If SM were smart, they would be focusing just as much on the figures as the program. Let's face it: the content is what makes the program useful and enjoyable, whether it comes with Poser or you have to buy it third-hand. I'm not as enthusiastic as you about Alyson and Ryan, but I will say that the figures that have preceded them were woefully underdeveloped. If anything, SM let DAZ run away with the market, and I'm not sure much of anything will ever turn that around, particularly at this point when the DAZ figures are so entrenched.

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