Is another figure warranted?
The modern consumer's desire for novelty is insatiable, especially if the novelty is cute.

Compatability (or not) with other figures?
Possibly UV mapping for texture support, but this is less of an issue than it used to be and might not be worth the extra effort. I wouldn't worry about clothing or morphs. Wardrobe Wizard compatibility is expected, of course ;-)

User licence?
As liberal as possible, but no more. 3rd party contribution should be encouraged, but don't starve yourself.

Morph injection --- like/dislike?
HATE it. Please no!

Age? Young teen, early twenties, mid thirties, older?
This should be, as much as possible, user selectable.

Realistic or cartoon?
I like toon characters, but realistic is probably more needed. I like characters like Aiko that can sort of straddle the line.

Ease of use. When it takes ten minutes to find the dials to make a figure smile, have we gone too far?
I'd say ease of use is important, but in some ways we haven't gone far enough.

My ideal would be a character that combined the extensive morph shaping capabilites of Capsces' Roxanne with the facial expression capabilities of DAZ's The Girl.

I like the way the Roxanne character can assume a variety of face and body shapes, and have either a realistic or toony look, depending on settings. Victoria's body shape morphs always looked to me more like she was being blown up or deflated like a baloon. Roxanne looks a lot more solid.

That the face morphs introduced with The Girl have not become THE standard is still a mystery to me. She can twist her mouth sideways, bite her lip, and pucker up like she's really about to give a kiss and not just mispronouncing some pheoneme. You can really DO things with her tongue and teeth. I think that part of the reason so many renders are so uninteresting is that there is really very little control over the facial expressions and movements in most figures.

Oh, and while you're at it, could you give her the ability to raise her arms above her head without her shoulders and armpits morphing into hamhocks? And NO MORE BENT STRAW ELBOWS ;-)

• Jimdoria ~@>@

• Jimdoria  ~@>@