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Orchids of Hawaii Mug question...
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Tiki Royale
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06/24/2003
Aloha all... Anyway, it's marked "Orchids of Hawaii R-74 Taiwan" Mahalo, [ Edited by: Tiki Royale on 2003-06-24 15:04 ] |
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tikifish
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06/25/2003
Most curious! I have never seen a Taiwan model. Does anyone else have a Taiwan model? Bueller? Bueller? |
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suffering bastard
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06/26/2003
I've got a green R-5 marked "Orchids of Hawaii" and "Taiwan". I think there may have been a thread on this subject last year----I'll see if I can find it. To make matters still more confusing, I saw an Orchids mug the other week on Ebay marked "Korea"! I knew about Taiwan, but had never seen one marked Korea before. |
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Tiki_Bong
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06/26/2003
I've seen the Taiwan Orchids of Hawaii mugs and they seem to be somewhat less in definition that the Japan production. I think someone must have sold the mugs to a Taiwan factory, and they were made on a day when SARS was kicking ass on the workforce. But, a thrift store find is always a good thing! |
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suffering bastard
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06/26/2003
These are some of the old threads on the subject--there may be others, I'm just too lazy to look further right now... :tiki: http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=245&forum=5 These are some pix of the Korean R-71: Image Missing: http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b3d804b3127cce89aa18a8348e0000001610 Image Missing: http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b3d804b3127cce89aa1920749e0000001610 [ Edited by: suffering bastard on 2003-06-25 18:12 ] [ Edited by: suffering bastard on 2003-06-25 18:17 ] |
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Doctor Z
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06/26/2003
The only Orchids 'Taiwan' mug I have is marked R-96; It's shaped like a geisha, but it is not the same geisha mug that is part of the 'Benihana of Tokyo' series. |
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TheTikiGuy
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07/03/2003
I also have an Orchids mug that I picked up in San Francisco marked "Taiwan". |
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Tangaroa
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07/03/2003
I just picked up a green on in Cambria marked "Japan R-1" - mean anything to anyone? |
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suffering bastard
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07/05/2003
All the Orchids designs had a designation R plus a number. I believe R-1 was the "headhunter", a big goblet shaped tiki with it's tongue sticking out. It has kind of a Maori look to it. |
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Tangaroa
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07/07/2003
Yup - that's it! |
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Humuhumu
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09/04/2005
My daily drinker is an Orchids of Hawaii, made in Taiwan: Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/proxy-image.php?user_id=398&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ooga-mooga.com%2Fimages%2Fmimi_mug.jpg&w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=a22c787362597191d503c1644ae38799 Isn't she lovely? She's an R-76, and marked "Orchids of Hawaii" "R-76" and "Taiwan" on the bottom. She was a gift from puamana and Selector Lopaka. I drink coffee out of her. I had no idea that there had been any mugs manufactured in Korea under the Orchids of Hawaii name. Also just learned some specifics on the Orchids of Hawaii/Dynasty Wholesale relationship on this thread, courtesy of Polynesian Pop: http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=1162&forum=5 Hey Pop -- you still got old OOH catalogs? p.s. -- oh yeah, this was my Savage Renewal post. :) Image Missing: https://tinyurl.com/dru4x [ Edited by: Humuhumu 2005-09-04 12:27 ] |
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Sweet Daddy Tiki
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09/04/2005
Lots of people refer to the R-76 as "she" but I'm of the opinion that those are "man-boobs". (hope this isn't considered a frivolous post, perhaps I can rephrase it:) Does anyone know what Polynesian entity the Orchids R-76 is meant to represent? I've often seen it refered to as a female, but I'm not convinced. |
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Humuhumu
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09/04/2005
I agree, I've also been on the fence regarding the gender of this tiki mug. After all, it's sporting a pretty healthy belly there, so man-boobs are not out of the question. She may not be very feminine at first glance (setting the boobs aside for the moment), but there's a certain curviness to the body, a fullness in the shape, that adds to the idea that it could be a she. Turning it over and looking at the bottom doesn't answer the question, unfortunately. :wink: |
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Tikiwahine
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09/04/2005
It would be really cool to have a sort of chart of all the orchids mugs and their numbers, maybe in numerical order? Would this be possible? I'd be willing to up-keep such a list on here if people supply me with their pictures & bottom marking descriptions. |
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Kenike
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09/05/2005
I agree. Those are man-boobs...and a full belly. I saw a guy at the beach that looks just like him.
This is close to what your talking about. [ Edited by: Juno 2005-09-04 18:06 ] |
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Sweet Daddy Tiki
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09/05/2005
Hell, I look just like him. Including the snaggle-toothed snarl. |
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