From what I can tell, this is the result of Poser's rather clumsy selection handling (compared to competitor DAZ Studio). The only way to insure that you have a valid material selection for an MC6 or MT5 is to be in--you guessed it--the Material Room. From a design standpoint, this was the right decision to make: It's the only way that both the program and the user will know exactly who the recepient of the material preset is, or even if it would be valid to apply a material preset. I'm not saying that I like this--it cheeses me as much as y'all--but it's better than the unpredictable alternative. The whole selection system badly needs a makeover for Poser 7. My library gripe? Hitting the delete key goes up a directory. I can't tell you how many times I've tried to delete a figure or prop and wound up traversing my content folders instead. Delete should be a shortcut for one thing: Deleting things.