Post #561425 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Oct 25, 2010 12:43 AM

Hmmm. Buzzy, you are confusing folks with your ironic spoof answer, you have been such a reliable source of true info that readers here will take it for face value!

The reason Buzzy felt inspired to answer thus, and the reason for the careful reactions you are seeing here may be because of such lines as..
"This Tiki is absolutely stunning, the energy it emits can be felt by everybody" ...sound to us more jaded, pragmatic Tiki veterans like pretentious e-bay seller sales pitches (and so does the musing about it being "actually Hawaiian/Polynesian") - especially for a carving that some of the more experienced sculptors here might see as just a naive hack job.

For others that very same look of naive primitivism might represent the special quality of the piece, so I am not passing judgment, the root ball is very cool for sure. But it ain't a native original, nor exactly a masterpiece of American Tiki style, and as such has very low energy emission in my book. No smog check necessary. :)