Post #265323 by MakeDaMug on Wed, Nov 8, 2006 2:26 PM

Hi,
We're currently in the final stages of one of our biggest groupings of product launches ever! Desginers include Doug Horne, Dirty Donny, Squid, Thor, Derek, Flounder, Ken Ruzic, Benzart, Joe Vitale, Donella Vitale, Chongolio & Shag. Here's an approximate eta...

Next week...Moai Munchkin 4-pack, Hot Lava Java Mug & Hot Lava Java Creamer/Sugar/Tiki Headed Spoon set, Tiki Tunes mug & Luau Tunes mugs (I'm launchin' 'em without the cd's... all prebooks...we'll be contactin' you), new swizzle sticks.

End of November...Bali Hai S&P Authorized Repro's, Shag S&P Shakers (open edition!)

Right around XMAS... Vicious & Malicious, Thor's Hawaiian Idols, Thor's Jivaro Shrunken Head

January or so... RoboTiki #1, RoboTiki #2, Rocketship Decanter, Donny's Shrunken Head decanter (no, that's not it's new, official name), GIANT Drei Moai Footed Volcano Bowl, ExoTiki, Huge Herman, Shag's Monku & Apohu Ltd. Mugs (excl. through Shagmart), OliOli, Pupule, Kakaka, Chongo Tiki Bottle Brush Cleaners, Squll ("sq" is correct... it's by "Sq"uid), Oceanic Arts 50th anniversary mug, Mr. Rapa Nui mugs and a Mr. Rapa Nui mini bbq grill.

Mugs currently out there (exclusives) that are new placements yet to be discussed or perhaps they have but I'm not positive...

Chimpanzee "Pitcher Mug" for the Saloon in State College, PA (complete w/a banana handle)
Barney West Maori Mug at Trader Vic's in Atlanta
"Da Big Kahuna" Tiki mug at Da Big Kahuna Bar & Restaurant in Waikiki, HI

Mugs that "will" be out there (exclusives) sometime in the not too distant future...

Olmec Mask mug for "El Taco Real" Restaurant in Lake Hammond, IN
Fire Hydrant mug for Old Boy's Brewhouse in Spring Lake, MI
New & improved Bali Hai Headhunter mug

Mugs that "will" be out there (open editions) sometime in the not too distant future...
Mini Tiki Boy (baby blue glaze) & Tiki Girl (pink glaze) mugs (sippy cup sized)

Mugs in final design/negotiation stages on top of these that are exclusives/commissions...somewhere between 12 to 20.

Other mugs that are out there that have been discussed (just to wrap it all up)...
Forbidden Island
Solomons Island
Cheeseburger in Paradise
Otto's Shrunken Head
Pink Panthers
Kon Tiki Tucson mug, shot & bowl(next shipment of mugs/shots will be in a retro orange glaze)
House of Tiki "Shaka" Tiki mugs (coming out next week in Aquamarine)

"Other" items currently in varying stages of development...
"Remains of a Rainbow" collector plates (benefiting the Hawai'i Nature Conservancy)
Kim Taylor Reece frosted hi-balls and double old-fashioneds

Fun stuff to throw out...
In conversations with Michelle Rundgren to do designs for her future Tiki bar. It's being opened by her and her husband, rock legend Todd Rundgren.

There is a possibility (slight) that we will have mugs designed for us by actor/artist (he's a real talented artist) Gene Hackman for his restaurants in New Mexico & Florida.

Good possibility that we'll take a broader Shag tabletop line to market. Shag Tiki mugs though will always be limited.

I think that's about it. I might have missed a couple, though.

Mahaloz!
Holden

[ Edited by: makedamug 2006-11-08 15:18 ]