Just received a new to me monogram speedy 30 yesterday that I thought was in pretty good condition. Had some questions for you lovely ladies! I paid $655 for it plus shipping. Do you think it was a good deal given its condition? Its a 2013 model.
Inside is clean. Came with keys, lock, dust-bag and tags.
It has some creases from storage- will these come out if I store it well-stuffed? (See last two pics- last pic you can see how the side collapses inward- can this be fixed with proper stuffing over time?) 3. The sides look a bit wonky to me- almost like the piping collapses inward, but when I push the sides out from the inside they seem to get better. Do you think it's been improperly stitched? (See first three pics) TYSM! Just received a new to me monogram speedy 30 yesterday that I thought was in pretty good condition.
Speedy Gonzales (commonly shortened to just Speedy) is an animated caricature of a mouse in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He is portrayed as 'The Fastest Mouse in all Mexico' with his major traits being the ability to run extremely fast and speaking.
Had some questions for you lovely ladies! I paid $655 for it plus shipping. Do you think it was a good deal given its condition? Its a 2013 model.
Inside is clean. Came with keys, lock, dust-bag and tags. It has some creases from storage- will these come out if I store it well-stuffed? (See last two pics- last pic you can see how the side collapses inward- can this be fixed with proper stuffing over time?) 3. The sides look a bit wonky to me- almost like the piping collapses inward, but when I push the sides out from the inside they seem to get better. Do you think it's been improperly stitched? (See first three pics) TYSM!
Hundreds of fans have engaged in an e-mail campaign to resurrect Speedy, gathering on animation-fan Web sites to debate and organize, according to Virginia Cueto, an associate editor at HispanicOnline who wrote an article about the cartoon controversy. 'Speedy Gonzales has always been a very popular cartoon character, and cartoon fans are among the most diehard loyal fans around. They just want him back,' she said in a telephone interview from Miami. 'And these aren't just non-Mexicans; a lot of these are Mexicans themselves.'
In his adventures, the sombrero-wearing mouse sports an over-the-top Mexican accent and uses his super speed to foil foes like the 'Greengo Pussygato' Sylvester. Speedy is sometimes aided by a coterie of drunken Mexican mice who lounge around the village, or by his lazy cousin Slowpoke Rodriguez, who seems as slow-witted as he is slow-footed. 'Speedy Gonzales was a great character and I understand how he portrayed Mexicans in a bad light.
However, the cartoons are still funny and it's a disservice and disgrace to the original animators to never show them again,' said Geoff Mukhtar, an Indianapolis publicist and Speedy fan. Game saves for ghost squad nintendo wii. 'These cartoons reflect the time they were created and we're trying to impose modern standards on them.' There evidently wasn't a problem with the Mexican caricatures at the beginning of Speedy's career.