Wow, I didn't realize Poly Pop was associated with

W woofmutt Member Seattilite Telstar Joined: Mar 26, 2002 Posts: 2639	W woofmutt Posted posted on Wed, Jun 23, 2010 12:13 AM Vintage Tiki is as real as it gets: Actual artifacts from a particular era. Much of the original Tiki was obviously designed with skill and intent. Even most of the more unattractive mugs such as some of the Trader Vic's Hawaii items were crude not because of lack of skill but by design in order to evoke primitivism. The Party City sorta Tiki crap is a ham handed rendering designed solely for the purpose of providing cheap decorations to people who are so dull and unimaginative that it's not enough for an item to be vaguely Polynesian it has to also be splashed with eye stabbing cartoon color.

Vintage Tiki is as real as it gets: Actual artifacts from a particular era. Much of the original Tiki was obviously designed with skill and intent. Even most of the more unattractive mugs such as some of the Trader Vic's Hawaii items were crude not because of lack of skill but by design in order to evoke primitivism.

The Party City sorta Tiki crap is a ham handed rendering designed solely for the purpose of providing cheap decorations to people who are so dull and unimaginative that it's not enough for an item to be vaguely Polynesian it has to also be splashed with eye stabbing cartoon color.

Post #538411 by woofmutt on Wed, Jun 23, 2010 12:13 AM