Created by artist Special Ed Toys
Special Edition News is somewhat proud to bring you the exclusive story of “El Turista”! An alleged mummified alien who was recently discovered by 10 year old Schmelliott Schtaylor in of all places, the fucking Valley! Young Schmelliott claims that late one night while scooping up his dog’s turds in his backyard he came across one that was oddly different. One that sort of resembled a certain famous alien who shall not be named for legal reasons. After showing his family what he had found which lead to many therapy sessions he knew he needed to find people who would believe him. After years of listening to his culturally diverse neighbors’ extremely hard to believe tales of duendes (evil elves), the crying ghost of the worst mother ever, El Chupacabra and many others he was certain they’d hear him out! Young Schmelliott was told that his dehydrated friend was originally discovered in the deep regions of the Amazon forest where he was there nicknamed “El Turista” which translates to, “The Tourist”. Believed to be an ancient traveler from the planet of Uranus he was slightly coveted but mostly just sold off to local tourist shops for a quick buck over the years. It finally found itself in a Peruvian restaurant where it was being used to hand grind spices when a tourist from Mexico was able to procure it. Although the next part of this story is at minimum legally questionable let’s just say “El Turista” was brought back to Mexico in a skrink wrapped package of pure white South American “sugar”. How he ended up in the Valley…well…if you ever lived in the Valley then you already know the answer to that question.
But is what young Schmelliott was told by his culturally diverse neighbors true or did they just make up these stories out of pure boredom just fuck with Schmelliott cause the same old neighborhood “chisme” (gossip) was getting stale? Are these truly the mummified remains of an ancient alien? Is it just a piñata made out of paper mache used to smuggle pure white South American “sugar”? Or should he have just taken his dog to the vet out of concern? Find out the answers to none of these questions and more by picking up this terrible tribute piece to “El Turista”! Ill convinced in a fever dream with artwork done by Special Ed Toys and digitally Sculpted, UV Resin printed and hand painted by Sombra Obscura, this Limited Edition Glow in the Dark 2.5″ cursed creature is the perfect way to waste your hard earned monies!*
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-A terrible Special Ed Toys x Sombra Obscura collab
-Made somewhere in the fucking Valley in California
-Any resemblance to any famous movie alien is a figment of your imagination**
-That is totally not pure white South American “sugar” in there so please don’t “consume” it
*Just like you’re terrible life decisions, all sales are final
**Sorry for the gaslighting but we don’t wanna get sued by you know who…
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