coconut collection unearthed from 1986 expo worlds fair - Collecting Tiki

B brokeassbuilder Member delta b.c Joined: Jan 16, 2007 Posts: 48	B brokeassbuilder Posted posted on Sat, Mar 1, 2008 12:37 PM now im not sure if any of you out there collect coconut monkeys or not or even cosider them tiki. but i do and have a decent selection. now the other day i went to my local thrift store for my junk fix and lo and behold they had a ukelele playing coconut monkey !!! to much my surprise i grabbed him and ran... the girl stopped me before paying and she asked if i had seen the other ones.. i said no and she pointed to the back wall were there were row upon row of coconut bird houses drink/change holders/ and guitar playing monkeys!!! it was a whole army well to my stupidity and i guess greed i said how much if i took them all ? needless to say we worked out a deal and she says that includes the ones in the back tooo ....... eeeeeishhh!!!! the wife wasnt happy with me!!! but heres pics! and if yer looking for some lemme know :wink:
H Haole'akamai Member The Polynesian Port of NOLA Joined: Jul 07, 2005 Posts: 2276	H Haole'akamai Posted posted on Sat, Mar 1, 2008 1:07 PM What a find!! Are any of them actually meant for drinking out of, or are they all only decorative?
D dogbytes Tiki Socialite seattle, wa Joined: Mar 24, 2002 Posts: 2243	D dogbytes Posted posted on Sat, Mar 1, 2008 3:48 PM hokey smokes! all those bags are coconuts you purchased? woofmutt does a great job transforming coconut monkies into even BETTER coconut monkeys. Monkey Makeovers: coconutmonkey of the dead coconut snow monkey time to get crafty!
B brokeassbuilder Member delta b.c Joined: Jan 16, 2007 Posts: 48	B brokeassbuilder Posted posted on Sat, Mar 1, 2008 4:15 PM hmmmm you could drink out of the little hawaii coconuts with a base but the monkeys are all banks that skeleton guy is way coool the other has a star stand maybe there card holders or ????

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brokeassbuilder Posted posted on Sat, Mar 1, 2008 12:37 PM

now im not sure if any of you out there collect coconut monkeys or not or even cosider them tiki. but i do and have a decent selection. now the other day i went to my local thrift store for my junk fix and lo and behold they had a ukelele playing coconut monkey !!! to much my surprise i grabbed him and ran... the girl stopped me before paying and she asked if i had seen the other ones.. i said no and she pointed to the back wall were there were row upon row of coconut bird houses drink/change holders/ and guitar playing monkeys!!! it was a whole army well to my stupidity and i guess greed i said how much if i took them all ? needless to say we worked out a deal and she says that includes the ones in the back tooo ....... eeeeeishhh!!!! the wife wasnt happy with me!!! but heres pics! and if yer looking for some lemme know :wink:

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Haole'akamai Posted posted on Sat, Mar 1, 2008 1:07 PM

What a find!!

Are any of them actually meant for drinking out of, or are they all only decorative?

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dogbytes Posted posted on Sat, Mar 1, 2008 3:48 PM

hokey smokes! all those bags are coconuts you purchased?

woofmutt does a great job transforming coconut monkies into even BETTER coconut monkeys. Monkey Makeovers:

coconutmonkey of the dead
coconut snow monkey

time to get crafty!

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brokeassbuilder Posted posted on Sat, Mar 1, 2008 4:15 PM

hmmmm you could drink out of the little hawaii coconuts with a base but the monkeys are all banks that skeleton guy is way coool the other has a star stand maybe there card holders or ????