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Post #91430 by Exoticat on Sun, May 16, 2004 12:17 AM

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I think I've mentioned it before, but I have two primary reasons for the mugs I collect:

  1. I'm matching mugs to people for a tiki bar menu (still not done)

  2. I have two display cases in my Tiki Room and when those are maxxed, I'm pretty much done collecting them. With the arrival of Gecko's Exotica, the Hale Tiki Mug, and U Bastard all in one week, I found myself realizing that I'm almost at my limit. sigh.

I don't like them all cluttered in the case either (it's the curse of the anal artist in me) and like to be able to actually see all of them as you sit at the bar.

The top level on display case 2 (first pic) is my fav because all of these mugs seem to suffer from varying degrees of anxiety (which is secretly amusing to me, ha ha).

Here's 3 of my shelves:

As you can see, I'm a big Munktiki fan. Just last night I was working on arranging the Gecko/Hale shelf...I should photograph it too...

p.s. Speaking of Spencers, I got that electric Moai head at Spencers last year at a clearance price of $15...(i think it was in the middle of the Winter...in january of 2003) it was originally $59, so you can find the bargains at Spencers at the end of the season...if you're lucky.

[ Edited by: exoticat on 2004-05-16 00:19 ]