my new toy again

May 20, 2007 at 11:48 AM
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From the bomba friend box: "Bomba Friends have been made by one family workshop in Mexico since 1945. Production has never stopped or changed! The plaster molds are remade after every seventh batch to preserve detail. Then flour-based latex is mixed by hand, poured into the molds and the toys are set out to sun-dry. Once they have dried, they are taken inside where their seams are hand-sanded and they are fitted with their little arms, valves and pumps that have been made in separate plaster molds and vulcanized. Finally, Bomba Friends are cafefully hand-painted and fitted with their candy-colored drums, brass bells, shiny metal collars and tiny dog bones."

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