Operaguy, before spending a boatload on Max, did you try the Vue option?  It translates the materials very well, and will bring in Poser scenes just like bodystudio claims to I think.

I had the bodystudio with Max 7, and it does not bring over all the procedurals.  In fact, it doesn't bring any of them over, and I don't think the new one does either by that description.  You will find yourself spending a lot of time redoing the materials so they match up with what you had in Poser, and some of them, like the faceoff skin shaders, can't be reproduced.  You'd have to use the Max skin shaders, which render slower.  I think Vue can translate all those skin shader nodes, and it renders almost as good as any Max renderer I've seen.  If all you are looking for is a renderer, Vue is much cheaper and just as good I think.

Just a thought.