Post #217452 by Tiki King on Sun, Feb 26, 2006 8:42 AM

Don't be afraid! the reason we are here now is that it already was mainstream, and already died off at least once. Anytime anything catches the public fancy, will eventually fall from it as well. And once gone, be resurrected, because it is "new". It is the great Tiki circle of life. I don't know about you, but my first mugs were .25 and .50 cents, and I passed up many because they were not full body Tiki's, and at any goodwill there were enough to be picky. Why? because they were tacky souvenirs of an era long gone. Because they were once a "must have" and were now just taking up space in the garage. Because they were the parents and grandparents junk. Tiki will probably become more and more mainstream, hit big, and die back. pretty much anything popular does that. The fact that "the Kids" are into it is a sure sign of it's eventual demise. But, does that make the Mai Tai less tasty? the Lau Lau less luscious? don't cry because 2am will eventually come, Order another round and let them kick you out, and then in your drunken sleep you will dream of the Kahiki! The only people who need worry are those who are into it because it is in, because they buy whatever is in urban outfiters or spencers or hot topic, and forget it just as quickly. Bars will open and close, outrigger mugs will become pencil cups on cluttered desks. If we are lucky, our kids or their kids will find those $100 mugs in goodwill for .50 and buy a few, 'cause, you know, they are kinda cool...