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Trader Woody
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
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From: Tiki Manor, Forest of Bowland,UK
|  Posted: 2003-02-12 3:53 pm Permalink
Am I right in thinking that when it comes to resin, the look is actually all in the paint?
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Rain
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Joined: May 27, 2002
Posts: 431
From: Providence, RI
| Posted: 2003-02-12 9:43 pm Permalink
the paint and the texture. 
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PolynesianPop
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 2341
From: Corona, Ca
| Posted: 2003-02-13 07:48 am Permalink
I guess the paint makes all the difference. When I first received my Design Toscano tiki pair, my wife thought they were made of real wood.
As I've mentioned earlier, I really like the resin tikis. They're easier to move around the room and are easily transportable for parties and such.
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Tiki Royale
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Joined: Dec 06, 2002
Posts: 891
From: The Aloha Room in Beautiful Belmont, CA!
| Posted: 2003-02-13 11:57 am Permalink
I've been looking at the Design Toscano tikis for a while now and now that I hava a yard to put 'em in I think I might pull the trigger...
One question to those who already have them. Are they solid or hollow castings?
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PolynesianPop
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From: Corona, Ca
| Posted: 2003-02-13 1:31 pm Permalink
They are solid resin castings.
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laney
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Joined: May 20, 2002
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From: orange county CA
| Posted: 2003-02-13 2:27 pm Permalink
No, they are hollow. there is no way to tell (no holes) other than that they are light weight. If you remember a post weeks ago about the God of Wind killing my tikis-this was one of them. You can see the hole and crack
It dosen't look so bad from the front though, I say it faired pretty well considering it toppled over into the pool.
Here is it's former site. There is a huge clump of Raphis palms which knocked it into the pool. There is now a plaster tiki from O.A. It is not as tall and hollow in the bottom so I drove a stake into the ground and up into it, to hopefully stablize it in the wind. (fuzzy pic but it's starting to rain!)
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PolynesianPop
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From: Corona, Ca
| Posted: 2003-02-13 3:27 pm Permalink
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Wow, I guess the only way I would have known that was if mine were cracked open like yours! Bummer. But hey, maybe you can try to repair them. I'd pickup a small peice of fiberglass cloth and resin and try sealing the crack similar to the way you would repair a ding on a surfboard. That and some touch-up paint might do the trick.
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Chacha
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Joined: Jan 19, 2003
Posts: 100
From: Jacksonville
| Posted: 2003-02-13 3:33 pm Permalink
I'll have to search around for the airline catalog for cheaper tikis. Who would have thunk it - tikis in Sky Mall...
As for a fiberglass/outdoor use tikis, BRING 'EM ON, Rain!!! I want a garden of giant tikis surrounding my pool this summer. Shipping on a large outdoor moai would probably be a consideration, though.
I know my brother was looking for moai heads for his patio...
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SullTiki
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Joined: Mar 24, 2002
Posts: 228 | Posted: 2003-02-13 8:27 pm Permalink
Just checked skymall.com and they are the exact same price as the design toscano site:
http://skymall.com/webapp/skystore?process=prodDisplay&action=&pid=85442867
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hula hula
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 407
From: da 9th island/ vegas
| Posted: 2003-02-13 9:05 pm Permalink
Wow $125 for the set, not bad, btw laney I love your pool/yard. soo tropical, sucky vegas, we got pools but not the tropical atmospher.Way to dry. 
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tikilongbeach
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From: LBC via DFW
| Posted: 2012-11-30 2:47 pm Permalink
You can get both of these for $135 plus shipping on the Design Toscano website. http://www.designtoscano.com/product/more+themes/tropical/outdoor+tropical+decor/tiki+gods-+the+art+of+celebration+statues%3Cbr%3E%28set+includes-+luau+%26+three+pleasures+gods%29+-+ng931189.do?sortby=bestSellers
If you don't want them both Wayfair through amazon.com has them for $89 and $45 each plus shipping.
http://www.amazon.com/Tiki-Gods-Three-Pleasures-Statue/dp/B001U5URU2/ref=?ie=UTF8&m=A2RFSIF56F6W5J
The God of the Luau: 6"Wx5½"Dx24"H. 8 lbs.
Gods of the Three Pleasures: 9"Wx8"Dx35½"H. 14 lbs.
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tikilongbeach
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From: LBC via DFW
| Posted: 2012-11-30 3:32 pm Permalink
Not much inflation on those 2 tikis. 9 years ago the price was $125 for the pair and now they're $135.
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exquisitecorpse
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From: philadelphia
| Posted: 2012-11-30 4:22 pm Permalink
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On 2012-11-30 15:32, tikilongbeach wrote:
Not much inflation on those 2 tikis. 9 years ago the price was $125 for the pair and now they're $135.
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if you get on their email list eventually they have a 30% off sale once or twice a year; that is when i got mine.
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tikilongbeach
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From: LBC via DFW
| Posted: 2012-12-10 12:32 pm Permalink
Right you are, esquisitecorpse, I got a 25% off email today. The discount code is share25.
www.designtoscano.com/home.do?code=CELSG107
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tikilongbeach
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From: LBC via DFW
| Posted: 2012-12-27 4:15 pm Permalink
They've got a 6 foot resin Moai for $995. How do those things age out in the elements?
www.designtoscano.com/product/code/NE90076.do
Various sizes:
Giant: 36"Wx28"Dx72"H. 92 lbs.
Large: 23"Wx20"Dx48"H. 40 lbs.
Medium: 6½"Wx5"Dx16"H. 4 lbs.
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