How Should We Celebrate Tiki Central's 20th Anniversary? - General Tiki

H Hamo Grand Member (3 years) Colorado (via Iowa) Joined: Aug 22, 2016 Posts: 2068	H Hamo Posted posted on Tue, Oct 1, 2019 10:19 PM Sorry I haven't been around for a while, but you all came up with some more great stuff without me. On 2019-09-27 19:23, CosmoReverb wrote: THIS. IS. MAGNIFICENT. I will be happy to not only purchase some for myself, but also put up some seed money to help get them produced. Maybe we could sell them in packs of five or 10, that way we could keep some for our collections as well as give a few away. Plus, I'd be willing to fund some to be given to notable tiki bars (Tiki-Ti, Tonga Hut, Mai-Kai, Smuggler's Cove, Zombie Village, Forbidden Island, Tiki Cat, Inferno Room, etc., etc.) for their use and to evangelize. I also love the idea of coasters and a PinTiki pin. The cocktail umbrellas are another interesting thought. I think it was Swizzle who suggested a few of these things could be combined into a set, which is another great idea. PineappleWhip, excellent work making connections with artists. To address a couple of your points: Unless there's a specific anniversary party where we want to have swag on hand, I don't think it's vital to have everything ready by January 12. And I'm with Skip in that I love ephemera, so flyers/postcards/the like would also be cool and make for interesting finds for future collectors. I have some additional thoughts on non "merch" ways to mark the anniversary which I'll share a little later.

Sorry I haven't been around for a while, but you all came up with some more great stuff without me.

On 2019-09-27 19:23, CosmoReverb wrote:

THIS. IS. MAGNIFICENT. I will be happy to not only purchase some for myself, but also put up some seed money to help get them produced. Maybe we could sell them in packs of five or 10, that way we could keep some for our collections as well as give a few away. Plus, I'd be willing to fund some to be given to notable tiki bars (Tiki-Ti, Tonga Hut, Mai-Kai, Smuggler's Cove, Zombie Village, Forbidden Island, Tiki Cat, Inferno Room, etc., etc.) for their use and to evangelize.

I also love the idea of coasters and a PinTiki pin. The cocktail umbrellas are another interesting thought. I think it was Swizzle who suggested a few of these things could be combined into a set, which is another great idea.

PineappleWhip, excellent work making connections with artists. To address a couple of your points: Unless there's a specific anniversary party where we want to have swag on hand, I don't think it's vital to have everything ready by January 12. And I'm with Skip in that I love ephemera, so flyers/postcards/the like would also be cool and make for interesting finds for future collectors.

I have some additional thoughts on non "merch" ways to mark the anniversary which I'll share a little later.

Post #797770 by Hamo on Tue, Oct 1, 2019 10:19 PM