Post #730950 by kkocka on Wed, Nov 5, 2014 12:51 PM

On 2014-11-05 12:00, TikiTech wrote:
Forgive my ignorance but why do the figures appear upside down on the 1st edition Uh Oa! Bowl?

No problem. That is because one of the figures (I'll continue this thought in a second) is Ngendei, the Earth Balancer from the Enchanted Tiki Room:

*Ngendei
The Earth Balancer

A Legend Comes from the Tropic Sea
It May be True or Fantasy
'Tis Said When Pele Shakes the Lands
Ngendei Rocks and Rolls Upon his Hands

Legends say I'm balancing the earth,
but sad to say, I'm just hanging on.

Pele: I'm the one who's really sad
for when I smile it comes out mad.*

Now upon closer view (I don't have my bowl at work so I'm judging this off of the web), I might be mistaken - I had assumed all 4 pillars were made up of Ngendei. It appears its time for me to eat my own hat and admit that some of the figures look like they've been carried over to the new Uh Oa bowl, and therefore are original creations from Tiki Farm. Do the folks over at Tiki Farm ever comment here? I'd love to get more behind the scenes info on some of the mugs that show up at Sam's, and it seems that it would settle some debate here as well.

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[ Edited by: kkocka 2014-11-05 12:51 ]