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Bora Boris
Mr. Unreasonable
Joined: Mar 25, 2005
Posts: 2400
From: Boogie Wonderland
|  Posted: 2012-12-09 09:47 am Permalink
Found this yesterday and it kinda reminded me of the "missing" Hobby City Tikis. 
Photo by Bigbrotiki
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nui 'umi 'umi
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Feb 21, 2011
Posts: 379
From: La Mirada Atoll
| Posted: 2012-12-09 10:31 am Permalink
Hey BB,
Up early for a Sunday?
How big is that bank?
THe pic by bigbro reminded me of the many times I picked my son up at Adventure City-He worked there as a teenager and in front of the tiki's was a good place to rendezvous.
Cheers,
David
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Bora Boris
Mr. Unreasonable
Joined: Mar 25, 2005
Posts: 2400
From: Boogie Wonderland
| Posted: 2012-12-09 10:44 am Permalink
Hi David,
The front of the bank is 3-3/8", the sides are 2-1/4" and it's 3-3/4" tall.
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nui 'umi 'umi
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Feb 21, 2011
Posts: 379
From: La Mirada Atoll
| Posted: 2012-12-09 9:40 pm Permalink
mahalo Boris, nice find. Wish I had one-I could save moolah to feed my addiction.
Cheers
[ This Message was edited by: nui 'umi 'umi 2012-12-10 00:59 ]
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tikilongbeach
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: Aug 05, 2011
Posts: 674
From: LBC via DFW
| Posted: 2012-12-10 12:21 pm Permalink
I like the bank too.
Goodwill finds. Both are so dark it was hard to get a good picture of them.
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nui 'umi 'umi
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Feb 21, 2011
Posts: 379
From: La Mirada Atoll
| Posted: 2012-12-11 11:19 pm Permalink
Found at a thrift store.
Picked it up and put it down several times before I finally decided it would "fit" into my tiki lounge. It's an 18"x18" tapa sewn onto woven palm. The Honu's shell rises from the center of the piece about 2".
Cheers
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TikiPug
Tiki Socialite
Joined: May 14, 2003
Posts: 778
From: Den of Sin / Pug's Pair-A-Dice
| Posted: 2012-12-12 08:20 am Permalink
What a weird mug for a pottery place to have
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Vegas BABY!
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bigbrotiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10557
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2012-12-12 10:24 am Permalink
....in "Loveland, Colorado", no less. Score! I say. Wonder if they actually had the mold, or if they were selling dead stock. Here's a pic of me posing with its father:
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Psycho Tiki D
Grand Member (5 years) 
Joined: Oct 13, 2006
Posts: 1783
From: The river Styx, can you pay the toll?
| Posted: 2012-12-12 1:16 pm Permalink
Cross this one off the list...
Coffee table, 20"x48".
Sorry about the flash!
PTD
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Trader Tom
Grand Member (5 years)
Joined: Jan 26, 2006
Posts: 744
From: Hillsboro, OR
| Posted: 2012-12-12 1:22 pm Permalink
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On 2012-12-12 08:20, TikiPug wrote:
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Nice find!
Here's what I turned up with a quick search on the company:
"Rocky Mountain Pottery Company (ROMCO) was founded by Leland Huston in 1953 and moved to Loveland in 1957. The firm's first pottery pieces were produced to resemble wood grain and included a pine scent. Many pottery designs were produced, but its most popular line remained the wood-grained design, along with the various colors of its hand-painted pinecone line. During summers, the Loveland factory employed 35 to 40 people and offered daily tours. Two regional outlets sold ROMCO pottery during summer seasons, including one in downtown Estes Park and one in Colorado Springs. The company was sold in 1981, then again in 1986, at which time the original business came to an end."
So they were making ceramics in the 50s, despite the modern look of the foil sticker. Still, it's an intriguing mystery.
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Cool Manchu
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 03, 2003
Posts: 560
From: San Jose, CA
| Posted: 2012-12-12 8:24 pm Permalink
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On 2012-12-12 13:16, Psycho Tiki D wrote:
Cross this one off the list...
Coffee table, 20"x48".
Sorry about the flash!
PTD
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I have a love of mosaics and tiki of course, couple that with my search for a new (to me) coffee table...Needless to say I am green with envy! Great score man!
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boutiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 03, 2002
Posts: 485
From: The fly-over states
| Posted: 2012-12-12 9:44 pm Permalink
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On 2012-12-03 16:27, Tipsy McStagger wrote:
Didn't know Jpco. made bucket mugs like these....
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On 2012-12-03 17:50, nui 'umi 'umi wrote:
Forgive my ignorance-what is"JPCo" ?
Mahalo
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You guys must not have a copy of Tiki Quest. 
-Amy
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Bay Park Buzzy
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 07, 2006
Posts: 2713
From: West Bay Park, San Diego, CA
| Posted: 2012-12-13 10:51 am Permalink
Too much crappy, used, dirty, Christmas decorations out there that took up way too much valuable swapmeet space. Resulting small tiki related lot found:
A Kon Tiki oil table lamp(as seen in Tiki Quest) without the glass or innards and a couple matchbooks.
Buzzy Out!
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hang10tiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 18, 2010
Posts: 1961
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2012-12-14 7:50 pm Permalink
The lil wife hit an estate sale today while I was at work,
I came home and found these waiting for me...
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ukutiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Feb 25, 2009
Posts: 132
From: Michigan
| Posted: 2012-12-15 08:55 am Permalink
I found this weird guy in a thrift store yesterday. It appears to be made of a sintered ceramic material and has a sandy feel to it. about 4 inches tall. Is it a tiki frog, frog tiki, or something else? Anybody recognize it? Mahalo.
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