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Post by crypto1 on Sept 14, 2009 19:33:25 GMT
The museum shop of the International Cryptozoology Museum is interested in obtaining items of interest to sell. Since the ICM opens in downtown Portland, Maine, on November 1, 2009, please contact me via PM if you have items that might be worthy of placing in our museum shop. Thank you. Loren  www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/icm/ |
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Post by Dan on Sept 14, 2009 19:42:42 GMT
Do you mean things we made ourselves, like artwork and such?
I think I still have my old mothman costume from when I was a tot, but I don't think it would generate much revenue. Everyone thought I was a butterfly. Lame.
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Post by crypto1 on Sept 14, 2009 20:03:52 GMT
Ha ha, Dan. Actually, that costume might go into the exhibition proper. Hey, send it as a donation. I am always taking crypto items ~ footcasts, Sasquatch hair, old Halloween Mothman costumes, FeeJee mermaids ~ as exhibition items, including original art, sculptures, and bronzes for the museum exhibition itself. What I was trying to do with this "classified," was attempting to establish if anyone had crypto products ~ figurines of Bigfoot, Loch Ness Monster toys, cryptid souvenirs ~ that they routinely make new that might be welcome and worthy gift shop items for sale that I could buy wholesale. Any suggestions of any kind are welcome. This is a brave new world here. Best, Loren  |
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Post by Dan on Sept 14, 2009 20:12:49 GMT
Ah, I see. Well, I don't know much about the mass-produced cryptid items (still getting used to the dinosaurs, myself) but someone else might know more. I do know that Safari has a substantial "mythical" line, with dragons, mermaids, fairies, etc. You probably already knew about those, though.
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Post by crypto1 on Sept 14, 2009 20:32:03 GMT
Yes, I know all about the "mythical realms" product line of Safari Ltd. Safari's president encouraged me to write about them, but I had to inform and educate her regarding the fact that cryptozoology is not about "mythical imagined entities" like fairies and unicorns, but about "legendary creatures" like Sasquatch, Yowies, Nessies, Sea Serpents, Yetis, and other cryptids, pre-discovered animals, which are ethnoknown by native peoples. It's an uphill battle, but it is one I've been fighting for 50 years. Perhaps Safari Ltd. will be the first company to introduce "Cryptid Critters," but no, I am not going to offer fairies, dragons, and pink unicorns in the shop.  Loren www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/icm/ |
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Post by giganotoigauana on Sept 14, 2009 20:34:43 GMT
Has anyone found that stuffed body of shunka warakin'? it looks like a creodont to me.
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Post by Megaraptor on Sept 14, 2009 21:48:19 GMT
I can get a cerberus from a shop down here if you want.
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Post by Dan on Sept 14, 2009 21:54:50 GMT
I can get a cerberus from a shop down here if you want. That would be a fantasy critter, not a cryptid.  |
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Post by Megaraptor on Sept 14, 2009 22:02:00 GMT
d**n! But, it's still pretty cool. Hey, you could always just market some Schleich panthers and leopards as a mysterious big cat in the forest(I have personally seen one of those).
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Post by crypto1 on Sept 14, 2009 22:14:02 GMT
Ah, the Shunka Warak'in was finally tracked down, and found to have moved around from museum to museum. I wrote about it and looked for the mounted Shunka Warak'in for decades. Then, after 121 years of it being missing-in-action, the taxidermy mount surfaced in 2007. www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/shunka-wars/It is now in a small historical museum in Ennis, Montana, and so far, the owners of the museum and the taxidermy mount have refused all calls for DNA sampling. Frustrating. It probably is a badly mounted wolf, but it would be good to confirm it's not a dire wolf. The hair has an intriguing striping to it that was not obvious in the old black and white photos.   For the full story, see here, www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/mystery-rev/and go to the other links therein. I would love to have that one in the newly, relocated ICM. Loren www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/icm/ |
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Post by Megaraptor on Sept 14, 2009 23:37:44 GMT
Also, just use an old-fashioned plesiosaur as a Loch Ness Monster.
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Post by giganotoigauana on Sept 15, 2009 0:19:02 GMT
Ah, the Shunka Warak'in was finally tracked down, and found to have moved around from museum to museum. I wrote about it and looked for the mounted Shunka Warak'in for decades. Then, after 121 years of it being missing-in-action, the taxidermy mount surfaced in 2007. www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/shunka-wars/It is now in a small historical museum in Ennis, Montana, and so far, the owners of the museum and the taxidermy mount have refused all calls for DNA sampling. Frustrating. It probably is a badly mounted wolf, but it would be good to confirm it's not a dire wolf. The hair has an intriguing striping to it that was not obvious in the old black and white photos. For the full story, see here, www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/mystery-rev/and go to the other links therein. I would love to have that one in the newly, relocated ICM. Loren www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/icm/Are there any more pictures of the animal maybe some x rays? |
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Post by Megaraptor on Sept 15, 2009 1:12:37 GMT
Put in an order for the 2010 Coelacanth from Safari(don't know if you consider this "cryptoworthy" but it is the emblem for the museum, so it was worth a shot if you don't like the idea).
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Post by crypto1 on Sept 15, 2009 2:45:04 GMT
Yes, of course, many Safari coelacanths will be on order. Yes, there are many more photos of the Shunka Warak'in. Click on the links I gave above to see them. There are plenty of stores in Portland that have Papo, Schleich, and Safari toys/replicas. I will sell some extinct species and items like okapis & coelacanths, but probably won't want to compete with the toy stores who do volume sales of panthers, leopards, lions, tigers, and bears. For obvious reason, I will have Bigfoot figurines, Nessie souvenirs, and cryptid-related items, as I discover them. And my books, autographed. |
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Post by crypto1 on Sept 15, 2009 2:50:23 GMT
Also, just use an old-fashioned plesiosaur as a Loch Ness Monster. In spite of the fact I don't see any evidence for Nessies being reptiles of any kind (extinct or extant), I probably will bow to the popular cultural bias in this direction, and have some of the better museum quality ones for sale. Which plesiosaur replicas (realistically priced for the tourist trade coming to museums) are the most highly recommended by you all? |
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Post by Pangolinmoth on Sept 15, 2009 3:36:15 GMT
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Post by Megaraptor on Sept 15, 2009 4:40:46 GMT
Carnegie Elasmosaurus. Also go Carnegie Diplo, Schleich/Carnegie/Papo Trike and Papo/Bullyland/Carnegie Rex (because of "sightings" in the African bush). And why the okapi? They're not all dead. And, IF, just IF you can get your hands on some(not very likely), sell a tank of REAL coelacanths!
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Post by Megaraptor on Sept 15, 2009 4:42:19 GMT
Carnegie Elasmosaurus for Nessie. They have the perfect neck to tie in with nessie sightings/photos.
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Post by crypto1 on Sept 15, 2009 5:23:26 GMT
Like the coelacanth, the okapi is a "darling of cryptozoology," a discovery success story. The okapi was used as the logo of the International Society of Cryptozoology (ISC), which was founded in 1982 in Washington D.C. to serve as a scholarly center for documenting and evaluating evidence of unverified animals. The ISC became defunct in 1996 (due to funding problems and the deaths of personnel). For more on okapis and the significance of their replicas to cryptozoologically-minded folks, see: www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/replica-okapi/Thanks for the recommendations for replicas. Keep 'em coming! Sorry, no live coelacanths at the museum. That would be pushing the envelope. And the laws. |
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