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To: Lee Matheson who wrote (6)	3/17/1997 12:06:00 PM
From: Carey Thompson	of 14

Thanks for the information. Good luck in your investing Carey

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To: Carey Thompson who wrote (7)	3/21/1997 11:28:00 PM
From: Jay Anderson	of 14

I read about a couple of new deals that Comstream put together this week that sounded quite promising but suddenly the share price is heading south. What gives? Is it just part of the general malaise in the markets? Is their any other news on Spar?

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To: Carey Thompson who wrote ()	3/22/1997 12:04:00 AM
From: Clark Kent	of 14

Hello Carey, I'm posting to this thread as part of my DD on a company called Hall Train Entertainment (Canadian OTC-HTRN). I'm not attempting to hype the stock, however if you read the following post you'll understand why I'm here. Is this info common knowledge, is it true, is it important to spar or is it a little bit of gravy on the side. Sorry I don't follow Spar but I saw this thread tonight and had to ask. Thanks a lot Randy As you know Halltrain does have an animation department. They have done various productions including a sequence for the American Museum of Natural History, footage seen on the Learning Channel and PBS, and award winning commercials. The dinosaurs they are building for MCA/Universal are also very specialized. The latest contract is for the largest dinosaur ever built, the Memenchisaurus, measuring 80 feet in length, which appeared on the earth in the late Jurassic period, approximately 100 Million years ago. It will premiere for viewing at the prestigious American Museum of Natural History, New York City. The lifesize dinosaurs they are building for the MCA/Universal theme parks are robotic, and will move on their own. The robotics are being done by Spar Aerospace, the company that designed the Canada Space Arm for the NASA space shuttles. This is one of the foremost robotics companies in the world. It is big business Halltrain is getting into. Their CEO Lawrence Keller was with 20'th Century Fox for 10 years, as Canadian Vice President and General Manager, followed by a promotion to position of Vice President of 20'th Century Fox Television and Communications International After rereading my post it does sound a little bit like hype :o) but I would appreciate any insight.

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To: Clark Kent who wrote (9)	3/23/1997 12:49:00 PM
From: Carey Thompson	of 14

I read the recent annual report. SPAR is losing money. I believe that's why the stock price is heading lower. Randy, If this dinosaur building concepts spreads, SPAR is positioned at the vanguard and should capitalize on it. My superficial opinion after travelling around the USA, is amusement parks and county fairs are alive and well. While in Las Vegas, NV last month, I noticed the MGM Grand had is own theme park for the kids and across the street the New York, New York had a roller coaster circling the casino/hotel. Sorry, I did not see any dinosaurs. Last year, the family went to, Reptile Gardens in Rapid City, SD. If SPAR could make inexpensive dinosaurs, I bet the gardens would buy a few for its majority market--kids that love gators, crocs, lizards, turtles, etc. The 7 flags are sprouting up, theorectically, less than 1 days drive away from most areas of the USA. Here is another potential customers along with the Disneys. Just my initial mutterings, but I can see a specialized niche market for the dinosaur products. Remember kids think dinosaurs are cute.

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To: Carey Thompson who wrote (10)	3/23/1997 1:16:00 PM
From: Clark Kent	of 14

Thanks for the response Carey. I assume then that SPAR has not mentioned anything about the dinosaurs in any press releases you've seen. Excuse my ignorance, what did you mean by "The 7 flags are sprouting up, theorectically, less than 1 days drive away from most areas of the USA." Also, would you object to my posting your response on the Halltrain thread, any related opinions whether positive or negative are appreciated. Thanks Randy

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To: Carey Thompson who wrote (10)	3/24/1997 12:13:00 AM
From: Jay Anderson	of 14

You are right about the losing money aspect. I guess one quarter of $0.15 a share earnings is not enough to get everyone on the bandwagon no matter how good the press releases are. This dinosaur business is quite interesting, if it could catch on like flight simulators have (seems like every big amusement park has one or two) there could be a good source of revenue here for Spar. (I think Seven Flags is an amusement park competitor to Disney). The fourth quarter numbers have been out for some time but the price drop seemed to coincide with a rash of releases by Comstream, none of which looked negative. That's why I wondered if I was missing something. Volumes were fairly low and high tech is all getting lit up so we might just have a good buying opportunity soon.

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To: Clark Kent who wrote (9)	3/27/1997 2:42:00 AM
From: Postman	of 14

I believe that the Halltrain robotic dinosaur division is a fairly small part of the Spar corporation, but also heard it mentioned that Spar could move in the theme park direction in a bigger way.

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From: Carey Thompson	5/27/2007 10:56:01 PM
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SPZ is no longer a independent company; tt appears Spar Aerospace was sold to L-3 and MacDonald Dettwiler. Spar Aerospace From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from SPAR Aerospace) Jump to: navigation, search SPAR Aerospace was a Canadian aerospace company and developed the Canadarm for the Space shuttle program in the United States. [edit] History The Toronto based company was founded as Special Products and Advance Research Division of De Havilland Canada on January 1, 1968. The division was later spun off as a separate company. Over the years, SPAR's ownership has passed onto American companies. Some of SPAR's business was acquired by MacDonald Dettwiler and some by L-3 Communications. Military Aviation Services was acquired from Bombardier Aerospace. en.wikipedia.org [edit] Facilities Current list of facilities: Edmonton, Alberta Mississauga, Ontario Trenton, Ontario Venice, Italy [edit] References Spar Aerospace Limited L3 SPAR Aerospace Limited Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spar_Aerospace" Category: Aerospace companies

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