Quote - I'm sorry -- I just noticed that this is the DS forum.

Please excuse.  I did a search for "Dawn," to see if anything new had been posted here about her, and didn't pay attention to the forum I was in.

Duh...sorry if my response above is not appropriate.  Since I don't use Dawn in DS, what I said doesn't really help the thread starter at all.  oops...

Well, maybe some applies to DS.  :-)  Just ignore the other stuff.

Actually it is appropriate, since Dawn was touted as the figure by Poser users to "heal the bridges" between Poser and DS users, but it's really done no such thing. The poser users give as much regard to DS users as they've done before, which is barely anything. This was evident when the initial push of DAWN products came along and they mostly ignored DS compatiblity. Healing indeed. ;) I think those people actually believed that Dawn was a way to get back at DAZ rather than bridge healing... but the majority of people that actually think about the product, rather than blind philosophy saw the figure for what it was and didn't invest in it. Which is why vendors don't make for it and you can barely find new content for it.... and the community bundle went over like large rock. But you'll see people post not about how it's healed the community, but a godsend for Poser users. 

Say what you will about DAZ but at least they've tried to get EVERYONE to use their products they best they could, where it hasn't been the case from the other side. If you invest in Dawn, you will be doing lots of converting because you'll barely find things for DS. Genesis was a huge wake up call for Poser users who thought DAZ should just cater to their needs when the figure tech hasn't changed in years. The environment has changed a lot in the last few years, and that's not the case, so there's been a lot a Poser figures not aimed to heal bridges but to get back for the fact that DAZ won't compromise their quality of their new figures for a scaled down, barebones figure like Dawn just because their software doesn't feel they have to work with another company for a change.

For this reason, I'd stay away from Dawn. As a DS user, you have much better choices and lots more content available to you.