RE: BATTAT DINOSAURS (WAS Re: FW: Question)

["Stewart, Dwight" <Dwight.Stewart@VLSI.com>]

AH HAH! :-)  Okay, that makes sense.  The store where I bought the Bataat &
Carnegie models has some beautiful 1/30th and even 1/20th scale resins & a
few bronze sculptures as well.  I am saving up my pennies to purchase at
least one of these.  

Dwight

BTW: Jeff (or anyone) are either the Bataat or the Carnegie models
considered "better" than the other?  Probably a silly question, but the
store owner rather favors the Bataats.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Franczak [SMTP:franczak@ntplx.net]
> Sent: Sunday, September 20, 1998 8:54 AM
> To:   dinosaur@usc.edu
> Subject:      BATTAT DINOSAURS (WAS Re: FW: Question)
> 
> Jeff Poling wrote:
> 
> > That's a known problem with the Battat figures.  The plastic is too
> > elastic, and deforms under the weight of the figure.
> 
> This is because they are pulled from the mold and stood on their feet
> before being allowed to cool properly, causing the deformity. Were they
> allowed the necessary time to cool, they would retain the correct shape
> regardless of the elasticity in the plastic. The cast resin of the
> _Tyrannosaurus_ used to create the mold for the toy stands bipedally and
> horizontally just fine, as do the resins of the _Acrocanthosaurus_ and
> _Pachycephalosaurus_.
> 
> Brian (franczak@ntplx.net)
> http://www.paleolife-art.com