Post #392773 by TikiTres on Wed, Jul 9, 2008 1:48 PM

Wow, thanks for all the pics Mai Tai, those are some amazing floats!!!

Well I went back all prepped to plunk down the cash on that float, but there were a few problems. 1- it is not as big as I remembered. I measured it and it is closer to 8" diameter. 2- it does appear to be a modern Chinese knockoff. My memory (I spotted this a little over a week ago) was that it has a chipped pontil similar to the eBay photo I posted at the top, but in actuality it's more like a protruding button and it has the telltale recessed anchor symbol common on the knockoffs. I sure didn't remember seeing that before, I didn't remember any symbols on it at all! 3- it was marked higher than I remembered too, it was marked as 20% off of 95.00 or 76.00. I didn't try to talk them down as they were working in another building (this store spans two giant warehouses) and it seemed way overpriced considering it's a modern knockoff and it's not that big. Oh well, the hunt continues :) Thanks again for all the input!