Well, it was a no brainer for me, since I had been thinking about buying shade anyway, and am in the process of learning to do basic modeling. I kind of wanted the mid priced version, but starting out with the LE version is probably best anyway:) Frankly, for V3/M3 users in p5, the reduced res figures are a perfect match. The extra smoothing removes most of the problems with jagged edges, and the light weight figures don't have some of the problems that the others do. eric