Ok, I'll revist my answer. I'm a merchant/broker and an artist... oh and even a professional. (I've been in the graphic arts since 1985) I go to the Product Showcase forum and gallery to see what's new... to look for something that sparks my imagination for new images etc. Usually the images there are larger and it's nice to ask the vendor some direct questions before tracking down the product and buying it. I really don't use it to check out the competition. I don't want to go to the Poser Forum and get bogged down with blatent ads for products, posted by the creators of those products. Reviews, I love em! It's nice to see what someone else thinks of a product. Illusions is exactly correct, the Poser Forum would be a joke if all the merchants started posting WIPs and product showcase material there... And there's well more then a 1000 merchants if you start counting vendors from outside Renderosity that post here too. Doug

I came, I rendered, I'm still broke.