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Daga Warrior Mug help requested
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moondoggie
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Thu, May 8, 2014 11:45 AM
I bought a daga warrior mug online that was advertised and pictured as a mug from the Maui Lu Resort: What arrived today was a very different mug - darker colour, less detail and Kauai Resort Hotel printed on the back: I am unhappy about this but I'd like to know HOW unhappy I should be. The mug I received appears newer than the one I thought I was buying but I'm struggling to find any information on this particular hotel at all (Google, Tiki Central, Critiki). Could anyone please shed some light on this for me before I send off my email of complaint. Any advice? |
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Atomic Tiki Punk
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Thu, May 8, 2014 12:47 PM
Well that is definitely not the mug advertized The one you received does look like a new Chinese made knockoff (not vintage) |
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moondoggie
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Thu, May 8, 2014 12:55 PM
Both mugs are apparently made by Daga (production years 1972 - 2007 according to Ooga-Mooga). |
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Atomic Tiki Punk
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Thu, May 8, 2014 1:15 PM
I did forget to add that is two different hotels on two separate islands. |
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TikiTacky
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Thu, May 8, 2014 5:57 PM
There are few of the Kauai Resort ones listed on Ooga-Mooga, but that website is next to useless as historical veracity goes. Anyone can put their mug under anything, and suddenly it's canon. I agree with the previous assessments, that loss of detail is a pretty sure sign it was copied from an original. The original Daga's look to have used white ceramic and had an indented bottom as well—not to say that Daga didn't make it, but it was definitely not one of their original early versions of the Warrior. |
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Phillip Roberts
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Thu, May 8, 2014 6:47 PM
Aloha, Well, both mugs date to the 70's. The Maui mug is about '73 and the Kauai mug about '79. Drop Dan a line over at Daga Hawaii. They keep decent records and he is a really good guy. They helped me a great deal when I was researching Waikiki Tiki: Art, History, and Photographs. Here's his email. Tell him I said 'hi.' |
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moondoggie
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Fri, May 9, 2014 8:35 AM
Thank you all for your help. |
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moondoggie
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Sat, May 10, 2014 3:24 AM
I received a very helpful reply from Dan:
So, the mug I received was from the 80s - later than the mug advertised, although it is a rarer colour. I have contacted the seller who is 'looking into what happened'. New question: Since it's actually called a Tonga mug, is there anyway of getting the Ooga-Mooga listings changed to reflect this? Also, I'd still like any more information about both these hotels 'back in the day'. Anyone know anything? |
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