@ mobelgod

You  make a very  good argument.

However -
 there are some "just off the factory shelf" problems that may exist  that  you  cannot get around.

The reason  I don't use V4 is the crazy  high armpit crease..... and the donut ass result of bending her factory ass.
There is no simple morphing that a beginner-to-intermediate artist can  do  which  will fix  that  particular ugliness without causing problems when  you move the joints.

Also, SM  wants to  SELL product ..... and the figures  that come with new releases are obviously big selling points - and to kind of agree and disagree (at the same time) with Trekkkie,
an  ATTRACTIVE  figure  is going to  SELL. when  you load the figure and say  WOW! hot figure!  that is a good thing.
I am not saying the figures  should look  like a perfect playboy  model or runway model,  I am saying there is some degree of objectivity  that  all would agree looks "good"

My favorite figure is  Sydney from  P7. off the shelf she looks like a real  girl. her body is very  pretty, it is not very 'unique" in one way or another- but it looks damn nice. there is not much  you would say  is crazy out of whack  with her... and she is "tabula rasa" enough to  do  a lot of things to- easily.
She does have big bony hands and fingers  and that  is one drawback  that  I hear A LOT of people bring up - and I think it is reasonable to  say - it would be nice if figures came off the shelf  inside some margin of looking attractive.

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