"I've found that all blue moon models have their partisans within the Poser community -- but they are still just blue moon models.  Also-rans: without a whole lot of outside support.  Although there is some."

Personally, I'm a sucker for new figures and really like to give them a shot, particularly if I've seen the figure in development or have talked with the developer.  Something that Sixus1, Anton, Neftis, and Seraphira have done particularly well is to post WIP's for viewer comment.  I think sometimes having the consumer be part of the process alleviates the feeling of not having "extra" functionality as there is some opportunity to provide imput.  Plus, I think it gives the developer an idea of what the user would like from a figure.

V3, the most popular poser figure, is blue moon figure in my runtime.  It just seems odd how quickly some figures are dismissed as being niche figures without really having a chance to compete in the market...