Post #106909 by tikijackalope on Sat, Aug 7, 2004 4:51 PM

Thanks for the pics, TNTiki; my Target just got something new (to me) in today: the chalk boards and dry erase boards. Both have little tiki magnets that might be from the same sculp as the Chinese checker pieces. A lot of this stuff appeals to me for the sake of future small model photography.

Target has at least three sizes of stores: standard, smaller stores which managers have told me contain about 85% of the variety of standard stores, and Super Targets. Add to this the fact that Target likes to have a slight variance from store to store in inventory and its logical that some of us are going to find things that others never see. There may also be regional variation as I never saw most of the hula stuff.

TikiGardener wrote, in reference to using lava lamp bases as spot lighting for wall-mounted objects:

Just remember that they do throw off a fair amount of heat. And heat (as is good taste) is the enemy of art. If you refit the base with a fluorescent bulb, it might be better. If you get on of the natural spectrum one, it won't look bad, and you could put a gel over it if you wanted mood lighting.

Good points, I was thinking specifically of lighting small objects like wood masks or plaques at a safe distance. I'd be more worried about UV fading with a fluorescent bulb. This little guy is one candidate I've had trouble displaying because he is so small, dark, and his texture washes out from the light spilling on him from other sources:

I'll try this out and take as test shot.