Sean, with all due respect, you are making assumptions that the thread poster speaks nothing about.

he wanted to know how to keep the can still until it is time for the figure to interact with it:

*.... my figure approaches the can and it begins to float to her hand as she walks to it. how do I lock the can down not to move until the figure picks it up?

*And so I gave a simple accurate sollution that I thought a newbie would appreciate, and it will accomplish the requested goal. The parenting discussion is all well and good, but we are not at the point where we are worried about the figure picking up the can -yet. I wanted to directly adress the problem as stated: how do you put something back in place that has moved when it should not. At the same time, Blaack widow  will be introduced to the animation palette , which I find is a very good tool .

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