Support, support, support.
Free support by its creator, is what drives a figure to popularity.
"Free" being the key word here, untill the figure is popular.

When a fugure gets popular to make money for the vendors, they will build.

End 2012??? V4 still pays the bills faster then any other figure.

It is as simple as that.

No, I am not a vendor. :-) but I have my eyes open.

Poser 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, P8 and PPro2010, P9 and PP2012, P10 and PP2014 Game Dev
"Do not drive faster then your angel can fly"!