Post #440886 by leleliz on Wed, Mar 18, 2009 11:00 AM

On 2009-03-18 07:26, ron-tiki wrote:
yuk!! to all of that stuff.

I agree. Whenever I go into Big Lots my senses are overwhelmed by the smell of cheap plastic crapola so I have not been in one for about 4 years.

After seeing this thread I stopped by to check out the "tiki" for myself before passing judgement and not much has changed. I would never buy any of it because I would rather spend my money on quality items made by quality artists (you know like the ones who post their good on here).

The only thing remotely attractive were the pink flamingos but that is because I like the kitschy factor and they have nada to do with tiki in the traditional sense.

Also the excuse that in your area you dont have a lot of tiki so you take what you can get is not a valid one since every artist on here can ship their items. Why buy crap when you can buy quality?

On a sidenote whoever painted the one above did a pretty good job...in person they are extremely unattractive and resemble hunks of elephant droppings.

But all that is my humble opinion. Feel free to go purchase the imported toxic smelling items for yourself. Hope they dont kill your plants when you place them in your yard!

[ Edited by: leleliz 2009-03-18 11:03 ]