That's just wrong! The un-Tiki thread: - General Tiki

TS Tom Slick Tiki Socialite The Beaches of South Bay, SoCal Joined: Aug 26, 2005 Posts: 1093	TS Tom Slick Posted posted on Thu, Aug 10, 2006 7:05 PM So if I may ask this perposterous question without personal feelings or witty responses, only logical responses, please....Where will the Party City tiki be at in 20-30 years from now? As much as i do not like the crap, it is probably the most printed and widely used tiki design in existence and will most likely go down in someones history books 20-30 years from now...Does anyone else foresee this? I might point out that the whole brightly colored carving thing is from a tried and true classic maker of tiki, Orchids of Hawaii. Like this mask at the Omni Hut, when you see this type of display in an old bar, you can bet it's Orchids. So, it's not exactly un-tiki. It may be vintage tiki, just, kinda ugly. You are right, they are part of Tiki style because they are part of it's history...just the down end of it. And that they are from "Orchids of Hawaii" is no excuse. As mentioned before, even OA, and many classic Tiki Temples, like the Kahiki in Columbus, are guilty of clown-painting Tikis in the 80s, Orchids didn't invent it. It simply was part of the devolution of the style.

So if I may ask this perposterous question without personal feelings or witty responses, only logical responses, please....Where will the Party City tiki be at in 20-30 years from now? As much as i do not like the crap, it is probably the most printed and widely used tiki design in existence and will most likely go down in someones history books 20-30 years from now...Does anyone else foresee this?

I might point out that the whole brightly colored carving thing is from a tried and true classic maker of tiki, Orchids of Hawaii. Like this mask at the Omni Hut, when you see this type of display in an old bar, you can bet it's Orchids. So, it's not exactly un-tiki. It may be vintage tiki, just, kinda ugly.

You are right, they are part of Tiki style because they are part of it's history...just the down end of it. And that they are from "Orchids of Hawaii" is no excuse. As mentioned before, even OA, and many classic Tiki Temples, like the Kahiki in Columbus, are guilty of clown-painting Tikis in the 80s, Orchids didn't invent it. It simply was part of the devolution of the style.

Post #248188 by Tom Slick on Thu, Aug 10, 2006 7:05 PM