Well now that we're mentioning merchants.. :) I've been impressed with Stonemason, Kaol, and Winnston1984 here at rendo. They make NICE stuff. Also Kurokuma made some awesome models last year, despite the mess up at Daz... Sixus1 has made a lot of cool stuff. I also bought a lot from Vanishing Point. Seems last year was the year of the indy merchant, but 2004 was also my first poser year so I could be off on that. Just seems every time you turn around someone is opening a new store.