Quote - Ok - what if I create a new UV MAPPED .obj - and I give it the exact name as the old .obj file I want to replace. I store the NEW .obj in a desktop folder somewhere - go and delete the old file from the runtime for the figure - and just stick the new file with the exact same name back in the runtime? would I still have to even mess with the CR2 at all?

No, but if you somehow screwed up the remapped object while remapping it, you'll have deleted your prototype without first having made sure of viable replacement.  Better by far to 1st rename the object file, and then to hack a renamed copy of the Cr2 when doing this (That way you also have two versions of your figure for comparison purposes). 

Hacking a Cr2 is not rocket science, and is truly one of those basic skills that all Poser users should acquire: there are hundreds of threads here that explain this simple procedure.  Best is to use a simple Text Editor, such as EditPad Lite, which is FREE.  It comes with a nifty search and replace feature that makes the whole procedure easy.
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