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Hell, even the original Poser 1 figures are still included in the shipped content.

My 2 cents would be: Repair them, or remove them.

My thinking as well.  I never meant to imply that I thought each figure could be completely fixed/updated in a weekend, just that even a weekend of work on a figure would improve it greatly.  Especially if done by those who best know how things work, say people directly involved with the program's release...

I think the issue of how supported these individual figures are is beside the point, because they are included content.  Just as I think the program should be fixed/improved with regard to users' concerns, I think the content should occasionally be fixed/improved as well. 

It seems we pick and choose figures to use based on versatility, because you have to assume it takes a bit of time familiarizing yourself with the figure and then some more time (or money) outfitting the figure and creating our unique characters.  Poser figures, like Don for example, might never be the star of the show, but it's good to have variety when populating scenes and the older lower-poly figures are especially suited to background use.  (But there's such a startling gap between the default appearance ofa P4 character and a more recent one that both will look less believable in the company of the other...)

I guess it's a mindset thing...  Maybe they look at each new figure as addressing the problems with previous ones.  New figures come out, old figures get frozen in time.  I just see how those figures could each actually have a purpose...  James has a nice athletic build, good for soldiers and action men, but he was never a replacement for the Dork when needing an average man in a mundane setting.  Similarly, some females are better suited to being glamorous or sexy while others work better as average or cute characters.