Post #609428 by tigertail777 on Sat, Oct 8, 2011 1:51 AM

Sadly, what you say is more than likely true BigBroTiki. I suppose we must be grateful for the numerous photos of it. Though I would still like to find one photo with the neon lit up at night, not sure why that is proving so elusive.

On a side note, that replica is even worse than I previously thought after taking more looks at the original and comparing. Even the fonts are wrong for the part where it says "Kau Kau Korner" and points to the island (look at the horrible "K") and I think the font is also wrong on "Honolulu". And they didn't even bother to do the airbrushing around the edges of the circle that is present in the original. It's a botched job all around that adds up to a garish nightmare; not at all what the original was and is a mockery of the original 40's art deco look it had. (Sorry... the graphic designer in me is coming out I can't help it; these kinds of things make me silently scream inside.The kerning and leading not to mention the size of type on ALL the type are all wrong too....AAAAAA!!!!)

[ Edited by: tigertail777 2011-10-08 01:58 ]