Post #247504 by CowboyMike on Mon, Aug 7, 2006 11:07 PM

Like it or not, in 20 years, the next generation of retro-seeking hipsters are going to see this as legitimate Tiki and disparage Spencer Gifts' summer 2027 offerings as inauthentic.

On 2006-08-07 18:31, ikitnrev wrote:
Here is a recent item I found at the Dollar Tree - a tiki night light, which cost - you guessed it - one dollar.

The worst part of this is the fringe on the bottom. No, it is not meant to replicate a grass skirt. That is blue thread, not green, and it is fancily looped, like some tabletop doily a Victorian grandmother might knit for her tea table.

This MIGHT be acceptable if you had a small child, who did not want to be frightened of the dark, as that is one of the few situations where a smiling Party store-like tiki might be welcome. But as an adult Tiki-Central male, I would rather stumble around in the dark, than wake up in a half-slumber mode and have the first thing I see be this triple-clown-faced monstrosity.

I should of bought a dollars worth of candy instead.

Vern