Post #268594 by khan_tiki_mon on Fri, Nov 24, 2006 6:17 PM

I would love to have a Munktiki Poison mug. I think it's the coolest mug I've ever seen. Even though I've never seen one in person, just on the Munktiki website and on e-Bay, I still think it's sweet. Too much for my budget right now. And I realize I'll probably never have one. But that's okay. My favorite mugs of the ones I have are 2 knock-offs of the Orchids R-72 pattern. They're marked on the bottom with just 'japan'. Nothing special about them except for the fact that my wife bought them for me. Something she probably now regrets. About ten years ago I was into collecting bar glassware from the 40s and 50s. One day while I was at work my wife was at a garage sale and she got me these 2 mugs. Started the whole Tiki obsession. Now there's an entire Tiki room in the house and the wife complains about tripping over the e-Bay packages when she gets home from work. A couple of months ago she invited her girlfriends back to our house after a girls night out so I could serve Mai Tais and we'd all sit outside around my Tiki fire bowl. One of the girls hadn't been to our house before but she works as a dispatcher for UPS and she said she just asked the drivers where our house is - apparently they all know. But I'm drifting off the topic. Seems to be some discussion as to vintage versus new. I love both. I have both. But, I only buy what I like and I have no interest in ever selling. So, the fact that I could have bought a Poison mug for $50.00 and now I've seen them go on e-Bay for much more doesn't do anything for me. If I had gotten one I wouldn't have sold it anyways.

Quick pic of the Tiki fire bowl.