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Does anyone have any copies of the albino leopard gecko ads Tim Rainwater used in his direct mailings and Reptiles magazine? I remember they had red eyes in the pics, but would really like to obtain a copy for my collection. I remember obtaining a nice glossy page ad along with his pricelist in 1998, anyone still have any of these? I threw my copy out in 2001 and wish I didn't. Even scanned ads would do.
 
i have a 35MM print given to me by tim rainwater that shows a good shot of the eye.. ill try to dig it up tommorow
 
reptiles back issues

Pet'tacular exotics has many back issues of reptiles magazine for sale...if you can find out which issues carried this ad i can probably obtain one of them for you. another route would be going to petacular exotics website (theres a link on KS) and actually emailing Rich to see if he has any copies of the issues that carried that ad.
 
I can help out, but all my old REPTILES mags are 1 hour away from here and only god knows where the people renting my mom's house put them. I also have old flyers from Tim when he use to attend the Albuquerque Reptile Expos. I'm not sure when I'll be going back "home" but when I do I do plan to grab all my REPTILES mags.

I do, however, have a macro of the first ever patternless albino's eye. Max was hatched in 1998 and I believe the first PA was hatched in 99.

Chris
 
were these ad's in Reptile Magazine?

if so what year(s) I have the first edition through a couple of years complete!
 
chondrokeeper said:
I can help out, but all my old REPTILES mags are 1 hour away from here and only god knows where the people renting my mom's house put them. I also have old flyers from Tim when he use to attend the Albuquerque Reptile Expos. I'm not sure when I'll be going back "home" but when I do I do plan to grab all my REPTILES mags.

I do, however, have a macro of the first ever patternless albino's eye. Max was hatched in 1998 and I believe the first PA was hatched in 99.

Chris
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i bet its the same pic that i have.....
 
dang! I just checked and I have Oct 1993 (first issue) through Sept 1996! oh well good luck!!
 
im missing about 10 issues since the first one hit the shelves...
 
Just finished some Reptiles Mag research and I think I found the ad you are looking for. It is June 99 I will check my extra issues to see if I have a extra one. But here is a time line for all those interested.
Rainwater first ad: Sept. '98 he then did adds every other month or so.
Rainwater ad: June '99 This ad has six Polaroids a albino patternless, albino, 2 tangerines, high yellow, and a close up of a albino eye with a albino in the forground of the add
March 2000: Prehistoric Pets with the blizard and banana blizzard as well as Tremper albinos are pictured.
May 2000: Prehistoric Pets blazzing blizards
 
pa eye...

This is the macro shot I was talking about. It was featured in a calendar and I believe an ad that Rainwater did.

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I believe the photo was taken by Kevin Hanley. I think he was Tim's photographer at one point before they had their falling out. The photo itself is kind of crappy as I scanned it in back in 2000 and my scanner was a huge POS.

Chris

Edit: typo in HTML coding
 
fishy picture

that photo looks like its been messed with. see how the red bleeds into the bottom eyelid? it shouldn't. has anyone actually seen a gecko with eyes like that?
 
Yes that is one of the pics from his adds. It is in the Reptiles mag from June '99. It is listed as a albino eye. As far as the pic being tampered with I do not know. But Kevin is one of the best reptile photographers out there. And I do think did shots for Rainwater.
 
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