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bigbrotiki
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From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
|  Posted: 2009-11-19 2:46 pm Permalink
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On 2009-11-19 14:37, Dustycajun wrote:
Bigbro,
Isn't that the one that Diego use to play with?
DC
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No, you mean the ceramic fountain one, which I used as a measuring stick for him:
If it wouldn't have been stolen out of my front yard, I could shoot a pic of it now next to his knees, I would guess, since he shot up to 6.5 feet now, way over my head.
Swanky has the complete set up, with the Ti leaf basins for the the waterfall....
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uncle trav
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From: Kalamazoo
| Posted: 2009-11-19 6:08 pm Permalink
Thanks guys. This is the stuff I was thinking of when I started the thread. I passed up one of these statues a few years ago for twenty bucks! Still kicking myself in the ass for that one. I hope to start a list with all of the styles and sizes of the United Tikis... hey that sounds nice "The United Tikis" I'll have to give that more thought. Thanks for posting.
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TIKI DAVID
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From: North Coast/ DEAD
| Posted: 2009-11-23 02:04 am Permalink
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boutiki
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From: The fly-over states
| Posted: 2009-11-23 07:25 am Permalink
Cut out cardboard advertising stand up Tiki:
The United Tiki coasters:
... and I know they are not Tikis, but the Menehunes are wonderful too. The "Uncle" came in the full size and also a small bank size:
and like the Tiki decanter, there is a postcard for the Menehune decanter:
-Duke
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bigbrotiki
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From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2009-11-23 08:01 am Permalink
Cool, never seen those coasters. Am I interpreting it right, the slogan alludes to Hawaii being an island state of the U.S.?
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Psycho Tiki D
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From: The river Styx, can you pay the toll?
| Posted: 2009-11-23 08:01 am Permalink
Speaking of which, there are a pair of Menehunes on sale in SF on craigslist:
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/atq/1478122492.html
A little too rich for my blood...
PTD
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bigbrotiki
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From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2009-11-23 1:16 pm Permalink
Tiki Farm reproed these:
http://www.tikifarm.com/menehunes.htm
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boutiki
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From: The fly-over states
| Posted: 2009-11-23 5:15 pm Permalink
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On 2009-11-23 08:01, Psycho Tiki D wrote:
A little too rich for my blood...
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That is actually a really good price for vintage originals, they typically bring that much EACH on eBay. Those look to be in really great shape too. Fair piece of change for sure, but a bargain compared to what they usually go for.
The reproductions are amazingly accurate. Right down to the sarong and plastic leis.
-Duke
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boutiki
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From: The fly-over states
| Posted: 2009-11-23 5:18 pm Permalink
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On 2009-11-23 08:01, bigbrotiki wrote:
Cool, never seen those coasters.
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Yes you have.
Page 158 of Tiki Quest. 
-Duke
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1961surf
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From: Newport Beach, Ca .
| Posted: 2009-11-25 12:24 am Permalink
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On 2009-11-19 14:13, bigbrotiki wrote:
Ho-kay, since nobody else is doing it, here is the big 2.7 foot version. I am not pulling him out of its set dressing tough! (Please ignore the foreground on the right )
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Yeah Sven I posted the same 31" tall UA Tiki already earlier in the thread .
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bigbrotiki
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From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2009-11-25 09:17 am Permalink
Double Oops! for boutiki and 1961surf, I do miss things...sometimes. 
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Tipsy McStagger
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Joined: Nov 21, 2004
Posts: 3681
From: HELL
| Posted: 2009-12-06 7:12 pm Permalink
i found this in my travels this weekend..i suspect it's the last variation united made of these maps....it looks mid seventies style to me...made of vacuum formed plastic with a cardboard backing. it's quite larger than the others ones that feature carved relief frames around them...anyone have any more info about this??
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bigbrotiki
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From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2009-12-06 10:34 pm Permalink
It would be interesting to line up all the United and Primo maps in chronological order to see the devolution of design in America. I mean what went wrong in the 70s? Matchbooks, menus, swizzles...all lost detail, artistry, and pictorial quality. And then they stopped making them all together...
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naugatiki
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Joined: Jan 02, 2004
Posts: 874
From: Port Angeles, Wa
| Posted: 2009-12-29 4:37 pm Permalink
I forgot I had this one, it’s a little water damaged but still quite fun. It comes in a nice envelope that I suspect was given out the every passenger (probablly in the pouch of the airline seat) with a Luau Party Planner catalog where you can get the best tiki supplies money can buy.
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Mongoloid
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Joined: Apr 25, 2008
Posts: 590
From: Long Beach
| Posted: 2009-12-30 2:48 pm Permalink
Inside of the menu.
Holy crap Ernie is an undercover Menehune!
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