"What really gets my goat (riding stance...wacka-wacka) ..."

LOL @ KungFu Cowboy. However, you bring up a good point. Dropping 600 bones, you need to know exactly what you're getting. So I emailed'em to find out.

I'll give them the benefit of the doubt before labeling Pagoda a scam / rip-off!

I think I saw a Mantis dummy once. It wasn't has dynamic as the wing chun dummy. Pretty static- like a pole with two arms coming out, as I recall. Not to say there's anything wrong with that...

Peace!
Mokujin