Post #352926 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Jan 4, 2008 10:08 AM

On 2007-12-31 10:07, Aloha John wrote:
I do know the guy that owns the building is Asian, and he owned it during the Mandarin Garden days too. I think I was told he'd sell if for 2 million.

Maybe he has some old ext/int photos from its heyday! Unfortunately, oldtimer owners are often protective of their privacy.

That tiki pole is pretty funky, do you know anything about it?

No, it is so distorted by that paint job...very cartoony, such a cool "stretched" look...cannot pinpoint the style.

The Leilani Rum Vacuform Tiki you mentioned seeing there...is it what you are describing here:
"This is exactly the bottle I have been looking for for my Leilani Rum Vacuform display Tiki. This Tiki was an age old obsession of mine until I found one in Waikiki in '99. For those of you who know the Vacuform wall-Tikis at the Tiki Ti that have the drink menu scratched into them, THEY are those. They used to have big feet that the Leilani Rum bottle stood on, backlit by a bulb behind the bottle, and by bulbs in the Tiki. A nice item."

Yep, and here it is:

Lit with a flat flash

with available light, so one can see the glow from the bulb inside

Here is the bottle that it was made for:

..and the mug we all know and have was offered here:

If anybody ever comes across that bottle, lemme know. If that vacuform Tiki is not there any more, someone might have swiped it.