Hawaiian Island Products: HIP - Collecting Tiki

K Koolau Member Oahu, Hawaii Joined: Sep 23, 2006 Posts: 323	K Koolau Posted posted on Mon, Jan 5, 2009 10:31 PM Aloha Kimo - thanks for the info. Some more questions: Was the mixture injected into the mold hot or at room temperature? Was it even injected, or just poured in? Did the olivine crystals come from South Point on the Big Island? How about the "lava" for the black figures "made with lava" - where did the lava powder come from? HIP really distinguished themselves from Coco Joe's with the Rascal series - who was the artist or designer for those figures? I read once the founder of Coco Joe's moved to the Big Island after the company closed in the late 1990's - do you know if he's still alive, and what's his name? Have you considered bringing back HIP, like the new Coco Joe's, or are all the molds long gone? Thanks again for posting.

Aloha Kimo - thanks for the info. Some more questions:

Was the mixture injected into the mold hot or at room temperature? Was it even injected, or just poured in?

Did the olivine crystals come from South Point on the Big Island? How about the "lava" for the black figures "made with lava" - where did the lava powder come from?

HIP really distinguished themselves from Coco Joe's with the Rascal series - who was the artist or designer for those figures?

I read once the founder of Coco Joe's moved to the Big Island after the company closed in the late 1990's - do you know if he's still alive, and what's his name?

Have you considered bringing back HIP, like the new Coco Joe's, or are all the molds long gone?

Thanks again for posting.

Post #427396 by Koolau on Mon, Jan 5, 2009 10:31 PM