JoeyAristophanes opened this issue on Dec 14, 2003 ยท 62 posts
Ratteler posted Mon, 15 December 2003 at 9:58 AM
I disagree entirely. The closest comparison to any real world market is the 12" action figure Market. If it was going to run dry it would have done so decades ago. Barbie has been around for almost 45 years. GI Joe, hit 40 about 2 years ago. While not always staying fresh, or even the best quality, they have stayed in business. And there's the new "kids" in the industry. There's Ultimate Soldier by 21st Century Toys. Blue Box, who's CyGirls can barely stay in stock. Japanesse import Dragon. If there is anything stagnant or burnt out in the Poser community, it's been the actual program that has seen no upgrade for three years, and then a very poor one that barely worked. Even there look at all the advancment that has been made basically by hobbiests. Material poses. MORph Poses. Morph Injection. JCM Morphs. Erc Morphs. Object Remaping. All kinds of cool stuff i just can't think of. Poser animation is still a small untapped market. Wait until some one comes up with a Rag Doll physics simulation. Or AI plug ins for D|S that give certain figures automatic behaviors. There is lot's more to discover here, and we still haven't even touched on what happens whent he regular Joe figures out how much fun it is to play with action figures again. DAZ should do an AOL style give away of DAZ|Studio with RRMike and RRVicky. "Poser" is a niche market of the general 3D market right now. But if enough people get their hands on it, D|S can open it up to an audience who never knew it existed. The well is dry? I just think we haven't seen the ocean yet.