_dodger, I still like the idea of a well done kangaroo, but if it would make you feel that you have compromized your integrity don't do it. I always get my best ideas when I'm out and about. Stephen King once wrote about an author who would live in a place for a while inorder to get information to write about it. was that "Salem's Lot"? Also in "Gabriel Knight III", I understand that Jane Jensen actually traveled to the local where her game/story was based inorder to derive some of her story line. Perhaps in the journey to Oregon you may get some ideas on how to modify existing projects or whatever. What you may end up asking yourself is why you haven't completed these existing projects, what compromises you are willing to make to complete them, how much time is involved and how much interest YOU have in them. From looking at the picture, it looks as though you're farthest along with the saloon AND you state that DAZ has expressed some commercial interest in it. An old west theme would be nice, - TJ