Good god the Troll prison must have it's door wide open lately. -- I've been using Vue for a few months now. I like it quite a bit. It has one of the easiest interfaces around... and a easily comprihended material system. It has quirks, but so does every 3d program I have ever used. The only really bad annoyance I've had is... there is a bug that makes invisible objects show up as ghosts in bright volumetric light. Not great for me since my current animation deals with UFOs -- Otherwise it's sweet and I am using Vue for 90% of the outdoor renders in my animation (most indoor shots will be Poser 5 or Truespace renders)