Help finding a Puffer / Blowfish lamp - Collecting Tiki

K Kono Member Orlando Joined: Oct 08, 2003 Posts: 1266	K Kono Posted posted on Mon, Apr 4, 2005 5:32 PM On 2005-04-03 19:02, sneakyjack wrote: thanks again. I gots all the pieces but one the - THE FISH its self. I've seen a few on EBay 11 inches and 9 inches and 8 inches startiing around 8 or 9 dollars. Since I usually don't buy fish like these I'm wondering if anyone knows fair market value for the little buggers. It doesn't seem like much - 10 bucks plus shipping on the ebay fish, the cord was a few dollars and I found different 4 colored xmas bulbs at the 99 cent store for 99 cents for all of them. Jawa thanks for moving the post. I'm thinking a Dremel will help cut into the fish when I get him and I'll go from there. Get a 7-8" one for under $10 and use it for practice before you spend the bucks on a big fish. Also consider what you're going to use it for. A fish under 10" is a nice little accent piece. I've made a couple of those. I've got a 15" one that I haven't yet cut into and he's pretty good size. A 20" puffer is getting into dining room swag lamp size, awesome if you've got the room but if your tiki bar is small it will dominate the ceiling. Also the porcupine puffer is rounder with all the spines and takes up more space. The other one (dragon puffer?) doesn't have the long spines and is more svelt. I guess a 20+" dragon puffer would be more versatile than a 20+" porcupine which would be like having a medicine ball hanging from the ceiling. If it ever fell on someone it would be a Hammer horror movie come to life. I'd start with smaller ones and work up, but that's me.

On 2005-04-03 19:02, sneakyjack wrote:
thanks again. I gots all the pieces but one the - THE FISH its self. I've seen a few on EBay 11 inches and 9 inches and 8 inches startiing around 8 or 9 dollars. Since I usually don't buy fish like these I'm wondering if anyone knows fair market value for the little buggers. It doesn't seem like much - 10 bucks plus shipping on the ebay fish, the cord was a few dollars and I found different 4 colored xmas bulbs at the 99 cent store for 99 cents for all of them. Jawa thanks for moving the post. I'm thinking a Dremel will help cut into the fish when I get him and I'll go from there.

Get a 7-8" one for under $10 and use it for practice before you spend the bucks on a big fish. Also consider what you're going to use it for. A fish under 10" is a nice little accent piece. I've made a couple of those. I've got a 15" one that I haven't yet cut into and he's pretty good size. A 20" puffer is getting into dining room swag lamp size, awesome if you've got the room but if your tiki bar is small it will dominate the ceiling. Also the porcupine puffer is rounder with all the spines and takes up more space. The other one (dragon puffer?) doesn't have the long spines and is more svelt. I guess a 20+" dragon puffer would be more versatile than a 20+" porcupine which would be like having a medicine ball hanging from the ceiling. If it ever fell on someone it would be a Hammer horror movie come to life.

I'd start with smaller ones and work up, but that's me.

Post #151088 by Kono on Mon, Apr 4, 2005 5:32 PM