PJF wrote, "Comparing the two makes DAZ's update to Bryce look extremely poor value." I don't really think you can fairly compare the two. Considering that Eon has been working on the latest version for a couple of years by the same people who have been working on previous versions, while Bryce is being worked on by people new to the program and have this update coming out after only a few months. For myself, the 5.5 update is huge, especially since absolutely nothing has been done with Bryce for, lets see, how many years? I'm ready to pre-order now! Coldrake