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Kono posted on 04/20/2004

A friend of mine bought me a couple of tall tiki shot glasses from Urban Outfitters. They say CHIKI TIKI on the bottom and are pretty cool looking:

I'd never been to an Urban Outfitters so I decided to check out their website to see what else they might have. (I did a search and see that they've been mentioned here for repro tiki mugs several times). It seems that they have the U Bastard mugs that Munktiki imports for sale (online sale only) for $4.99 each. Not my favorite mug but for $5 it's pretty tempting. I thought some of you might want to take advantage of the sale...U Bastards.

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dogbytes posted on 04/20/2004

ooh thanks for that site. yet another reason to sit by the computer with the VISA card.

did you catch the perfect gift for one of our own..

[ Edited by: dogbytes on 2004-04-19 19:28 ]

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Tiki_Bong posted on 04/20/2004

Hey Dogbytes,

My birthday's comming up, so...

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Kenike posted on 04/20/2004

Here's my Chiki Tiki collection. I picked these up in a souvenir store while vacationing in Sunset Beach, NC last summer.

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BambooLodge posted on 04/21/2004

Thanx for the hot tip on the U Bastards. At $6.50 each (shipping included), we bought 2 of each color. The funny thing is they have the smaller version listed on sale at$9.99 each. Wonder if someone goofed?
Anyway we will be breaking these out at some BambooLodge backyard Luau's this summer.

Thanx Again,
D&C


BaMbOoLoDgE...where the South Pacific meets the Great White North!

[ Edited by: BambooLodge on 2004-04-20 17:11 ]

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badmojo posted on 04/22/2004

Ok, all I can say is WOW!!! I know the description said 9.5 ", but after parting the sea of packing peanuts, I was amazed at how HUGE they were! I know, not traditional Tiki, but a bargain at $5 each. Thanks for the heads up! But you're right, seems kinda funny the smaller Bastardo is twice as much.

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Tiki Bird posted on 04/22/2004

Ordered mine, thanks for the tip Kono.

t-bird

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Kono posted on 04/22/2004

You're welcome! Now could somebody tell me why my $175 digital camera can't take a %@#%$! decent &^#@$!ng picture? Look at my pic and then look at Juno's. How much do you have to spend on a digital camera to get a decent pic? (Mine's a JVC GC-A55 1.3 megapixels)

I'd like to find some of those larger Chiki Tiki mugs. The one that's sort of blue and brown/gray/green has a really cool glaze.

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Trader Woody posted on 04/22/2004

That's the sort of tip that should have everyone reaching into their wallets. I can see a fair-few Tiki Centralite bars using these fine mugs as day-to-day cocktail-bearers.

Shame they don't ship outside of North America....

Trader Woody

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badmojo posted on 04/22/2004

On 2004-04-22 16:07, Trader Woody wrote:

Shame they don't ship outside of North America....

Trader Woody

Hmmm, do I smell a possible trade coming on?

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Trader Woody posted on 04/23/2004

On 2004-04-22 16:56, badmojo wrote:

Hmmm, do I smell a possible trade coming on?

Ha! I wish, but there's little available from the UK that would interest any collector under the age of 120! ( Anyone who wants stuff from the UK, get in touch anyway as I'll do my best to help you out. No charge, of course)

Trader Woody

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dogbytes posted on 04/28/2004

argh

urban outfitters' customer service listened to the sounds of broken ceramic and will be sending out a replacement..

still, pretty damned cool for five buckaroos!

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Kono posted on 04/28/2004

[i]On 2004-04-22 17:21, Trader Woody wroteHa! I wish, but there's little available from the UK that would interest any collector under the age of 120! ( Anyone who wants stuff from the UK, get in touch anyway as I'll do my best to help you out. No charge, of course)

Trader Woody

Now that's not true. I think that 90% of all the Trechtikoff prints ever made now reside in the UK. At least it seems that way on ebay. I'd love to get my hands on (a) Madam Wong!

