Post #71273 by boutiki on Tue, Jan 20, 2004 6:59 PM

Wow Randy! Nice assortment of Tikis! Not only do you have several that we don't, but I'd never even seen a few of those designs. You should put together as much info as possible about Coco Joe's and other souvenir Tiki manufacturers. We were not able to find out much in the way of factual historical info, but we were working on our own. With the help of others (some like Gecko, close to the source) maybe you can find out more.

If you don't want to do an entire book by yourself (or don't think there is enough material for a book strictly about Coco Joe's and the like) maybe we could work together. We have had several inquiries about a Tiki Quest Volume 2 and have been excited at the possibility. However, we still have a lot of Tiki Quest to sell first. If we do manage to sell enough of the first one, and are confident there is enough interest to do a follow up, I'd love to work with you and include the pieces from your collection that are not in T.Q. We've spoken with other collectors about this same idea and have been met with very positive response. Our idea would be to work with others who have substantial collections and amass enough imagery to make a book of at least the same size as the first. That way, between the two volumes there would be a more comprehensive view of the world of collecting vintage Tiki.

Anyway, like I said, this might be a ways off. If you would be interested please let me know and we can talk more. In the meantime, we still need to sell Tiki Quest (or we will have pissed away our impending baby's college fund) so if you know of any Tiki fanatics who have yet to get a copy, be sure to remind them that they can still get the Tiki Central special, just go to the Taboo Tomes page. Any support from TC members would be greatly appreciated!

-Duke