Well whomever is rushing off to the bookstore - don't be surprised. Although the movie is very fantasy the book as actually fairly hardcore sci-fi. Only the shapes of the beasts are the same (tiger thing, ferrety things, hawk thing) almost everything else is extremely different. as far as the model, it does need some work - but hey: it's also the first ferret I've seen here :) So you get kudo's for originality! Just want to remind everybody that it is very easy to be mis-understood in type. Be very careful how you phrase things, as many slang phrases and such can be diffcult for everyone to understand. We do have members from all over the word, many of whom speak English (subtype = American) as their 2nd (3rd, 4th) language. CRobin, yes there are some people here who could use a couple of valium. BUT the majority are sane, helpful people. Don't give up on us entirely :) Lyrra