Quote - Well there's something to be said about not revealing too early. Phantom3D showed us all Brad and even released a Beta version but has now shelved Brad to work in Antonia's counterpart Tony instead. This has not really been remarked upon negatively but speaking for myself, I was a bit miffed to hear it. I never brought it up til just now though but I'd guess that other Brad fans were just as tiffed to hear he had been shelved after getting us all worked up about how nice he looked.

 

You have to keep in mind tony is a bit of a different project.  The Idea behind the Antonio project is to help develope people weightmapping skills as it goes.  As much as its a new figure it is equally a tutorial project on weightmapping from start to finish.  I'm not sure of the details but I think that antonio was better suited to this purpose for whatever reasons.  Perhaps it provided better learning opportunities or was a more straightforward figure to work with.  Phantom3D is very passionate about getting more people involved and skilled with posers newer features, and making sure poser users do not end up shackled to one company or one figure for their needs.  He has been extremely generous with his time and effort, putting off projects (like brad) that are near and dear to his heart in order to try to fill the needs that the community has been voicing.  

Poser Place is happy to welcome anyone who wants to pitch in and do something positive for poser, and there are lots of really talented folks willing to pitch in and help with projects if you have one in mind.  Heck if you were so inclined you could probably start a 'we want brad' chant... er.. I think... might have to check the rules on chanting... :P