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

I ikitnrev Tiki Socialite D.C. / Virginia Joined: Jul 27, 2002 Posts: 1325	I ikitnrev Posted posted on Mon, Oct 20, 2003 10:17 AM The idea of Shag teaming up with Hot Wheels is a neat one, as I played often with both Matchbox and Hot Wheel Cars as a youth. I'll probably pass up on buying the mug and car combination though, because if I buy one new hot wheel car, then I would want to start buying all the others I had as a youth. Hot wheels are big collectible items - there are many currently on sale on ebay for prices over $200 - and I just don't want to venture into that territory. This is a good example though, of Shag slowly reaching out to new worlds of people who might not yet be familiar with his work. Shag was in D.C. this past weekend, for the show at Good-Eye Design. There was a line of people waiting outside for the Saturday night reception - some who waited for over 2 hours before deciding to head elsewhere. I only stood in line for one hour, before leaving to join others in the DC/MD tiki group at the Honolulu. I stopped at Good Eye Design the next day, and found only about 15 people - including Shag - inside. One was actually able to talk with Shag without a line of people waiting for him. I didn't buy the show print, but I did buy a tin of the Shag cocktail candy, partly as a small token purchase for the folks as Good Eye, but also because it was being sold in an in-store vending machine. The machine was all full of Shag items - napkins, notepaper, several flavors of the cocktail candy, and the whole idea was so bizarre that I just had to purchase something from it. VErn

The idea of Shag teaming up with Hot Wheels is a neat one, as I played often with both Matchbox and Hot Wheel Cars as a youth. I'll probably pass up on buying the mug and car combination though, because if I buy one new hot wheel car, then I would want to start buying all the others I had as a youth. Hot wheels are big collectible items - there are many currently on sale on ebay for prices over $200 - and I just don't want to venture into that territory. This is a good example though, of Shag slowly reaching out to new worlds of people who might not yet be familiar with his work.

Shag was in D.C. this past weekend, for the show at Good-Eye Design. There was a line of people waiting outside for the Saturday night reception - some who waited for over 2 hours before deciding to head elsewhere. I only stood in line for one hour, before leaving to join others in the DC/MD tiki group at the Honolulu.

I stopped at Good Eye Design the next day, and found only about 15 people - including Shag - inside. One was actually able to talk with Shag without a line of people waiting for him.

I didn't buy the show print, but I did buy a tin of the Shag cocktail candy, partly as a small token purchase for the folks as Good Eye, but also because it was being sold in an in-store vending machine. The machine was all full of Shag items - napkins, notepaper, several flavors of the cocktail candy, and the whole idea was so bizarre that I just had to purchase something from it.

VErn

Post #55918 by ikitnrev on Mon, Oct 20, 2003 10:17 AM