Ok, let's see if I can explain this correctly... Sometimes I need to build an object seperate from the project I'm working on so I can veiw it easier without all the rif-raf around, so If I create an object, then texture it, then I want to take it back into the previous project file, I cut and paste.  Here's the problem.  Sometimes when I paste, it won't take the textures with it.  At first I thought it was only stuff that I created back in Bryce 4 and 5, but I just did it tonight on a completely new object.  I went into the materials lab and it shows the material still on the object, but it isn't there when I click ok, I have to redo the entire texture.  Does anyone else get this problem and is there a way to fix it?  I have found that saving the file and importing is a way to get around it, but that's just more hard drive space to waste.