Fish, and all - just my 0.2 Euros. I'd recommend putting on the producer's cap when this happens - helps me a lot (most of the time!). We all buy and build ten times more stuff than we'll ever use - because we can SO easily imagine SUCH a cool image that we could do with precisely that figure, prop, background, or whatever ;o) That's the artist thinking. When he's spoken, bring in the producer. In order to actually produce that image (or anim), just what stuff will you need to build or buy? How much time to set up and render? What - or how much - is in it for you (whether it's fun, fame or fortune that's your preferred reward). It can be an unpleasant discipline, but once you've done it a couple of times, I find that it has several attractions. Some ideas, on closer inspection, turn out to be less than great, or not worth the effort - no problem giving them up, and it saves a lot of unnecessary purchases (yeah, I know that, being a vendor, I'm shooting myself in the foot here ;o) ) The better ideas stand a much better chance of actualy being realized when they are planned properly. And you have a much better chance of actually having the time or pennies for getting the stuff you need, since you haven't wasted as much on what you DIDN'T need. Best of all, when more projects actually get done, relaxing away from the Poser screen actually becomes not only bearable, but even attractive sometimes. And by and by, all that clear thinking gets you into the habit of doing a lot of the actual work in your head before even having to fire up the PC - you'd be surprised how many snippets of spare time that can be "enlisted" for Poser work that way. Just don't do it when you're supposed to be relaxing with family and friends ;o)