Post #364553 by HOUSE OF KU on Mon, Mar 3, 2008 3:21 AM

On 2008-03-02 19:30, Koolau wrote:
Here's more images of my yellow/golden King Kamehameha:

Close-up:

Here's the incised Coco Joe's logo on the bottom:

Aloha Koolau! Looks like a vintage piece, just unusual color. The Hapawoods were cast in this mustard color and stained with a darker color to define and give depth to the contours.

You can see the color difference better where it chipped due to poor Ebay packing. :(

The new generation of CCJ is cast with white/light resin and stained with a different color. It looks like they are slowly adding more new knockoffs and I thought they started reproducing the large King Kamehameha with your post. Thank goodness yours looks vintage.

Here is a sample of the new generation that is available at the Stadium FleaMarket.

In case you want to compare quality , the stall is on the outside row in 14-D.

The other deciding factor is that your King has nipples. It looks like they were allowed until they were deemed offensive and disappeared altogether. Here is a vintage factory plastercast with the offending appendages removed, circa 1987 :lol:

Aloha, Freddie :tiki: