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a.k.a. Big Mo Mug Beige & White Original Edition
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Physical Characteristics
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Material
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Ceramic
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Shape
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Tiki
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Dimensions
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9" x 3"
(22.9cm x 7.6cm)
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Capacity
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? fl. oz.
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Optimal drink size
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? fl. oz.
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Decorative Characteristics
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Coloring
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Beige mainly
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Imagery
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Moai
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Marking
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"Tonga Hut, 1958" on reverse. "2010 Kirby and Grog" on bottom.
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In the Collection of:
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Trader Tom
Trader
532 mugs
Member since Jan 26, 2006
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Number
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9 of 25
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Purchased from
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Event
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Price paid
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$50.00
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Tags
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Ernie Keen, Favorite, Grog, Kirby, Moai, Tonga Hut
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Distinguishing
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Tonga Hut Big Mo Limited Edition
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A nine-inch-tall light tan Moai mug with dark brown detailing and white interior. This mug was released at the Tonga Hut Tiki Wonderland party on December 11th, 2010. This is the Tonga Hut's first personalized Tiki mug in its long long history. It was sculpted by Kirby and manufactured by both Kirby and Grog. The original Big Mo is the Moai carving just within the front door of the Tonga Hut. The mug is a faithful replica. The back of the mug reads "Tonga Hut" in vertical letters and gives the opening date of the bar, "1958." The bottom is inscribed with "2010 Kirby & Grog." First run was limited to 25 mugs for the premiere and each was hand numbered in black marker on bottom. A larger open edition is said to be forthcoming and will have some glaze variation yet to be decided. Signed and numbered card included. * I picked number nine because it is noticeably heavier than the other ones in this run. Looks just the same, though. My photo (shown here) was featured in the Spring 2011 feature article on Kirby's work.
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From The Tonga Hut, a Tiki Location
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Manufactured by GROG
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Designed by Kirby
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Produced in 2010
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Edition of 25
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This mug was released at the Tonga Hut Tiki Wonderland party on December 11th, 2010. This is the Tonga Hut's first personalized Tiki mug in its long long history. It was sculpted by Kirby and manufactured by both Kirby and Grog. The original Big Mo is the Moai carving just within the front door of the Tonga Hut. The mug is a faithful replica. The back of the mug reads "Tonga Hut" in vertical letters and gives the opening date of the bar, "1958." The bottom is inscribed with "2010 Kirby & Grog" with the number out of 25 handwritten in marker. First run was limited to 25 mugs for the premiere and each was hand numbered in black marker on bottom. Beige exterior with white interior. Subsequent colorways of this mug were produced by Taboo Island in separate editions of 25 each and are marked "Kirby" with the number out of 25 on the bottom.
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Comments
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Add a Comment
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Hiphipahula
Trader
1082 mugs
Member since May 27, 2006
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2010-12-16 23:00:05
Viva La Tonga Hut!
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Trader Tom
Trader
532 mugs
Member since Jan 26, 2006
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2010-12-12 22:25:01
As far as I know, the first batch sold out completely. Kirby and Grog are going to do more as soon as possible but I'm not sure how they're going to sell the next batch. I'm not sure they've thought that far ahead yet since they are exhausted!
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LOL Tiki
Trader
255 mugs
Member since Sep 6, 2007
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2010-12-12 21:51:09
Very nice! Are these only available at the Tonga Hut?
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