Thank you for the compliment! Sheri and I are really proud of these. We've been working on them for almost 3 months now getting the right color combinations and textures in place. The little details, such as the correct position of the paw pads on the front foot and which side we were going to put the curled tail. (We initially had the tail laying on BOTH sides - lol)
I am currently waiting on the final blueprint from the mint, as they chose to ignore using "Monotype Corsiva" for the "Track at Geocaching.com" text around the tracking numbers. That is the font used on the first two Carousels, and I want them to match. When that comes back, samples will be done and those photos will be posted here.
I expect to put the Tigers into full production by the end of next week, but saw no reason not to offer them up now, since I only really need the font fixed on the blueprint.
Its up to you to decide if you want to preorder these or not John, but you haven't been 'burnt' by me They would make a nice addition next to your Horses and Lions too!