Taco

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Taco was an island sim created sometime in 2005 by a group including Arito Cotton and Broken Prototype. Most of the island has a very cute, cartoony feel to it--bright colors, round edges, etc. It is also home to Dwellget, a store made to look and feel like a RL department store akin to Wal*Mart. Dwellget is unusual in that it is a PG store in a mature sim, and because residents are not charged rent for their Arito-approved vendors.

As of November 2006, Taco has been closed permanently.

Taco Locations

• Taco Gazebo - This stone-and-brick gazebo has a taco on top of it, and you'll most likely wind up here if you teleport to Taco. It sits on a small island connected to Taco via a wooden bridge.
• Skyscrapers - No one is quite sure what these tall buildings--each with a "T" emblazened on them--are there for, because each one is totally hollow. Strange...
• Broken Prototype's Home - This upside-down, giant, purple teacup has been made into a house. Apparently, it's kept aloft by balloons and a propeller; the latter is made of two spoons.
• Outdoor Auditorium - People can sit down on the stumps and logs, as well as on the small, grass-topped plateaus. It has a podium and speakers, and oddly enough, giant spoons appear to be growing out of the ground like trees (presumably, two of these were used to create the propellor for Broken's home, located directly above the Auditorium).
• The Extravagent Filthy Pine Ski Chalet - Presumably named after Evangeline (nicknamed the Pine, as she is a porcupine), the chalet is an empty log cabin whose ski lift has no seats. Not particularly useful, but a nice-looking part of the landscape.
• Satch's House o' Plushies - Named for Satch Flan, this small, rabbit-shaped structure has some cute little plushies in it, several shaped like members of the Taco/Luskwood community or video game characters.
• Yeena'z Pilloz - This purple house has pink pawprints all over it. Inside is a whole lot of leopard-skin pillows, apparently stuffed with yellow feathers you can see wafting about. Named after Yeena Farina, a Hyena.
• Evangeline Suavage's Boot Home - Taco's most famous porcupine calls this giant boot home. A giant doll shaped like Simba from Disney's The Lion King sticks out from the top, while the "door" is a hole near the toe. A small, lavender cat appears to guard the entrance of this two-room shoe.
• The Candy Factory - A Willy Wonka-esque factory co-owned by Arito Cotton and Buttercup Tiger. Fly over its gates and go inside to see a listing of the factory's various sweets, which has a hole in the ground just before it. Fall through the hole and discover the main area of the factory, complete with chocolate stream, fudge vats, large lollipops, gargantuan gumballs, big Butternutter bars (each with Buttercup's face on it), and more. I'd recommend against drinking any of the "Blueberry Buttercup Juice", as it's believed that it was juiced out of Buttercup after she found herself in a Violet Beauregarde-like predicament...!
• Evangeline and Buttercup Plushies - These collosal statues are in the shape of Evangeline Suavage and Buttercup Tiger. Nice photo op. Plus there's benches nearby, so if you need to sit while site-seeing, this is the place to do it.
• Playground - Complete with slides, a bridge, a pole, and ladders, it's good, clean, childlike fun. You can't seem to slide down the slides, though, as of yet.
• Swingset - Just nearby is a single slide and swingset. Also non-functional, but a nice addition to the landscape nonetheless.
• Sandbox - A more traditional sandbox, rather than the SL type of sandbox, with a giant red shovel in it.
• Charms Island - A tiny island with large lollipops--presumably Charms Blow-Pops--growing from it like trees.
• Pier - A small wooden dock. A fishing pole dangles its bait--a taco--over the water, enticingly out of a small Koi fish's reach.
• Apple Tree - Some apples were once on the ground by this tree and could be copied, but not anymore. Still pretty, though.
• Dwellget - A small, but famous store whose name clearly parodies the Target chain of convenience stores, Dwellget is PG despite being in a mature sim. Vendors can join for free (after their product has been approved). By the front entrance are empty checkout lines, a large plush that looks like Lucah Solvang (a female donkey who creates rather popular avatars), and a Taco Hell Express (Parodying Taco Bell restaurants).
• Clean Pool - Don't let the name fool you... the water is tinted olive and has what appears to be a Baby Ruth floating in it. At least, I hope it's a Baby Ruth candy bar...! Bleaugh!
• Mo'Dwell 6 - If you stay at one of these rooms, you can have very few prims in them, but they're free, so if you need a place to call home and little need to furnish it, this is the place to be.

Deconstructing Taco

Between March and April of 2006, and for yet unknown reasons, Taco was razed to the ground with the exception of Dwellget and the Taco Gazebo (with the latter one moving from its original position to one closer to Dwellget).

By May 2006, the Sandbox, some roads, and the Candy Factory were brought back. As of July 2006 more reconstruction had taken place, including the Avatorium, a new building dedicated to avatar vendors (which were removed from Dwellget). Other buildings added include the Wild West section overlooking Dwellget and the roads along with the refinery in the corner of the sim. Future plans regarding Taco reconstruction have been cut short, due to the closure of the sim.