Tiki® is a registered trademark - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sun, Aug 27, 2006 2:19 AM I would not exactly call it "best" surviving, but like I said in the other thread, in the 80s and 90s, when there were NO products out there whatsoever that carried the name Tiki, the only one that did was the TIKI torch, and, from the same company, TIKI string lights. It was a company name, and their typeface was exactly the same than in the old "John Charles Company" Tiki torch ad that's in the Backyard Polynesia chapter in the BOT. So the company that used to be "TIKI" and is now called Lamplight must have bought the trademark and logo from John Charles originally. "Tiki torch" was the only general term left containing the word "Tiki" which was continually in use even after the abolition of Tiki. As a matter of fact, there were no words like "Tiki style","Tiki drinks", or "Tiki art" back then. It would be interesting to do a pre-1996 search of WHERE the term Tiki was in use (IN GENERAL) at all...I know of only a few examples, like "Tiki Lounge","Tiki Bar", and "Tiki mugs". Another nice project would be collecting terms for what "Tiki restaurants" (a recent, new term) and architecture were referred to as back then (in the 50s, 60s and 70s). I again know of only a few, like "Polynesian restaurant","Fu joint", and "Kon-Tiki style". [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2006-08-27 02:25 ]

I would not exactly call it "best" surviving, but like I said in the other thread, in the 80s and 90s, when there were NO products out there whatsoever that carried the name Tiki, the only one that did was the TIKI torch, and, from the same company, TIKI string lights. It was a company name, and their typeface was exactly the same than in the old "John Charles Company" Tiki torch ad that's in the Backyard Polynesia chapter in the BOT. So the company that used to be "TIKI" and is now called Lamplight must have bought the trademark and logo from John Charles originally.

"Tiki torch" was the only general term left containing the word "Tiki" which was continually in use even after the abolition of Tiki. As a matter of fact, there were no words like "Tiki style","Tiki drinks", or "Tiki art" back then.

It would be interesting to do a pre-1996 search of WHERE the term Tiki was in use (IN GENERAL) at all...I know of only a few examples, like "Tiki Lounge","Tiki Bar", and "Tiki mugs".

Another nice project would be collecting terms for what "Tiki restaurants" (a recent, new term) and architecture were referred to as back then (in the 50s, 60s and 70s). I again know of only a few, like "Polynesian restaurant","Fu joint", and "Kon-Tiki style".

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2006-08-27 02:25 ]

Post #250990 by bigbrotiki on Sun, Aug 27, 2006 2:19 AM