MEXICAN MOAI? a new collection thread? - Collecting Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11616	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Wed, Apr 8, 2009 2:35 PM That is a cheapo-but-cool plaster item offered in the 60s by Paul Marshall Products in L.A. and Johnson Products in Chicago: I love the text: They were pretty common in L.A. until the late 90s, when Tiki collecting became a wider sport. Oceanic Arts did a nice lamp based on it a couple of years ago, I got one: It was also used as a cheap prop on Gilligan's Island, as mentioned here: http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=26101&forum=1&vpost=340412 Could someone post a frame capture from that episode here? :)

That is a cheapo-but-cool plaster item offered in the 60s by Paul Marshall Products in L.A. and Johnson Products in Chicago:

I love the text:

They were pretty common in L.A. until the late 90s, when Tiki collecting became a wider sport. Oceanic Arts did a nice lamp based on it a couple of years ago, I got one:

It was also used as a cheap prop on Gilligan's Island, as mentioned here:
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=26101&forum=1&vpost=340412

Could someone post a frame capture from that episode here? :)

Post #445763 by bigbrotiki on Wed, Apr 8, 2009 2:35 PM