The cracking is probably because michael doesn't seem to be meant to scale. Poser scaling is awful, and I mean awful to set up. The setup it uses seems completely backwards to its purpose to me. It would probably be fixed by recutting the arms not to include the chest area, like the poser 4 male is cut. This would leave more easily definable scaling areas, but would have the shoulder bend issues that affect the P4Male. Actually most of the "cracking" issues you mention about the torso are probably due to the way the chest and shoulders are cut. Probably a lot more trouble than it was worth for Zygote to switch to that style. His neck is a bit too far back. Unfortunately the entire geometry of the head would have to be brought backward to fix that. I dunno about the pecs. Only weight-lifters seem to have that kind of definition, and the Michael model is exactly what it is, not really a do all/be all. His butt is not right. I will grant you that, but thats probably a morphable fix. I dunno that I agree about the face. Thats generally the most fixable portion on any model because it doesn't bend. You just have to change the geometry to match what you want to see. Also this model was supposedly built around a real person's body. So it has features and flaws that a real person would have heh. ML