Castsing Models

[GeorgeW363@aol.com]

Blaise Considine wrote:
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>Aren't there a couple of folks here on the list who work for a >company 
>that does casts (in AZ I believe?)? Have you ever thought of making >scale 
>replicas of dinos? You'd certainly have the models to work from, as >well 
>as all the needed supplies. Would the start-up costs be too high to >look 
>into this, or is this sort of thing out of bounds for you? Since you >make 
>museum quality replicas, I'm sure your scale models would be >excellent.
>Just a thought, and I'm sorry I've forgotten your names.
>Blaise "You make 'em, I'll buy 'em" Considine >[bpc.apa@email.apa.org] 

If you are talking about Fossil Recreations, Yes we would love to work on a
project like that.  The problem is finding a paleontologist with the proper
abilities to work with us.

If you have been following the mail on any of the major dino lists, you would
see the hostility there is towards any private commercial enterprise.  This
is something I can not understand.  It seems fine for museums to have their
gift shops, casting programs and even sell fossil specimens.  We pay a
commission to each museum we obtain rights to market from and the ones we
deal with seem thankfull for the donations we make.

Others slam the door in our face at the mention of a commercial operation.
 Some of these charge admission fees to view their collections and others
charge very high prices for casts of their specimens ( do I smell a
profit--heaven forbid).

Sorry for the venting, if there is someone out there that would like to
sculpt a few models, and talk about marketing with a serious return in the
form of a donation to the institution, please contact us.

George Winters
Fossil Recreations, Inc.
111 South chelsea Park Place
Tucson, AZ 85748

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