Post #639626 by Swanky on Thu, Jun 7, 2012 6:45 AM

I know Jonathan, as he worked on my Tiki Daze calendar project, and I know Kristina and all involved in this project. Quality people all. My comments are on a more philosophical level here.

I think you could just as easily call it a Toby mug. It just needs a handle :wink:. That is a more old school name for a mug that has a face. It is the generalization of the word "tiki" to mean, in carving, any log you carve a face onto and in ceramics, any cylindrical drinking vessel that is shaped like some "thing", and in decor, as anything remotely tropical.

But then, that has been the trend for the last 5 or so years with more and more designs coming out that have less and less to do with the genesis of Tiki or even the genesis of Poly Pop and then even less and less to do with the resurection of Tiki Pop of the early 2000s. More and more designs are a melange of Kar Kulture and tiki, or Atomic culture and tiki and "X culture" and tiki. The results meant to appeal to the "X culture" more than the Tiki culture. The casual Tiki collector or appreciator.

I'd say this project shows there is more support for Cthulu stuff than Tiki stuff, and may signal a bunch of similar themed items coming our way. I am sure Steam Punk tiki mugs will sell fantastically! Where is the Dalek tiki mug? Katamari Damacy mug? I see them coming down the pike...

[ Edited by: Swanky 2012-06-07 07:26 ]