Quote - But Allison and Ryan are Smith Micro's answer to average looking people (pardon me while a gag up a fur ball).  I don't know, there is just something subtly wrong about them.  I've said it on other threads and I'll say it again--for the most part people don't want ordinary looking people. 

You know, they did a study of attractiveness which shows that the more "average" a person is, the more attractive they are.  We don't really describe beauty, but rather the absence of imperfection.  We notice eyes that are too close together or too far apart, chins that are too shallow, pointy or broad, cheeks that are too fat or too gaunt...  It's harder to describe a person that is totally average, but most would agree that such a person is indeed attractive. 

Personally, I like a face that is "mathematically" average but also has one "flaw" to give it character.  A nose that is too big, or teeth with a gap, can be quite attractive on an otherwise "average" face, and the overall appearance is IMHO more attactive than the same face with the "flaw" corrected.

So, something tells me that Allison and Ryan probably aren't average enough but rather have specific features that many people don't like and which also make them very recognisable.

I will say I do prefer figures that look more like the actual (attractive) people I see daily, and less like the Holywood/comic book ideals, but then I'm used to being an oddball around here.