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Coffee Pirate
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Joined: Aug 13, 2012
Posts: 20
From: The Green Hell of Salem, OR
|  Posted: 2013-02-16 12:53 pm Permalink
Here's a fiberglass Tiki, about 3 feet, that I found in a junk store in Salem, OR. The guy who owned it, bought it from a guy, who bought it from a guy, who bought it from a woman, who had it in her garden. This pic is upright on my computer, but when I post him here, he follows the Beach Bum credo and lays down.  Anybody got any ideas? I'm 100% that this isn't a native Tiki, due to the size I doubt it was created for home decoration (could be wrong about that). I know this wasn't part of The Thatch, Aliba, or Jasmine Tree. Well, as much as my rum fogged memory remembers anyway. I never had the chance to visit any of the other older Tiki spots in the Salem/PDX area so I personally, don't know if he graced any of those spots or not. Right now we are calling him Kumonawahnazombee.
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Mr. NoNaMe
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Joined: May 10, 2006
Posts: 1866 | Posted: 2013-02-16 2:40 pm Permalink
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On 2013-02-16 12:53, Coffee Pirate wrote:
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These were from Target about five years ago.
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Coffee Pirate
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Joined: Aug 13, 2012
Posts: 20
From: The Green Hell of Salem, OR
| Posted: 2013-02-16 10:06 pm Permalink
Thanks, for the info. Maybe I should shop Target more often. Do they regularly stock Tiki stuff?
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SuperEight
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Joined: Oct 16, 2004
Posts: 261
From: Palo Alto
| Posted: 2013-02-16 10:54 pm Permalink
It was in the garden section of Target.
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tikijackalope
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Joined: Oct 23, 2003
Posts: 814
From: KS/MO
| Posted: 2013-02-17 02:00 am Permalink
There were two models: the one you found and one that was all black and had a different face. Be careful, they're resin, not fiberglass, and they're thin enough to break if not handled with that in mind.
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Mr. NoNaMe
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Joined: May 10, 2006
Posts: 1866 | Posted: 2013-02-17 3:33 pm Permalink
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On 2013-02-16 22:06, Coffee Pirate wrote:
Thanks, for the info. Maybe I should shop Target more often. Do they regularly stock Tiki stuff?
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They do NOT regularly stock tiki stuff. They typically only sell tiki merch during tiki season. They, the major retailer, thinks that tiki hibernates like Santa, Cupid and the Easter Bunny.
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Coffee Pirate
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Joined: Aug 13, 2012
Posts: 20
From: The Green Hell of Salem, OR
| Posted: 2013-02-18 02:37 am Permalink
Thanks for the tips. I'll probably just stick to repainting him and weatherproofing. He's not too fragile though. We took him on a PDX pub crawl. So, Target sells Tiki stuff every summer ? (I guess that is suppose to be Tiki season.)
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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: 2013-02-20 06:57 am Permalink
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On 2013-01-18 11:39, Aquatic Safarinaut wrote:
Not mine...but trying to I.D. for a friend...
Was in the Sacramento Coral Reef....
Any ideas who the carver might have been?
Cheers,
John
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Posted this over in the velvet thread:
http://www.tikiroom.com/tikicentral/bb/viewtopic.php?topic=3129&forum=5&vpost=668059&hilite=coral reef
PTD
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Dagg
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Joined: Jun 26, 2012
Posts: 193
From: Van Isle BC CA
| Posted: 2013-02-23 12:13 pm Permalink
African?
about 18" tall and pretty light.
Mahalo for any help
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tikijackalope
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Joined: Oct 23, 2003
Posts: 814
From: KS/MO
| Posted: 2013-02-26 12:52 am Permalink
Coffee Pirate, here's the other Target tiki, shot about an hour ago. It's all black and actually looks better with wet snow outlining some features. Both Target tikis were the same dimensions.
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On 2013-02-16 12:53, Coffee Pirate wrote:
Here's a fiberglass Tiki, about 3 feet, that I found in a junk store in Salem, OR. The guy who owned it, bought it from a guy, who bought it from a guy, who bought it from a woman, who had it in her garden. This pic is upright on my computer, but when I post him here, he follows the Beach Bum credo and lays down. Anybody got any ideas? I'm 100% that this isn't a native Tiki, due to the size I doubt it was created for home decoration (could be wrong about that). I know this wasn't part of The Thatch, Aliba, or Jasmine Tree. Well, as much as my rum fogged memory remembers anyway. I never had the chance to visit any of the other older Tiki spots in the Salem/PDX area so I personally, don't know if he graced any of those spots or not. Right now we are calling him Kumonawahnazombee.
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Tattoo
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Joined: Sep 24, 2005
Posts: 151
From: Los Angeles
| Posted: 2013-02-26 9:48 pm Permalink
Okay...need a little help identifying this mug:
The only marking on it is the "A" on the bottom.
It is a rather goofy Tiki mug with its Native American looking skirt and sort of Lego Man hands. Can't find it on Ooga Mooga and no idea where it might have come from. Maybe someone has seen that same marking on another mug. Looks new-ish but on the other hand it does have a lot of crazing. I really can't determine it's age but I don't think it's terribly old. It traveled from Florida if that rings a bell for anyone.
Some help would be much appreciated!
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Coffee Pirate
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Joined: Aug 13, 2012
Posts: 20
From: The Green Hell of Salem, OR
| Posted: 2013-02-26 10:40 pm Permalink
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On 2013-02-26 00:52, tikijackalope wrote:
Coffee Pirate, here's the other Target tiki, shot about an hour ago. It's all black and actually looks better with wet snow outlining some features. Both Target tikis were the same dimensions.
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Hmm....I think I know how I am going to repaint a few Tikis. Especially the re-gifted party city tikis.
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Atomic Tiki Punk
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Joined: Jul 19, 2009
Posts: 3999
From: Costa Misery
| Posted: 2013-02-26 11:27 pm Permalink
Tattoo, That is a rare mug from the annual Tiki bash
at "Caligula's Retreat" a "Gentleman's bathhouse in L.A.
dated around the late 1960s......or so I am told, Oh Myyyyyyy!
The rest of you stop playing around with that cheap ass "Target" Tiki crap! 
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Hale Tiki
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Joined: Oct 19, 2004
Posts: 1383
From: Pittsburgh
| Posted: 2013-02-27 03:32 am Permalink
Caligula's Retreat?!?!
Wunderbar!
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ron-tiki
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: Feb 24, 2007
Posts: 337
From: los angeles
| Posted: 2013-02-27 06:46 am Permalink
Aloha Tattoo,
That mug was made by island heritage.. it comes in green also..
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