Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to answer my question - seems like there is life in AD/MD yet.

FWIW my liking for MD (and Aiko and Miki for that matter) stems from their differentness to everything most other people are doing in the galleries, and especially that you can change their expressions without a flurry of dials such as V3 gets.

As for my own work, though a current 'cashflow problem' means I won't be purchasing anything for the while, I'm working on some MD images which should hit the galleries in the next few days...

Thanks again all...Martin