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CowboyMike
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Mar 06, 2004
Posts: 17
From: Montreal
|  Posted: 2004-03-31 11:26 am Permalink
Since a lot of Tiki mugs take their inspiration from real cultural artifacts there are a few out there I'd like to see tiki-fied. Who's with me on this?
My wish list includes ...
1) The "face" on Mars
2) Those weirdo Peruvian ancient astronaut guys
3) Mexican wrestlers (El Santo, perhaps?)
Not really Tiki, but fun. What do you think?
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Feelin' Zombified
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 15, 2003
Posts: 1328
From: The Exotic Shores of Lake St. Clair
| Posted: 2004-03-31 6:03 pm Permalink
1- Larry King
2- Mel Torme
3- Jay Leno (would be a 32oz)
4- Barney the Dinosaur
and my personal fave...
5- Phyllis Diller
-Z
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net-tiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jan 28, 2004
Posts: 244
From: The Town of the Damned
| Posted: 2004-03-31 6:29 pm Permalink
Don King!
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Jungle Trader
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jan 04, 2003
Posts: 3693
From: Trader's Jungle Outpost, Turlock, Ca.
| Posted: 2004-03-31 6:31 pm Permalink
a giraffe
Don Rickles
the Marx Brothers
3 stooges
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CowboyMike
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Mar 06, 2004
Posts: 17
From: Montreal
| Posted: 2004-03-31 6:35 pm Permalink
I have a Royal Doulton Toby Mug. Not a Tiki at all, bone china and too expensive, IMHO of Buddy Holly.
It's Buddy, complete with metal spectacles, and the handle (it's beer mug lookin' thing) is made up of 45s and lyric sheets. It's eerily photo-realistic as well.
I picked it up at Winners (Canadian TJ Maxx) for about $70 CAD, and found out it's worth about $250 US. Limited to 500 or something. Interesting, but not Tiki
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Kono
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 08, 2003
Posts: 1266
From: Orlando
| Posted: 2004-03-31 7:37 pm Permalink
Jivaro Shrunken Head (surely this has been done)
Baron Samedi
Sasquatch
Baphomet
African Tribesman with the lip disk
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OnaTiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 24, 2003
Posts: 407
From: San Diego, CA
| Posted: 2004-03-31 8:28 pm Permalink
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On 2004-03-31 19:37, Kono wrote:
African Tribesman with the lip disk
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That could be a mug and a pu pu plate all in one !
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Jungle Trader
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jan 04, 2003
Posts: 3693
From: Trader's Jungle Outpost, Turlock, Ca.
| Posted: 2004-03-31 9:11 pm Permalink
I like the lipdisk idea. Also neckrings mug would be cool. Or dicknose.
[ This Message was edited by: jungletrader on 2004-03-31 21:11 ]
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Philot
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 04, 2003
Posts: 191
From: The armpit of Florida
| Posted: 2004-04-01 07:41 am Permalink
One thing I'm always on the lookout for is something different.
It seems the the vast majority of tiki mugs are either : a) a head portrait, or b) a full length portrait. Things like the TV seahorse or bamboo mugs seem to be in the minority. Understandably, you're kind of limited by the format that you have to work in, but that's why tiki mug designers all drive Ferraris.
hmmmmm, how about a nice retro rocketship?
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