big lots 2010 - Tiki Marketplace

P Polly_Nesia Member California Joined: Jul 21, 2008 Posts: 77	P Polly_Nesia Posted posted on Mon, Mar 8, 2010 1:48 PM I was in my local Big Lots Saturday and saw they had put out the luau stuff. I knew you guys probably already started posting about it :) . Like many of you I'd rather have stuff outside that I don't mind if it gets ruined by the weather or damaged or stolen so I'm okay with stuff like Big Lots has for that reason. The better it looks the better I like however. Always a trade off. My store had about 4 of the Disney-like Peles (I never warmed up to these although some of the paint jobs you guys have done make her look so much better). They had 1 -2 large tiki planters with a big pineapple on top of the head, the Pink Eyed solar tikis (maybe 6, I bought 2), saw 2 of the votive tikis pictured above, 4 or more of the toucan solar statutes (bought one last year on clearance and think it could be improved with a new paint job too), and some torches. I did see the netting mentioned, the windchimes, some signs I think, drink umbrellas and other tableware stuff. That's about all I can remember. I saw people had posted pics of some of these items under a Big Lots Pele restock thread. I bought 4 of the Yellow Eyed solar tiki heads last year and agree that this year's Pink Eyed ones are much nicer looking. I like that Pink Eye has a entire body. I guess Yellow Eye could be modified with a log body beneath his head which would help complete the look and add some nice height. Both BL solar guys are similar in size (Yellow Eye - appx 7-1/2 inches wide x 18-1/2 tall x 4-3/4 deep; Pink Eye - appx 6-1/2 inches wide x 17-1/2 tall x 5 deep). Pink Eye was $25, don't remember how that compared to Yellow Eye. I didn't see any of the Yellow Eyed guys this year. BTW if you are going to pick up a solar guy, cover your hand over the solar panels on the top of the head and push the on/off button to make sure the eyes light. They should have a charge in them unless they've been played around with for a while. Given the small quantity of these in the stores, nothing like getting one home to find it defective and nothing to exchange it for on a return trip. I ran across a bad one when I checked--only one eye would light. [ Edited by: Polly_Nesia 2010-03-08 13:50 ]

I was in my local Big Lots Saturday and saw they had put out the luau stuff. I knew you guys probably already started posting about it :) . Like many of you I'd rather have stuff outside that I don't mind if it gets ruined by the weather or damaged or stolen so I'm okay with stuff like Big Lots has for that reason. The better it looks the better I like however. Always a trade off.

My store had about 4 of the Disney-like Peles (I never warmed up to these although some of the paint jobs you guys have done make her look so much better). They had 1 -2 large tiki planters with a big pineapple on top of the head, the Pink Eyed solar tikis (maybe 6, I bought 2), saw 2 of the votive tikis pictured above, 4 or more of the toucan solar statutes (bought one last year on clearance and think it could be improved with a new paint job too), and some torches. I did see the netting mentioned, the windchimes, some signs I think, drink umbrellas and other tableware stuff. That's about all I can remember. I saw people had posted pics of some of these items under a Big Lots Pele restock thread.

I bought 4 of the Yellow Eyed solar tiki heads last year and agree that this year's Pink Eyed ones are much nicer looking. I like that Pink Eye has a entire body. I guess Yellow Eye could be modified with a log body beneath his head which would help complete the look and add some nice height. Both BL solar guys are similar in size (Yellow Eye - appx 7-1/2 inches wide x 18-1/2 tall x 4-3/4 deep; Pink Eye - appx 6-1/2 inches wide x 17-1/2 tall x 5 deep). Pink Eye was $25, don't remember how that compared to Yellow Eye. I didn't see any of the Yellow Eyed guys this year.

BTW if you are going to pick up a solar guy, cover your hand over the solar panels on the top of the head and push the on/off button to make sure the eyes light. They should have a charge in them unless they've been played around with for a while. Given the small quantity of these in the stores, nothing like getting one home to find it defective and nothing to exchange it for on a return trip. I ran across a bad one when I checked--only one eye would light.

[ Edited by: Polly_Nesia 2010-03-08 13:50 ]

Post #515911 by Polly_Nesia on Mon, Mar 8, 2010 1:48 PM