Post #552403 by atomictonytiki on Mon, Sep 6, 2010 7:59 AM

Apart from the vast amount of poly-pop décor and trappings I can find in Thailand (great fish trap lamps, bamboo carvings and the like) actual tiki finds are quite scarce.

Take for instance a few weeks ago I spotted a two inch tall hapa-wood Coco Joe's Tiki on a stall, quite nice with its original tag. I enquired on the price 800baht ($25), "peng" I said in my best Thai and walked on. Then on another stall a Hip Hula Girl Hawaii ashtray, so heavily used the resin was burnt to clear, "Its very old and rare" said the stall holder, "and ruined" I relied and walked on once more.

How come you could walk past two tiki items in one day I hear you ask, it's because I was saving my bahts to but this four foot chunk of lovely..

..ain't he got a lovely face, not bad for just over a $100.

But this is "Tiki Finds" not purchases, so I was quite happy to find this strange orange plastic Moai last week..

..which is also a lamp..

..classy or what?