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TEPCO Skull Mug
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Turbogod
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Fri, Aug 23, 2002 1:32 PM
I saw this skull mug at a thrift shop, it said TEPCO was the manufacturer. It looks like the trader vic skull mug. They may have made them for TV.!?! Anyone know anything about it? Wasn't sure about the purchase. |
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thejab
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Fri, Aug 23, 2002 2:37 PM
Tepco did make the original Trader Vic's skill mugs. |
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midnite
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Fri, Aug 23, 2002 3:12 PM
Yep, those early, scarier looking, skull mugs were Tepco, as were many of the early Trader Vic vessels. High quality, heavy, and frightening looking devils. One of my favorite Tepco pieces was a "Crazy Native" guy, think that is close to what Tepco colectors call it. It has big scary eyes and a sort of "pirate" look to him. The mug has holes at either end of the grimacng mouth; one collector told me often times the mug was served on a piece of dry ice. The "smoke" would come streaming out of its mouth. Spooky! midnite |
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Fri, Aug 23, 2002 5:00 PM
There's a pic of the Tepco "crazy native guy" on my mug pages, top row center: :tiki: Trader Pup [ Edited by: Traderpup on 2002-08-23 17:01 ] |
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tikiluvgirl
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Fri, Aug 23, 2002 11:28 PM
Awesome site... |
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the75stingray
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Mon, Aug 26, 2002 10:25 PM
Turbogod- Man, when in doubt, BUY IT! Seriously, I almost passed up on one of these when a car club buddy called me and said "Get down to this garage sale, I'm guarding one of those mugs you like". It's always facinating to me that these "artifacts" are so old, and have remained intact all these years, over all the miles just to wind up in the loving home of a collector. |
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midnite
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Wed, Aug 28, 2002 10:59 PM
$20 per dozen? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2135712410 I have never seen that advertisement before. Nice piece of history. Now I know the Sufferin' Bastard was called "Mai-Tai Joe" and the old skull mugs were sold by the dozen. midnite |
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Wed, Aug 28, 2002 11:28 PM
The Trader Vic's mailing address in that ad is 6500 San Pablo Avenue, which I believe was the address of their original location. |
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