Hi Folks! I know I'm gonna push some buttons by saying this. . . What has come to pass is not only the commercialization of this online forum, as Rena predicted. What has also happened is what Schlabber has noted: as soon as a newbie learns enough to build a prop or texture, the result ends up in an online store. The ultimate consequence of all this is the "Microsofting" of digital art (and I use that term deliberately): a continually growing, broad range of products that run from fair to mediocre in quality. There's some really excellent stuff in the Store. But the bulk of it does not at least to me seem to be that distinctive. I supported the idea of an online store to save all my favorite forums, but honestly, I haven't bought anything from them. Reason? I'm waiting for this and the other stores to do what DAZ and BBay have done: hire a REAL PERSON to take orders live and offer customer service. When I have questions about my order I can talk to Sherry or Emily--and they have been very good to me. I'm willing to bet that the R-Store will take a more definitive stance against pirates and pilferers if they have to pay someone to take the complaints and that someone must listen to them as part of the job, as well as verify that all the components of a new product--morphs, geometries, textures-- are legal and properly credited. If the Poser forums must go commercial to survive then so be it. Let's take the next step and put in a real person that I can talk to when I make my order. Peter (Dr Zik)