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crushenstein
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Sep 25, 2008
Posts: 48
From: Portland, OR
|  Posted: 2010-01-09 12:53 pm Permalink
alright,
here is the tiki from the mug:
and here is the one from the menu:
i think they look REALLY close! let me know what you think.
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10562
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2010-01-09 2:40 pm Permalink
Most definitely the same, it's just that the glass one is a negative, which makes it confusing.
Here's the mug it is based on:
...and here the icon the mug was derived from, much altered, obviously to avoid copyright issues:
and last the humble stone statue that that famous logo was inspired by:
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PhantomTiki
Member
Joined: Jan 13, 2009
Posts: 9
From: Portland, OR
| Posted: 2010-01-14 8:39 pm Permalink
Aweome find, Crushenstein! oh, and thanks again!! We need to go on a mug hunt soon..
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crushenstein
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Sep 25, 2008
Posts: 48
From: Portland, OR
| Posted: 2010-01-14 9:54 pm Permalink
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On 2010-01-14 20:39, PhantomTiki wrote:
Aweome find, Crushenstein! oh, and thanks again!! We need to go on a mug hunt soon..
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(in a Charlie Day voice) "AHHHHHHHH YEAAAAHH!"
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ebtiki
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: Feb 08, 2009
Posts: 227 | Posted: 2010-01-15 11:27 pm Permalink
Thanks, everyone, for posting pix here! I grew up outside Dayton and remember my folks taking me to The Tropics a few time.
Tangentally related: Anyone know what happened to the moai that stood by the Kon-Tiki Theatre's sign?
Eric
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Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3925
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2010-01-21 5:45 pm Permalink
Crushenstein, those are some nice glasses. Closest thing to a Tiki mug yet from this place.
Here are a few more items from the Tropics I have seen around on hte net.
A menu with the same Tiki that was on one of the feature matchbooks.
An ashtray that used the logo from the old sign in front.
And finally, another great matchbook with Georgie featured on the matches.
The girl
The cool sign
Georgie
The rooms
DC
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crushenstein
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Sep 25, 2008
Posts: 48
From: Portland, OR
| Posted: 2010-01-22 12:23 am Permalink
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On 2010-01-21 17:45, Dustycajun wrote:
Crushenstein, those are some nice glasses. Closest thing to a Tiki mug yet from this place.
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Thanks, I have 4 left if anyone wants to work out a trade!
Noland
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Swanky
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Joined: Apr 03, 2002
Posts: 4806
From: Hapa Haole Hideaway, TN
| Posted: 2010-01-22 09:40 am Permalink
That's wacky. Why have a top on her if you are going to show nipple? And th enipple in that silhouette! They made it even bigger!
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10562
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2010-01-22 12:05 pm Permalink
Soooo, you like nipples, huh? Verrry intrrrestink.... 
Man, that Georgie sure liked his embossed breasts matchbooks, he must have had a new one made every other year! How many different ones are we counting now, D.C.?
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Swanky
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Joined: Apr 03, 2002
Posts: 4806
From: Hapa Haole Hideaway, TN
| Posted: 2010-01-22 1:30 pm Permalink
Well, ya know BigBro, it is a helluva gimmick. To this very day, 50 years later, when I am showing the collection to people, I always hand them the bas-relief boobie match covers. You didn't just drop them in your pocket, you shared them. Nice advertizing!
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Zeta
Grand Member (2 years) 
Joined: Feb 13, 2007
Posts: 2030
From: Atlantis/Basque Country/Spain/Mexico
| Posted: 2010-01-22 2:13 pm Permalink
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On 2010-02-10 12:21, Sabu The Coconut Boy wrote:
I thought Grog was fond of Madam Onager's "Rock's Off" Girls, but I could have been mistaken.
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On 2010-02-10 00:00, JOHN-O wrote:
You can delete posts? As far as I can tell that option is not available.
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My mistake. I thought everyone had the ability to delete their own posts. But I guess that's one of my Moderator secret abilities. Comes in handy when you want to delete your own 1:00am drunken babblings.
But I could do this:
Zeta did the best he could to delete this post:
http://www.tikiroom.com/tikicentral/bb/viewtopic.php?topic=29368&forum=2&vpost=506227
So I could do him the favor as a moderator and remove that troublesome post as he obviously intended. That would bring his total down to 999 and he would have to return to make Grand Exit #2.
The other option is to set a 24-hour watch on the blank post above, for that is where he will obviously return. His call for help will come as an edit to that post. When we see his text, we can pull him through to the real world just like in a Twilight Zone episode. Until then, he's stuck in the 5th Dimension.
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This is a way to keep posting whithout posting...
For example:
This crazy doddle I did at 23 or so...
Aloha from the 5th Dimension!
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Dustycajun
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3925
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2010-01-31 11:29 am Permalink
An ash tray with Georgie's signature bow tie.
DC
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ChefMike
Tiki Centralite
Joined: May 26, 2004
Posts: 35
From: Yellow Springs, Ohio
| Posted: 2010-01-31 2:35 pm Permalink
I found this article...dont know if its ever been posted
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Jeff Central
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 23, 2002
Posts: 1528
From: Columbus, Ohio
| Posted: 2010-02-01 06:37 am Permalink
WOW!
Thanks for posting ChefMike!!
I sure wish I could have made that sale!
Cheers and Mahalo,
Jeff
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bigbrotiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10562
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2010-02-01 5:01 pm Permalink
Yeah, that would have been a dream-come-true. Is that article from 1988 then? Georgie seems to be cradling two Witco wall Tikis --and he's holding both upside down.
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