As a DAZ Platinum Club member, I used to find myself trawling through the DAZ Originals section on a monthly basis, trying to find something to spend my $5 voucher on. I used to look at the older animal models. I would like to possess them all, but not at the ridiculous prices being charged. These models are on a level with the Poser 4 stuff; low to medium poly and planar mapped, with that nasty texture stretching across the midline. I only want them as background filler, and I can't understand why the prices haven't been reduced as techniques and production standards have advanced. I used to wonder if there was some cynical marketing reason - either to soak up the vouchers, or so that when they put them in bundles they could trumpet how much we were saving...

This sale, which "may be permanent", is a step in the right direction, but for some of the more elderly models it might still not be reduction enough.