I seem to remember when Vicki first came out... basically the same argument :)  I thought the default vicky was pretty ugly at first... then picked up Jims glamourous Vicki and people started following suit with new items.

I think that Jessi will have the same potential... it is the individual artists that bring these figures to life.
Boy, that gets me thinking back to when there was no store and we just had the freestuff :)  things have changed over the years :)