"The thing that REALLY puzzles me is why none of the male characters has ever REALLY taken off the way V3 did." I have to say I'm incredibly curious about this too. Especially when the things that inspire me like comic books and cop and sci fi shows are mainly run with male characters. When I do an action or cop scene, almost always it's with a male figure. It's kind of odd that the poser community runs in the opposite direction of Hollywood yet many of the same influences appear in the art just substituting a male with a female figure. Mainly I think the issue lies on who is producing the content. If items for a particular figure (V3) sell consistently, are they going to risk helping to establish a male figure? Granted there are some who will just to market themselves as versatile, but the question remains whether or not they are just sticking to unimesh uv's or whether they'll be willing to texture Apollo and future males as well.