Attached Link: http://virtualworlddevelopers.com/specialmodeloffer.html

I don't get it. Am I missing something? THey appear to be serious, but certainly have a rather unprofessional look to the site. Is it some sort of inside joke only 3D experts know, LOL?

So Mike, you think that $9,500 is a reasonable price for 30 models? Hmm. I think I have some real-estate you might be interested in ;) -SMT

Looks like they deal in big defense contracts, maybe. Having insane pricing doesn't mean they won't get people (or agencies) to buy this stuff. I see a lot more insane stuff than this going on (but I'm not buying it)...

OK... I saw the huge price tag. I thought the whole site was some sort of sublime joke I was missing out on. OH--- I GET IT HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!!!!! :) Sure, Steve, how many acres? You have to understand though that I'm mostly attracted to swampland......

Yeah, and they look like they're low-poly too. That IS funny...LOL! Laurie

Get 15 Moving Models and 15 Fixed Models for ONLY $9,500.00 OPEN FLIGHT FORMAT ONLY So what is "open flight format"? O F F ? (Doesn't sound like something someone would want to brag about! LOL!) Wait, no, I get it. They're life-sized! :D

Open Flight (.FLT) "What is OpenFlight? OpenFlight is an industry standard realtime 3D scene description format developed, owned and maintained by MultiGen, Inc. It was originally developed by MultiGen in response to a need for database transportability within the visual simulation community. OpenFlight is the most widely used file format for visual simulation databases and is supported by dozens of vendors of realtime 3D tools. Military visual simulation includes battle simulation, fighter jet flight simulation, tank simulation. Visual simulation also includes geospecific terrain for accurate realtime fly through of regions of the planet. In visual simulation, OpenFlight is the defacto standard format. MultiGens OpenFlight databases run on multiple systems including Silicon Graphics, Evans & Sutherland, CAE, FlightSafety, REAL 3D, Sony, Nintendo, Sega, Macintosh, PCs and other popular realtime 3D platforms. OpenFlight is also becoming prevalent in the PC animation and modeling communities for optimizing and tagging 3d data for realtime playback. As application examples, in the visual simulation industry OpenFlight is the format for entire worlds. In the entertainment industry it is widely used for level building in realtime games and in the AES or urban simulation industries it is used to organize and optimize scenes for realtime walkthroughs. If the content is targeted for realtime playback, then OpenFlight, and the tools that edit OpenFlight format, provide the highest degree of control over the database organization and the ability to attach data attributes to elements of the model. Most other 3D file formats are good at storing state or cinematic information whereas OpenFlight focuses on reducing the source to screen latency to improve the overall realtime 3D experience. This is achieved by structuring the database as a 'scene graph' of hierarchical 'beads'. Objects can be tagged with such various attributes as 'Level of Detail' which allow the scene graph to be culled according to distance and other aspects of the playback environment." --From the Polytrans website. -SMT

Thanks for the detailed answer, Steve. (I think I prefer O.F.F. -- LOL!) At that price, it had to be for something like big-time flight simulation. Only the military would pay such prices for a few models. ;)

Attached Link: http://www.3dhistory.com/VHSGallery4.htm

Can't find the link right now, but the website features WW-2 Submarines and other items that sell for $2-5000. They appear to be for use in motion picture projects, like "Titanic"... BTW, picked up the new "Pearl Harbor" coffee table book which is loaded with details on the upcoming movie. Absolutely astonishing huge expensive movie sets, special effects, and authentic costumes...