I'm not sure that is an adequate analogy.  GNDA and Tyler, while beautifully scuplted, still relied on base figures that were very clearly NOT a step up from v4.  As much as I wanted to absolutely love them, I just couldn't.  A lot of bends from their basefigure's rig just never looked good and the problems always transfered over to the clothing I tried to make for them.  

To me I never got a sense that Allyson2, or any of the others really, was actually trying that hard to replace v4.  My Michelle probably came the closest, but it does seem that, especially with their own store, this group is different.  It seems like they have a real drive to finally take over that spot that a lot of us really feel its time v4 moved out of.

 

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 didn't choose to make GNDA and Tyler their main figures, I don't see much chance of this bagging that spot.  Isn't the refusal to switch away from V4M4 driven by 1. people not upgrading to weight-map compatible Poser versions and 2. people not wanting to abandon their large wardrobes for those figures?  This can't realistically address either of those unless it comes with a heckuva lot of cheap clothes out of the gate.

I'll be watching to see what happens. ;)