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but couldnt it be a little more realistic? just a little? not everyone is rendering out hobbit's or gollum's.  ...

I think the Poser figures are gaining much with the right textures. waits for Cyllan's textures for the P8 people

Quote - ... The other thing I'm wondering is whether the Library can be docked elsewhere or if it's still nailed to the right-hand side of the UI. ...

Undocking and resizing the content library is a feature since P6.
In the upper right corner of the content library is a button, if clicked the library window is undocked and you can resize it by pulling the lower right corner.