Quote - The only thing I want from a new figure is that it be sufficiently better than what I have in my runtime to warrant spending money on new content. Frankly, that's a huge hurdle to clear.

I look forward to AmbientShade's Lucas because I do believe it will be much better than anything I currently own.

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Absolutely agree on this!

Any new figures I buy (and I'm perfectly happy to buy - I'm not expecting good work to be given away for free), have to be significantly better or different enough from what I have already to be interesting to me.

Examples - Blackhearted's Anastasia (Ok, not a completely new figure), but significantly better than Alyson2 and so gorgeous there was no way I wasn't buying her.
And Adh3d's Adman - different enough to make him well worthwhile having.