Free advice and worth every penny. SM should set up a separate content creation arm -  give it a unique brand. Hire some of the talented people here full time, and give them freedom to create and compete -  free of any bureaucratic obstacles that may have contributed to hit or miss results in the past. You need some cooperation of the general direction and to make sure that the results suit the application, but IMO, you really need to adopt more of the DAZ model, rather than rely on scattered efforts. DAZ didn't succeed soley n(or some would say even mainly) based on the quality of their product. They had a business plan and they worked it, Art and passion are all well and good but if you're talking getting large numbers of people to part with their discretionary income, you need a solid business model, resources, and the singleminded determination to make it succeed over the long haul. A year from now will there be an ubiquitous set of Non DAZ Poser figures, or will folks be lamenting the fact that yet another marvelous new botique figure isn't getting any support or traction?

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