Post #516094 by Polly_Nesia on Tue, Mar 9, 2010 12:59 PM

I was thinking about the Big Lots Pele statute (ala Disney). Maybe the originators got confused and thought Pele was a soccer god. Would explain the pants on her....

Hey Brenda, is Tiki Bob going to dress her up with paint? If so, would love to see the finished project.

I have 6 of those BL Luau Flaming Idols (with the silk fire cloth) that I bought on clearance a year or two ago and have been saying I'm going to give them a paint job one day and make them useful (they are the original blue and purple right now). I bought them with modification in mind and thought I would set them on some kind of base and have two flaming totem poles as a greeting as people enter our patio area during luau parties. I've looked back through the threads on here to see what others have done but sadly a lot of pictures are missing from posts. I see places online selling them (for much more than I paid at BL particularly on clearance) with a brown paint job but think they look a bit lackluster. I'm not sure if I would do them up in a stone finish or make them woodlike. Anyone with pics of any BL idols they have altered? Also curious if anyone has seen these again at their BL? I wouldn't mind picking up a few more for some additional height on my totem poles.