Post #23302 by BC-Da-Da on Mon, Feb 17, 2003 5:49 PM

Tiki-Bong wrote:

Jesus Christ, if this tiki is so god damn important to you, finance it. What type of loser couldn't even get a measly $8,000 loan?

I'll be honest, when it comes to Tiki Gardens stuff, I visit the websites, but I get totally bored off all of the insider bickering. We know that two or three sides have gotten their hands on various archival information and collectibles. What we never know is why Tiki Gardens material always comes with the prerequisite that the said parties will never agree on anything, and, I for one can always see a sense of proprietorship with all of the Tiki Gardens posters... it's as if they feel that they own the right to all Tiki Gardens information.

I just knew this type of back-stabbing, petty-ass bickering would be the end result of this little gig, and that's why I steered clear.

My feeling is, let's have these Tiki Gardens collectors get together and put out a book of all the official posters, etc., and also the insider pictures, contracts, etc. and let us have a concise view of a unique venture in our post-WW2 American culture. I'll pay $20, $50, even $75 for something like that (in color, please). To erect a Tiki god honoring an old themem park is not something I'm putting my money towards. Tiki is a great past-time... sometimes it goes too far.