years since I went - I could've sworn Wesley Snipes used to be next to Gorbachev, which wasn't the case this last time - but here's the kicker: It's a buck-fifty. Deal.
To give you some perspective on just how hot a deal that is, the Hollywood Wax Museums in Hollywood and Branson, MO (what?) offer on their site a web promotion for $2 off admission - and that coupon expired SIX YEARS AGO. If the Tijuana Wax Museum offered that deal, they'd be giving you two quarters back (which you could then use to buy a beer or something while you're down there).
Maybe the Hollywood WM's figures are as, shall we say, enigmatic, as the Tijuana's WM. I wouldn't know - I'm not throwing down $12 to find out. Not when this greatness exists down south.
Don't just take my word for it: Let the photos speak for themselves. And while you're at it, tell me how quickly you can figure out who some of these people are.
Posted by starlen at June 17, 2005 3:09 AM
Comments
Looks pretty cool, but better than 500 Vicadin for $50? I think not.
Posted by: Hillel at June 17, 2005 8:03 AM
