An unexpected BOT find at the junk shop - Collecting Tiki

TW Trader Woody Member Tiki Manor, Forest of Bowland,UK Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2301	TW Trader Woody Posted posted on Thu, May 22, 2003 2:40 PM I don't have any specific info regarding to this particular item, but I'm with Pop in this being a novelty item. Differences in such items probably stem from the fact they either had a good idea which was copied by others, or because they cobbled them together from whatever was available at the time. I've a couple of those mugs with nude women as handles, which are along the same lines. Similar ideas, but quite different from one another. A trip to a British seaside town such as Blackpool would illustrate what I mean. Wander down the road and you'll see loads of novelty shops all selling pretty similar stuff, but look closely and the merchandise will actually be quite different. Yours is a cool find, though. Definitely one for the Tiki bar. Trader Woody

I don't have any specific info regarding to this particular item, but I'm with Pop in this being a novelty item.

Differences in such items probably stem from the fact they either had a good idea which was copied by others, or because they cobbled them together from whatever was available at the time. I've a couple of those mugs with nude women as handles, which are along the same lines. Similar ideas, but quite different from one another.

A trip to a British seaside town such as Blackpool would illustrate what I mean. Wander down the road and you'll see loads of novelty shops all selling pretty similar stuff, but look closely and the merchandise will actually be quite different.

Yours is a cool find, though. Definitely one for the Tiki bar.

Trader Woody

Post #35464 by Trader Woody on Thu, May 22, 2003 2:40 PM