What's the grab bag? Some deal where you pay to get a random prize? Like in a gumball machine - only digitially?

Did you ever get the ring you wanted from the gumball machine?

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This is not apropos your thread but ... occasionally I am given gift certs for the Rendo store. I have had $35 sitting in my account for over a year. I try to find something I want every week. I cannot. Everything looks flawed to me in some way that suggests I'd rather make it myself or is just not something that interests me. (For example, large black man with blood splatters on him - hmmm - excellent texture work but - nope don't need a bloody texture. Breast morphs - nope. Hair that looks like 3 polygons - nope.)

What should I do with it? I sometimes think I should buy something that is fairly popular but needs shaders and then put together a proper freebie shader set for it.

What would that be if I were to do that?

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Renderosity forum reply notifications are wonky. If I read a follow-up in a thread, but I don't myself reply, then notifications no longer happen AT ALL on that thread. So if I seem to be ignoring a question, that's why. (Updated September 23, 2019)