Quote - I tried to Explain to Dan Farr that NO one in the
 Film,TV.Videogame or VFX field using MAX,MAYA, HOUDINI, SOFTIMAGE etc  has any need for such a figure

I call BS, and the evidence is as close as the nearest Omnaris (nasal spray) commercial in the US. In it, you get to see Poser's James figure and his clones, bigger than life and carrying a (to them) ginormous bottle of nasal spray, marching right into some actor's nose with it.

You can also find evidence in the nearest airline ticket kiosk, grocery store checkout kiosk, and etc.

Just because you don't see it in a eye-searing 3D blockbuster film (blech) doesn't mean that such figures don't get used.