I started with Poser 4, but had no extra stuff - or money to buy stuff - so all my renders looked like plastic. especially the hair. I have Daz stuff because of their Plantium Club $1.99 stuff is affordable. Things in freestuff are now for Vicky and Mike, too. It's hard to get clothes for the original figures. Good people to ask would be the merchants. Why do they like Vicky over Judy, for example. I'm not a modeler so maybe some figures are easy to model for. Some people say the joints are better.  Personally, I love Apollo but you don't see much of him anymore either. Depends on what you like and what works for you best.