lol -- such a cool variety of opinions. Poser 6 will be out next year for certain. When next year is unknown. Although the folks mentioned above are gettin there, none of them are masters. Ya don't believe me? Ask 'em ;) Poser 5 is not perfect. No software is. Some are just closer to it than others, and Poser's right in the middle there, lol. Poser 5 is very different from poser 4, and Poser 6 won't be stepping backward that way. If finances right now are a bit tight, then definitely wait (assuming you can stand to), but if you have the money, then invest in the tool now. heck, I'm still using Photoshop 6. It's incredibly frustrating to see all these cool new things come out and not be able to use them. But that's the price I pay for not keeping up with the Joneses ;)