Post #233314 by jpmartdog on Mon, May 22, 2006 10:12 AM

Naugatiki - I agree that there is a demand for summer Hawaiian themed birthday parties/office parties and this paper and plastic is good for just that. But think back a few years - these Hawaiian/tiki party supplies were put out a few months a year - in the holiday aisle and at best it took up a half of an aisle. Now as this thread previously exlaimed "the tiki stuff now take up 4 aisles or even the whole back of the store" and that is a result of the new tiki success and rebirth. Most of us on TikiCentral understand and Love Tiki for what it was, and now collect, promote, display, create and enjoy the unique quality, history and genre behind it. If those newcomers to the Tiki rebirth mostly find Party Center Tiki crap, then are they really understanding the fading glory of an era of the past. Those of us who love and understand Tiki/Hawaiiana/Polynesia would be remiss if we didn't shout and scream at CHEAP imitation.

"They will get my Tikis only after they pry my cold, dead fingers from around them!"