So! This morning, kind of out of the blue, I got invited to visit Safari Ltd a second time (remember my first visit?) By the way, if you have no idea what I'm talking about, Safari Ltd makes realistic animal replicas, which I love to collect and photograph:
The company is located in Miami, where I live, so I went to visit once before. I had already been told that it would be arranged for me to come see the new 2011 lineup, so wasn't entirely unexpected, but I didn't think it'd be today. It was rather a surprise. Anyway, like the first time, I had a lot of fun. I got to see prototypes of their entire 2011 line (click on any photo for a bigger version):
What you see above is a but tiny sample, of course; just my two favorites and a view of the table. After checking these out, I was allowed to dig through boxes of old replicas and take whatever I wanted. They were really very old and most were ruined by paint rubs, but since I had all the time in the world, I rescued all the ones that looked nice, and that amounted to a LOT!
I took many photos in the conference room (over 170!) all of which I am currently uploading to my Flickr.
If you like, you can see my photos of Safari's 2011 additions in this public Facebook album (you don't need a Facebook account to view it.) More high-res photos will come tomorrow.
I'm off to bed. Tomorrow I get to go back to work outside of my house, finally! :D
-Marina
