Post #3694 by bigbrotiki on Sat, Jul 13, 2002 2:28 PM

The fact that a mug was designed by and for a specific Tiki bar does not mean that it was never used at another Tiki establishment. The ceramics makers sold these designs to whomever they could.
Those bowls are originals, not remakes. Maybe the Jardin Tiki bought the backstock from the Montreal Kon Tiki. I don't think they know what they have, but I also know they won't sell them. Now, kids, remember: The lifting of these bowls (just as any artefacts) from a living Tiki Temple is sapping it's mana and thus is absolutely TABOO! The curse of Tiki will strike your greedy little fingers lame!

One of the strangest breaches of the logo Tiki concept was the Tiki Bob's mug, which is so clearly a unique design: But not only did they use it for that Elvis press junket, but also for the "Bali Hai at the Beach" in New Orleans (BoT, p.126).
Or the Kelbo's mug (p.178), which was also used at The Islander in Stockton. But then again I don't know which came first, the mug or the Tiki at Kelbos.

But you're right, in the case of the SCA Kon Tiki designs, they usually were never used at another place, so they must be backstock.

I want one.