hi Dan,
despite being released at the beginning of March 2008, GND4's morph was done in July of 2007. final re-tweaking and the texture was done at the beginning of December 2007, and i re-did the texture from scratch in 2008 (i was very busy in the latter half of 2007 which accounted for the fact that it took so long to release - what can i say :( ).
there were a half-dozen people that i sent preview images of GND4 to throughout her development;  i will definitely play my cards closer to my chest from now until a product's release.

I still believe that there are too many similarities - to both GND2 and GND4. if it truly is a coincidence and the similarities are unintentional, then whoever made it (or it was contracted out to) should have picked up on them and tweaked it to be more original - seeing as it is 5 months after the release of GND4 and everyone knows what she looks like by now. if so many customers are picking up on the similarities independently of each other then surely the creator should have as well and this should have been addressed during the product's lengthy beta/pre-release process. let me emphasize again that regardless how it was arrived at there is absolutely nothing illegal about it - but as a merchant who tries to make characters that are different i feel that my toes have been stepped on.

i still stand behind what i said earlier: there isnt just one attractive female body style - there are thousands of them. there is no need to work in the exact same direction as another existing morph as there are many different paths you can follow that end in an attractive morph.

ive mellowed out a bit over the years, so while the old me would have sat here making an ass of myself and this into a 400+ post thread which would still end in an inevitable impasse, nowadays id rather just keep moving forward. so with that in mind, customers can look for a free update to GND4 soon that will restore her uniqueness and add even more content.

cheers,
-gabriel