I also heard that people bought it and haven't received a serial number. Rumour has it that it's getting nasty over there.

Stick with Poser! It's better, apparently cheaper and you don't have to worry whether you have all of the tools you need to work with, and having to shell out more money to get a fully working program.

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi