Welcome to the madness B) To be quite honest, in yr place I wouldn't buy anything else right now...Poser contains enough figures for you to get the hang of the prog, & there's like zillions of free addons ya can collect. It'd be a shame fer ya to go & blow yr next 4 car payments on V3/ M3/ wardrobes fer them/ etc oly to discover ya really don' care fer the prog. Once ya decide ya really do like it, then sure, go fer V3 & M3 & accessories. As fer P5...it's a judgement call. The great ting 'bout P4 is it's shallow learnin' curve; purdy much anybody can jump in w/ both feet & make a picture. P5 has a lot more bells & whistles, therefore a steeper learnin' curve, & I doubt anyone really uses all of 'em regularly (I know I don't).Fer now as a newbie, I'd suggest just gettin' comfortable w/ what ya have 1st, & worry 'bout P5 later (especially w/ P6 loomin' over the horizon ;-)

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