When I lived in Utah, folks used to insult each other by saying the other was "ignernt." It didn't mean "stupid," it mean what I call "not knowing how to behave" on some astonishingly basic level. There are some legitimate reasons to expect Miki to be free, and they've been stated here. But calling her "overpriced," which is what set Anton fuming, is disrespectful of the work that goes into one of these figures and, I suppose, a bit greedy. The MilDog was "overpriced," not because a dog model was not worth what was charged, but because it was poorly made. The MilHorse was "overpriced" because it was, in the opinion of many, junk. It bore about the same relationship to a horse as a Tonka pony. Renda was "overpriced" because she was just a transparent (and mediocre) ripoff of someone else's hard work. The Mil Big Cat was "overpriced".... Well, you get the picture. Useless junk is always overpriced. Something that doesn't work is "overpriced." But if Miki works, then she is not "overpriced," she just costs more than she is worth to some of us. The difference is subjective vs. objective, and I wish we didn't have so much trouble keeping them distinguished. "Overpriced" is a characteristic of Miki; "I don't want her that much" is a characteristic of the buyer. If I don't want AM, that's my business; saying he's "overpriced" is an insult to the enormous amount of work that went into creating this figure. Likewise Miki. I'd love to have everything I want. Once I win Powerball, I'll probably buy lots of stuff I can't afford now. But the fact that I can't afford it is not in any way an indication that the stuff is "overpriced." Saabs and Volvos are not "overpriced," they're worth more than I have to spend on a car. I can't afford $25 for a novel I will read and then pass along to a recycler. Is it overpriced? The author will get around $2.00 of the purchase price, and if the book has typical sales, a few thousand other people will buy the book. Three months' to three years' work, $2,000. That, as I understand it, is a lot more people than buy the typical Poser thingie. And let me pose a thought experiment for you. Suppose eFrontier had released Miki for free. How many complaints would we have seen from people who said they were hurting the merchants by competing against people who have to sell their stuff for a living and driving prices down? Not as many, of course. There is, after all, the "gimme" factor. When I look at how much time it takes me to create a bloody dynamic hoodless poncho, the idea of spending days building something with a challenge in it and then giving it away is a bit hard to grasp. And the idea of selling it for $5.00 and getting paid what works out to $0.38/hour for it... that doesn't ring my dinger either. I don't have enough disposable income to buy whatever I want, and I'm not exactly rolling in disposable time, either. My profound respect to the people who make freebies, and to folks who create and sell excellent models for the rest of us. If any of you are driving Ferraris to work, I'll bet you got them somewhere else. M