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Turbogod
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 14, 2002
Posts: 1219 |  Posted: 2002-08-19 1:09 pm Permalink
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2130681645
Well it is a mug. There is a Tiki.
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Tiki-bot
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 24, 2002
Posts: 1345 | Posted: 2002-08-19 1:20 pm Permalink
I just saw this "mug" (and a lot of other mugs) in a 50s/modern store on San Pablo in Oakland. Anybody been there? Sorry, don't know the name of the place, but they are around about 30th Ave. There were probably about 15 different mugs there.
I'm no mug-ologist so I don't know a collectible from a disposable (but I'd guess the Sea World cup is the latter). Worth a look if you're in the area. Prices seemed kind of high, but again, I'm no expert.
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Tiki Goddess
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Aug 19, 2002
Posts: 15 | Posted: 2002-08-19 2:23 pm Permalink
Yucky-poo. Pretty awful! Don't think I'd even take one of those free!
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kingslod
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 26, 2002
Posts: 173
From: Portland, OR
| Posted: 2002-08-19 3:07 pm Permalink
C'mon...it has a certain charm. I almost bought one of these at a swap meet. I guess the emphasis here is on "almost."
You can't really call yourself a completist though, unless you have one of these babies! Ha! Ha! Ha!
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weirduncletiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 26, 2002
Posts: 756
From: Grape Town, California
| Posted: 2002-08-19 6:35 pm Permalink
Well, call me a completest. That must be my excuse. I did get one of those as a gift AND I do have it on the shelf AND I think it's great!(Well, at least in the context of the whole room vibe). Semi-unapologetically-
-Weird Uncle Tiki
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Alnshely
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 24, 2002
Posts: 974
From: Oceanside CA
| Posted: 2002-08-19 6:58 pm Permalink
Living in San Diego, Sea World Memorabilia is of interest to me. They probably sold a million of those mugs. I've seen quite a few on Ebay. I need one. I'll only buy one if I find it at a garage sale or thrift store for under a dollar.
Al
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tikiluvgirl
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Jul 23, 2002
Posts: 27
From: HotLanta
| Posted: 2002-08-19 7:19 pm Permalink
Hey..I kinda like that mug...I'd pick it up for a buck or less...Like you said it is a mug and there is a tiki!
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ErichTroudt
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 27, 2002
Posts: 295
From: SoCal
| Posted: 2002-08-20 01:21 am Permalink
I have one. I found it at a thrift store for 50 cents. And if I found another one for 50 cents...I'd buy it.
Erich Troudt
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pambot
Member
Joined: Aug 20, 2002
Posts: 2
From: 'Frisco
| Posted: 2002-08-20 10:42 am Permalink
I have two of those! Maybe I'll throw one on ebay....
--pamela (tiki newbie)
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midnite
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 1230
From: 37? 47' N, 122? 26' W
| Posted: 2002-08-20 5:02 pm Permalink
Ok, that is definitely a low-rent Tiki mug. However, my vote for UGLIEST mug in existence (commercially made)....
Kon-Tiki Ports Sheraton.
Mine is from Boston, others wree from Hawaii. Made by Daga, earlier ones like mine by Crane Associates. It is without a doubt, hands down, no argument, all-time gruesome. It's a cross between a rancid clam and some medical school visual aid.
I have to sneak up on mine. I swear, but cannot prove it empirically, that the mugs around this beast actually move away from it. The distance is barely perceptible, but they're trying to escape. Listen close, you can hear their screams.
It's looking at me now. I'd better stop.
midnite
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snarkoutgirl
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Mar 27, 2002
Posts: 61
From: SoCal, but I currently am in Texas(sigh)
| Posted: 2002-08-20 5:20 pm Permalink
Can you post a picture of this monstrosity? Or will it break the camera? 
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midnite
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 1230
From: 37? 47' N, 122? 26' W
| Posted: 2002-08-20 8:43 pm Permalink
Ok, but I warned you.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2128602350
The Horror...
midnite
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Doctor Z
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 01, 2002
Posts: 1603
From: The Hale Moana Lounge, Torrance, CA
| Posted: 2002-08-20 9:09 pm Permalink
I think it looks like one of those super-close ups of a praying mantis about to devour its mate. <<shudder>> scary... I have to keep mine isolated from my other mugs, with a "PRIMO Hawaiian Beer" warrior mug on either side to guard it, just in case it tries to escape and decapitate the others...
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Turbogod
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 14, 2002
Posts: 1219 | Posted: 2002-08-20 9:31 pm Permalink
That is spooky. Kinda got that predator look to it. or something from a Clive Barker movie
[ This Message was edited by: Turbogod on 2002-08-20 21:32 ]
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woofmutt
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 26, 2002
Posts: 2584
From: Seattilite Telstar
| Posted: 2002-08-21 08:59 am Permalink
Back in the old Yahoo days I posted about that Sheraton mug. I'd just picked one up for 5O cents and thought it had to be the ugliest Tiki mug out there. I directed folks to an online picture of the mug that was at a vintage shop's website. The next day I got an e-mail from the shop. I thought they were going to tsk-tsk me but instead they thanked me as someone from Tiki Central read my post and bought the mug. I still think the mug has a face only a drunk mother could love.
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