Post #652489 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Sep 17, 2012 9:59 PM

Great photo, Kiara, I don't remember seeing that in your folders. Some photos stay with us for a long time until they reveal their purpose to us. That picture of Bob Cummings with the two leopard swimsuit models I used in Tiki Modern had been in my possession for over 30 years, I brought it with me from Germany because it was a cool photo - and he was holding a light meter I used to use. :)

The Avengers episode that the Elstree Maori Tiki appears in is called "The 50000 Pound Breakfast". You get to see it here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ0TsA10xns&feature=relmfu

You see it briefly (half of it) at 4:00 minutes and at 8:14 in the background:

Interesting how muted the colors of the Tiki are in your photo. It is my assumption that they put the garish garish colored Tikis into that episode because they wanted to make the show more colorful for the American Market:

"This series was broadcast in the U.S. from January to May 1967. The American prologue of the previous series was rejigged for the colour episodes. It opened with the caption The Avengers In Color (required by ABC for colour series at that time). This was followed by Steed unwrapping the foil from a champagne bottle and Peel shooting the cork away. (Unlike the "chessboard" opening of the previous series, this new prologue was also included in UK broadcasts of the series.)" - Wikipedia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AAJHduhHWM

I liked the show better in B&W :)