Local University has the Coolest Tiki-related Mascot Ever!

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MIT Mustang Island Tiki Member South Texas Joined: Feb 16, 2008 Posts: 24	MIT Mustang Island Tiki Posted posted on Fri, Mar 7, 2008 11:48 PM This is "Izzy The Islander" from Texas A&M Corpus Christi. Now if only there were a decent local Tiki Bar or eating establishment!! Mustang Island Tiki
BB Bongo Bungalow Member Indiana Joined: Aug 20, 2007 Posts: 1295	BB Bongo Bungalow Posted posted on Sat, Mar 8, 2008 3:01 AM Fun!... Most mascots offend someone, this one might as well.
V VampiressRN Grand Member (1 year) Sun City Lincoln Hills (NorCal) Joined: Nov 23, 2006 Posts: 6166	V VampiressRN Posted posted on Sat, Mar 8, 2008 8:48 AM Bring on the offensive tiki mascot!!! I love it. :lol:
B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sat, Mar 8, 2008 9:07 AM On 2008-03-08 03:01, Bongo Bungalow wrote: Fun!... Most mascots offend someone, this one might as well. You're right, here is such a someone. :D
K Koolau Member Oahu, Hawaii Joined: Sep 23, 2006 Posts: 323	K Koolau Posted posted on Sat, Mar 8, 2008 10:25 AM So, is Party City headquartered in Corpus Christi?
MIT Mustang Island Tiki Member South Texas Joined: Feb 16, 2008 Posts: 24	MIT Mustang Island Tiki Posted posted on Sat, Mar 8, 2008 10:50 AM Are you referring to the store chain or the phenomena? Because both are found here! =chuckle= Mustang Island Tiki
T Tikisgrl Member Lowell, Mass Joined: Aug 03, 2005 Posts: 870	T Tikisgrl Posted posted on Sat, Mar 8, 2008 1:27 PM On 2008-03-07 23:48, Mustang Island Tiki wrote: This is "Izzy The Islander" from Texas A&M Corpus Christi. Now if only there were a decent local Tiki Bar or eating establishment!! Mustang Island Tiki Do they have an online store? I might need a plush mascot or a t-shirt!
B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sat, Mar 8, 2008 2:10 PM Plushy, plushy! :D I don't know if it is the name "Izzy", or the fact that Tikis in Hula skirts always were one step too "funny" for me, but I pass.
MIT Mustang Island Tiki Member South Texas Joined: Feb 16, 2008 Posts: 24	MIT Mustang Island Tiki Posted posted on Sat, Mar 8, 2008 2:31 PM On 2008-03-08 13:27, Tikisgrl wrote: On 2008-03-07 23:48, Mustang Island Tiki wrote: This is "Izzy The Islander" from Texas A&M Corpus Christi. Now if only there were a decent local Tiki Bar or eating establishment!! Mustang Island Tiki Do they have an online store? I might need a plush mascot or a t-shirt Yes they have a store. Sadly there are no Izzy dolls that I know of. I know a lot of folks have asked about them locally. They have tons of T-shirts though. Here is the store link: http://www.nmnathletics.com//sellnew/SellHome.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=14100 Mustang Island Tiki
BB Bongo Bungalow Member Indiana Joined: Aug 20, 2007 Posts: 1295	BB Bongo Bungalow Posted posted on Sat, Mar 8, 2008 2:37 PM So, yes, they have an Izzy t-shirt. There are gated communities in Hawaii that would not allow you to wear such a t-shirt. Ya know what, this is not good tiki.
I icebaer69 Member Joined: Feb 03, 2007 Posts: 196	I icebaer69 Posted posted on Sat, Mar 8, 2008 2:45 PM On 2008-03-07 23:48, Mustang Island Tiki wrote: reminds me of this: :lol:
T Tikisgrl Member Lowell, Mass Joined: Aug 03, 2005 Posts: 870	T Tikisgrl Posted posted on Sat, Mar 8, 2008 5:53 PM On 2008-03-08 14:45, icebaer69 wrote: reminds me of this: :lol: I said plush not lush? That's pretty funny!
T tekoteko Member The Abyss. Joined: Jun 20, 2005 Posts: 299	T tekoteko Posted posted on Sat, Mar 8, 2008 5:55 PM Hmm. Izzy the Islander. Anyone labeling him bad tiki is read "Texas A&M Corpus Christi" as "Tiki A&M Corpus Christi" or something...time to get the eyes checked maybe? He's a mascot. He's Izzy the Islander. He represents Texas A&M Corpus Christi...the "Islanders" of the NCAA basketball tournament a few years back. I don't see "tiki" listed anywhere on his name. But we must bash it because it doesn't look like it fell out of a trader vic's or something. That said. I like Izzy the Islander, I like Corpus Christi...and hell I almost went to school at TAMU-CC :).
MIT Mustang Island Tiki Member South Texas Joined: Feb 16, 2008 Posts: 24	MIT Mustang Island Tiki Posted posted on Sat, Mar 8, 2008 6:34 PM On 2008-03-08 17:55, tekoteko wrote: Hmm. Izzy the Islander. Anyone labeling him bad tiki is read "Texas A&M Corpus Christi" as "Tiki A&M Corpus Christi" or something...time to get the eyes checked maybe? He's a mascot. He's Izzy the Islander. He represents Texas A&M Corpus Christi...the "Islanders" of the NCAA basketball tournament a few years back. I don't see "tiki" listed anywhere on his name. But we must bash it because it doesn't look like it fell out of a trader vic's or something. That said. I like Izzy the Islander, I like Corpus Christi...and hell I almost went to school at TAMU-CC :). It most certainly is Tiki inspired and that is a good thing! Whether of not Izzy conforms to a certain island culture's style, I could care less. A great deal of Tiki culture is made up on the go--that is what is one of the things that is so cool about it!! It embraces everything from Easter Island to a bit of Roswell, Surfers and beach bums to starving artists and mixologists; Cultural anthropology to the wonderful tackiness that is Hawaiian shirts, Don Ho, Ukuleles at sunset, and the wonderfully poetic forms of the hula dancer--and much, much more!!! Tiki culture to me, is a most-moveable feast that defies a strict definition but instead thrives on a vast eclectic blend what I like to think of as tropical optimism and an unshakable instinct to just simply laze around and go with the flow of what we like to call here: “island time.” Mustang Island Tiki [ Edited by: Mustang Island Tiki 2008-03-08 18:35 ]
R RevBambooBen Tiki Socialite Huntikington Beach Joined: Nov 12, 2002 Posts: 7946	R RevBambooBen Posted posted on Sat, Mar 8, 2008 7:41 PM Looks kinda "AZTIKI" to me...
T Thomas Member Lake Mojave Joined: Mar 15, 2005 Posts: 372	T Thomas Posted posted on Sat, Mar 8, 2008 8:18 PM He is often associated with apparently supernatural occurrences on campus, and when investigated by Mysteries, Inc., scares the heck out of Shaggy and Scooby-Doo, but the crew eventually captures him and he is revealed to be the guy no one ever suspected, and it was all the part of a criminal plot on his part. In the final scene when his identity is revealed, he grumbles angrily, "And I would have gotten away with it, if it wasn't for you meddling kids!" [ Edited by: Thomas 2008-03-09 12:47 ]

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