Disney artists Kevin Kidney and Jody Daily have been creating incredible collectibles for The Enchanted Tiki Room (and Disneyland in general) for the past couple of years. For the Tiki Room’s 45th Anniversary merchandise event, which will be held in June, they’ve pulled out all the stops again.

Items include:

• Rongo tiki mug (pictured), LE 500, $40.00
• Enchanted Tiki Fountain, LE 600, $150.00
• Enchanted Tiki Babies, 2 styles, LE 500, $20
• Tiki Figurines set #2 (completes 2005 set sold through Disney Stores online), LE 1000, $125

You can see all the merchandise in full color on Kevin’s blog. There’s also lots of other interesting vintage Disneyland artwork in information there too!

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If you have enough time left over in your first life to play Second Life, then you’ll dig the work of Norwegian Antonia Marat. She specializes in creating retro and rockabilly fashions for Second Life characters, available at her store artilleri in the game.

For the virtual tiki lover, Antonia has created floral print dresses, a grass skirt and coconut bra, orchid hair flowers, and this tiki bar set (based on a real tiki bar sold by Tiki Farm).

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In this month’s edition of the podcast SOUSED, Kevin Clark, bartender at Melbourne, Australia’s Tiki Bar, interviewed the owner of another tiki bar, Martin Cate, of Alameda, California’s Forbidden Island, as part of his reminiscinces of visits to US tiki bars. Martin discussus the genesis of the bar and some of the unique ways it keeps regulars returning.

Listen to SOUSED podcast #11 | Thanks, Kevin

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One of the most commonly found tiki mugs (it was the first mug I ever bought) is from the Polynesian Resort at Walt Disney World. Given away from the late 1970s well into the ’80s, the squat, frosted mug featured a happy face on one side and an angry face on the other.

A clear version of this glass is still available today! Made by the Lancaster Colony company, the mug holds 14 ounces and is sold 24 to a case.

$136.58 (approx. $5.69 each).

Buy Lancaster Colony 14 Ounce Tiki Mug 24 Pack at Shop.com

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Famed tiki artist Doug Horne’s tiki “art-coustic” guitars were announced last year, and three of the four styles have been seen out in the wild to date.

Design #3, “Tiki Drummers” is on massive sale at Musician’s Friend — selling for $199, $200 off the normal price. The guitar features a spruce body, mahogany sides and back, a rosewood fingerboard, and tiki inlays.

See Fender Tiki Drummers TikiStyle Tiki-coustic Acoustic Guitar at Musiciansfriend.com

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Starting next week, TV’s evergreen game show Wheel of Fortune will be giving away two trips for two each night to the big island of Hawaii.

To enter, viewers must watch the show March 24-28 and enter the answer to the bonus round puzzle on the Wheel of Fortune website that evening.

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Disney merchandise artist Dave Avanzino, whose tiki themed checks were featured last week, also has a lovely series of checks, a leather check cover, and address labels in a tropical flower motif at Checks in the Mail. Personally, I like these a little better — the colors and imagery are clean, simple, and very appealing. I may give up on-line bill pay for them!

$13.99 per box for checks, $16.99 for the leather check cover, and $7.99 for address labels. There are discounts available for larger quantities of most items.

See everything at Checks In The Mail | Thanks, Dave!

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