**They see a few shiny spheres images, a few nviatwas scenes, perhaps play with the software for a few weeks, create a few crappy drag&drop scenes, and believe they know its full potential.

**This made me smile.... Whenever I see an official tutorial for Bryce, whenever I see Bryce galleries (to an extent), and whenever I see a review for Bryce, THE BLOODY SCEENSHOT IS ALWAYS THE BLOODY SAME... just as our friend above has described.
You never see anything decent in the circumstances that would suggest that it could do anything more.
Take a look at the following.....
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/macuser/reviews/109145/bryce-61.html
http://www.computerarts.co.uk/reviews/software/graphics/bryce_6.1 read the review near the bottom where it says "Overall Bryce remains more of a toy than a serious 3D tool" I sent an email to the review about that comment... haven't had a reply yet though and guess I never will LOL.