Post #697192 by Swanky on Wed, Oct 23, 2013 9:31 AM

The work and expense involved in either restoring the fireplace or erecting and making in some way functional the Moai is considerable. I can absolutely understand wanting the pieces, as I have traveled many hours to get a chunk of the fallen Barney out of the Mai-Kai gardens. That chunk is under a tarp in my yard and it's not that huge. I have thought about yours skip and I think you could probably hire someone to come make a brand new one for less than it would cost to have yours righted, repaired and made workable.

If only the Kahiki were a bigger thing to those in Columbus, you might could sell it to the city for a dollar if they swore to repair it and put it in some city park as a memorial.

The fireplace is a bigger challenge. You could repair it and make is whole, but then what? If needs a home. It's 22 feet tall. Not many places you can put it. I am sure the Kahiki was built around it. It's just a hugely impractical operation.

Sucks.