My desk is cluttered ... Hot Wheels tiki mugs yep - General Tiki

M MakeDaMug Member behind a cluttered desk Joined: Mar 28, 2002 Posts: 1183	M MakeDaMug Posted posted on Sat, Oct 18, 2003 10:33 PM On 2003-10-18 02:12, BaronV wrote: The Hot Wheels/Tiki Farm set is called "Vitua's Vessels: His Ride, His Mug." Anyone know who (or what) this Vitua is? ...i'm not that impressed with the combo (or the price) and am not planning on getting it, but i would feel like a fool if i had the set and didn't know the reasoning behind it. Smogbreather wrote... Please check out our website - we lay it out with a lot of effort and try to make it clear for all who might need any form of clarification. Like all of the mugs we've produced over the years, "Vitua" is a fictious character name... we thought it sounded fun and "Vitu" is a Polynesian name that is found in the massive Oceanic Art book glossary. Vitu seemed a bit off, so we added an "a"! The reasoning... I did my best to try to clarify this on our website but here's the link to the direct order page with the info... http://www.tikifarm.com/html/hotwheels_shag_set.htm (be sure to check out the "Hot Wheels History" section on the right) Here goes again and for further elaboration... Hot Wheels has had a hand in tiki for longer than many/most of us have been alive and definitely longer than we've been on this board...35 years. They wanted to commemorate 35 years with something that struck a cord. Mugs are the most coveted tiki items so this was their choice. A tiki ride (they've done many) with a tiki mug (their first). That's about it but you guys know you can call/email me directly just about anytime to ask questions/touch base regarding any projects. By the way... Crazy Al rules and was in rare madman form last night at Sam's!!! Check the posts related to the Sam's Seafood gig and hopefully a picture or 2 will show up - Al blew the good "Sam's" folks away!!! The sets go on sale Tuesday, Oct. 21st at 6pm. Holden Westland Tiki Farm "Purveyors of Polynesian Pop Culture" http://www.tikifarm.com 800.357.3360 15% off all Tiki Farm items for TC members with over 20 posts & a minimum of 3 months on the boards. [ Edited by: smogbreather on 2003-10-18 22:57 ]

On 2003-10-18 02:12, BaronV wrote:
The Hot Wheels/Tiki Farm set is called "Vitua's Vessels: His Ride, His Mug." Anyone know who (or what) this Vitua is?
...i'm not that impressed with the combo (or the price) and am not planning on getting it, but i would feel like a fool if i had the set and didn't know the reasoning behind it.

Smogbreather wrote...
Please check out our website - we lay it out with a lot of effort and try to make it clear for all who might need any form of clarification. Like all of the mugs we've produced over the years, "Vitua" is a fictious character name... we thought it sounded fun and "Vitu" is a Polynesian name that is found in the massive Oceanic Art book glossary. Vitu seemed a bit off, so we added an "a"!

The reasoning...
I did my best to try to clarify this on our website but here's the link to the direct order page with the info...
http://www.tikifarm.com/html/hotwheels_shag_set.htm (be sure to check out the "Hot Wheels History" section on the right)
Here goes again and for further elaboration...
Hot Wheels has had a hand in tiki for longer than many/most of us have been alive and definitely longer than we've been on this board...35 years. They wanted to commemorate 35 years with something that struck a cord. Mugs are the most coveted tiki items so this was their choice. A tiki ride (they've done many) with a tiki mug (their first).

That's about it but you guys know you can call/email me directly just about anytime to ask questions/touch base regarding any projects. By the way...
Crazy Al rules and was in rare madman form last night at Sam's!!! Check the posts related to the Sam's Seafood gig and hopefully a picture or 2 will show up - Al blew the good "Sam's" folks away!!!

The sets go on sale Tuesday, Oct. 21st at 6pm.

Holden Westland
Tiki Farm
"Purveyors of Polynesian Pop Culture"
http://www.tikifarm.com
800.357.3360

15% off all Tiki Farm items for TC members with over 20 posts & a minimum of 3 months on the boards.

[ Edited by: smogbreather on 2003-10-18 22:57 ]

Post #55740 by MakeDaMug on Sat, Oct 18, 2003 10:33 PM