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MrBaliHai
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Joined: Jun 01, 2002
Posts: 775 |  Posted: 2006-08-17 6:48 pm Permalink
In addition to the Makeout Moai, this golf course is also home to the infamous Poo Monkey. No, that's not a tail.
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cheeky half
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Joined: Nov 22, 2002
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From: Tucson, AZ
| Posted: 2008-02-04 10:02 pm Permalink
As the bearer of bad news, I hate to have to update this thread... Magic Carpet Golf has closed it's doors. The fate of the moai and the other statuary is still being determined. We will update this thread as more information becomes available.
Cheeky Half
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Unga Bunga
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Joined: Jun 06, 2003
Posts: 5734
From: CaliTikifornia
| Posted: 2008-02-04 10:35 pm Permalink
The "cozy bench" should probably be donated to science.
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10562
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2008-02-05 01:19 am Permalink
Sigh....LONG LIVE Magic Carpet Mini Golf ! LONG LIVE the Magic Carpet Moai !
He will live on in the pages of Tiki Modern! (p. 322)
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Bongo Bungalow
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Joined: Aug 20, 2007
Posts: 1227
From: Indiana
| Posted: 2008-02-05 02:21 am Permalink
What they need to do... see... is turn it into an ultra-lounge!
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tikijackalope
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Joined: Oct 23, 2003
Posts: 814
From: KS/MO
| Posted: 2008-02-05 03:42 am Permalink
Photos shot in March, 2007:
According to Kelly, who has worked there for several years, the railing at top was installed after a 1968 suicide. She says a man jumped after his girlfriend broke up with him.
Approach from the back (north) side of the Moai
Going up
Looking out the nose
At the top
Looking north from top, toward the T-rex and Kachina in the NE corner.
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
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From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2008-02-05 09:15 am Permalink
Let's all call that phone number! 
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catmomma
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Joined: Mar 14, 2007
Posts: 264
From: San Diego
| Posted: 2008-02-05 10:12 am Permalink
I heard here:
http://tikitalk.astropad.com/
That the Moai and other items are up for grabs if someone can haul them away.
Can someone give him a good new home?
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cheeky half
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Joined: Nov 22, 2002
Posts: 790
From: Tucson, AZ
| Posted: 2008-02-05 11:25 am Permalink
Here's a link to the newspaper article. http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/75471.php
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tikijackalope
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Joined: Oct 23, 2003
Posts: 814
From: KS/MO
| Posted: 2008-02-05 4:00 pm Permalink
Too bad Kon Tiki doesn't have a backyard.
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Kona Chris
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Joined: Jul 16, 2005
Posts: 237
From: Tucson, AZ
| Posted: 2008-02-05 8:24 pm Permalink
I'm really kind of saddned by this, as I've literally driven past Magic Carpet golf thousands of times, yet i've never stopped and played the course, nor did i ever go as a kid, despite living less than two miles away.
Just about a month ago I was saying to my fiancé that I really wanted to go before someone decided to tear it down. Guess I'm too late 
Chris
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ted tiki
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Joined: Oct 11, 2004
Posts: 186
From: minneapolis
| Posted: 2008-02-06 07:52 am Permalink
I blame video games.
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christiki295
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Joined: Apr 09, 2003
Posts: 3616
From: LA-2547 mls east Hawaii &5500 Easter Is
| Posted: 2008-02-07 07:27 am Permalink
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On 2008-02-04 22:02, cheeky half wrote:
As the bearer of bad news, I hate to have to update this thread... Magic Carpet Golf has closed it's doors. The fate of the moai and the other statuary is still being determined. We will update this thread as more information becomes available.
Cheeky Half
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Horrors!
When I went to see the Tucson Ohana and the Kon Tiki some years ago, I did a specific trek just to see the giant Moai, and I was not disappointed.
Is there a public park where it can be placed, just like the Aku Aku at Sunset Park in Las Vegas?
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EdsGoneTiki
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Joined: May 03, 2006
Posts: 53
From: Tucson, Arizona
| Posted: 2008-02-10 8:10 pm Permalink
Drove by at dusk today and took some photos. Very sad to see the Moai like this.
At least its only paint right now, but the vandalism will probably continue until it's eventually torn down.
Its all steel and concrete so I doubt it can be moved, but i would love to see it saved. Somehow.
Still, its awesome to see in the fading light.
It brings to mind what I can only imagine is the majestic wonder of Easter Island.
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10562
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2008-02-10 9:31 pm Permalink
Wow! How heart wrenching: The Moai is crying blood, the Moai is dying...
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