I never did buy any of those U Bastards. I started to but Urban Outfitters S/H policy sucks if you only want two of them like I do ($8.50 S/H up to $75 worth of merchandise). That's probably fair S/H but still it puts the cost up over $9 each and I'd rather go to Hilo Hatties and put that money into some Tiki Farm mugs. Which I did. :)

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JTD posted on 04/28/2004

Kono,
Thanks for the "heads up" on this super deal. I just sent one of each "U Bastard" to my best friend. Hope he doesn't take it the wrong way. Ha!

JTD

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Unkle John posted on 05/02/2004

I too recieved my mugs.... only to find that the shotty wrapping and clumbsy hands of a govt worker killed both of them. When I sober up in the morning I'm calling them and tell them how it should be shipped. And if recieve more broken ones, I'll tell them where they can ship it next.

oh Lone Star beer, you make me 10ft tall and bullet proof

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Atomicchick posted on 05/02/2004

I thought that for $5, these mugs would be great little gifts to pass out to my friends just for fun. Well, I ordered 16 mugs, yes 16. Today they arrived in the mail and ALL 16 were broken!!! I don't know who the hell packaged these mugs, but they just stacked them all on top of eachother. No foam peanuts, no paper for padding, no nothing! When I picked up the box, it sounded like a million broken pieces and when I opened the box, that is what was in there. I sent UO an e-mail with attached pictures. Hopefully I'll get the mugs in tack the second time around. All I could think of is what a waste!

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tikichic posted on 05/02/2004

Wow, I guess I got lucky! I ordered 3 of these mugs and they arrived perfect on Thursday. All 3 were shipped in an individual bubble wrap sleeve and a big box full of peanuts. No cracks, chips, nicks to be found. I guess I had the "employee of the month" wrapping my package for shipment! :wink:

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stuckieshaft posted on 05/02/2004

Wow, I cant believe UO is such a failure at shipping. We emailed one of the head people about this, even though we are not doing business with them anymore maybe they will look into it.

Sorry everyone for the trouble, wish there was something I could do about it.

-stuckie

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hramz3 posted on 05/03/2004

I wish it wasn't an "online only" sale. I walk by one of their stores all time.

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dogbytes posted on 05/04/2004

got my replacement Bastard. overkill on the packaging this time. huge box, foam peanuts and ONE carefully bubble wrapped mug.. arrived safely via UPS.

maybe someone in shipping at UO realized they need to do it right, or do it over and over!

UJ
Unkle John posted on 05/04/2004

my wife called for me this morning and the receptionist mentioned that MANY people have called and complained. Infact they have had so many broken ones she mentioned keeping our instead of sending it back. Now if elmers glue will hold it i may have a art peice to work on.

they are sending out replacements today. them bastards

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hramz3 posted on 05/07/2004

50%.
Ordered 2.
1 broken.
Same as everyone else, loosely wrapped in bubble wrap, both thrown in a box.

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naugatiki posted on 05/07/2004

"I ordered 16 mugs, yes 16. Today they arrived in the mail and ALL 16 were broken!!!"

No wonder they're called U Bastards.

UJ
Unkle John posted on 05/08/2004

well, I recieved my replacement shipment of the "them Bastards". Well let's just say the wife is going to call Monday to make sure they properly send the small bastard mug. It was broken as well.

That is the main reason I hate buying mugs off the internet.

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PolynesianPop posted on 05/31/2004

Anyone got pics of their broken mugs? Post 'em here!

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SES posted on 05/31/2004

On 2004-05-30 21:42, PolynesianPop wrote:
Anyone got pics of their broken mugs? Post 'em here!

Hah... You mean you haven't seen enough broken mugs? This request almost seems fetishlike now.
:wink:
How'd the experiment go with the exploding mug?

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PolynesianPop posted on 05/31/2004

On 2004-05-30 22:07, susane wrote:

On 2004-05-30 21:42, PolynesianPop wrote:
Anyone got pics of their broken mugs? Post 'em here!

Hah... You mean you haven't seen enough broken mugs? This request almost seems fetishlike now.
:wink:
How'd the experiment go with the exploding mug?

I can never get enough of the broken mugs. I've haven't tried the exploding mug experiment yet but I will soon. Will keep ya posted...

With pics of course!

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