Hi Bill: First I enjoy your work and your books have taught me more about modelling than the classes I've taken...they tend to instantly focus on animation. I, personally, wouldn't purchase the figure, but only because I'm interested in lifelike figures placed into fantasy worlds. I would pay big bucks for a book on modelling of this caliber (sp?) with chapters on animals g go here: http://www.amazonsoul.com/MikaExp01.html Enjoy!