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

GT Geeky Tiki Member Las vegas Joined: Oct 15, 2002 Posts: 533	GT Geeky Tiki Posted posted on Tue, Oct 21, 2003 10:18 AM Several topics all at once! I see, amongst the other collecting I do, a frequent bashing of new stuff, as though there is some invisible line that divides "vintage" from kitsch. With tiki, it's all kitsch! I'm sorry, but I don't buy into the, "If the mug was cast after 1965, then it is beneath me" kinda logic. So, on that, I vote - old, new, doesn't matter as long as it is pleasing to my sensibilities. Over-exposure. That frigging Master of Light guy is over-exposed! Bev Doolittle, that Western Art lady who does the hidden Native American faces in the landscapes? Her last "limited edition litho" was 250,000 numbered prints! That, my bretheren, is over-exposed. 500 Shag prints, mugs, whatever, is a drop in the bucket. On that, I vote with the poster who said we feel over-exposed by virtue of where we tend to shop and hang out. Mixing hobbies is such a rare and difficult feat that I'm probably over-enthused about this. I collect both, so how often does a melding of "cultures" hit like this!? Most limited edition Hot Wheels come out at around 10,000 or so. So, for that hobby, this is the smallest general release car ever. The Hot Wheels Collector site has 300,000 plus registrants. Good thing they don't have to come up with that many Tiki-fied names, eh? :D I'm looking forward to some car racing and Mai Tais in my new mug. Value. Too personal to criticise. We all have varying tastes and sensibilities. I know lotsa folks who are always one bid ahead of me at the end of the Ebay day. They ain't crazy, just a percentage point or two more devoted! Maybe I can learn how to post pics of Tiki meets Hot Wheels.... PS: Robinator! Ya gotta get a freakin' Tiki name to post here, dude. Robinator is SO Hot Wheels only! [ Edited by: Geeky Tiki on 2003-10-21 10:35 ]

Several topics all at once!

I see, amongst the other collecting I do, a frequent bashing of new stuff, as though there is some invisible line that divides "vintage" from kitsch.

With tiki, it's all kitsch! I'm sorry, but I don't buy into the, "If the mug was cast after 1965, then it is beneath me" kinda logic.

So, on that, I vote - old, new, doesn't matter as long as it is pleasing to my sensibilities.

Over-exposure. That frigging Master of Light guy is over-exposed! Bev Doolittle, that Western Art lady who does the hidden Native American faces in the landscapes? Her last "limited edition litho" was 250,000 numbered prints! That, my bretheren, is over-exposed. 500 Shag prints, mugs, whatever, is a drop in the bucket.

On that, I vote with the poster who said we feel over-exposed by virtue of where we tend to shop and hang out.

Mixing hobbies is such a rare and difficult feat that I'm probably over-enthused about this. I collect both, so how often does a melding of "cultures" hit like this!?

Most limited edition Hot Wheels come out at around 10,000 or so. So, for that hobby, this is the smallest general release car ever.

The Hot Wheels Collector site has 300,000 plus registrants. Good thing they don't have to come up with that many Tiki-fied names, eh? :D

I'm looking forward to some car racing and Mai Tais in my new mug.

Value. Too personal to criticise. We all have varying tastes and sensibilities. I know lotsa folks who are always one bid ahead of me at the end of the Ebay day. They ain't crazy, just a percentage point or two more devoted!

Maybe I can learn how to post pics of Tiki meets Hot Wheels....

PS: Robinator! Ya gotta get a freakin' Tiki name to post here, dude. Robinator is SO Hot Wheels only!

[ Edited by: Geeky Tiki on 2003-10-21 10:35 ]

Post #56111 by Geeky Tiki on Tue, Oct 21, 2003 10:18 AM