Post #275752 by bigbrotiki on Sun, Dec 31, 2006 7:28 AM

Yikes! I just entered the M&M Collectible universe! And I thought we Tiki collectors were nuts! No luck though, out of stock.

It always pays of to check though: I thought that the markings on the A-frame beams seemed familiar, but they are not from the Hale Tiki rendering BOT p.54 (others have used that, like Mark Ryden on his Martin Denny CD cover), but clearly from the Kon Tiki Montreal exterior on page 96/97 of the BOT.

Rats! I have to concede that, though it IS taken from that rendering, it is NOT from the BOT (hey, that rimes):

The very last pattern used on the top is cut off on the BOT pages (something I always regretted!) but visible in the original (which I once beheld!). Compare to its full reproduction on the back of Beachbum Berry's Grog Log!

Aaah, I love having time off to do this kind of extraneous research :)

PS: The Tikis on the hut seem to be taken from old plastic Tiki pendants

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2006-12-31 08:04 ]