Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Why aren't male figures more popular?

EClark1894 opened this issue on Apr 16, 2014 · 474 posts


moriador posted Thu, 22 May 2014 at 6:42 PM

Quote -
Say what you like, but Barbie and Ken never had kids, and you know why?
Because Ken came in another box!

... ah never mind :lol:

Actually, you might have nailed it on the head, you might have found the answer to Clarkie's question.  I think the most relevant thing you said among that lot was regards how men are seen like action men.

It makes sense; men like women for their beauty and assets, and lets face it, we are spoilt for choice when it comes to Poser figures that possess beauty and assets.  But what about the women, are they spoiled for choice if what they're looking for is rugged action men?

Maybe that's the key, an action man to a woman is what a women with perfect assets is to a man.  That's the sort of thing I was trying to get out of you, what it is that women want to see in a male figure.  Maybe that's it, action man!

It makes even more sense when I consider I've always thought the DAZ males inparticular look very effeminate for the most part, so maybe that's not doing any favours for them being an attraction enough for women to see them as their action man, and make a purchase.

So there you go, maybe if a woman with a talent for content creation was to create the ideal action man and market him well, you might have your male equivalent of GND.

See :woot:

You missed my whole point. LOLOLOL.

It's not WOMEN who want Action Man. He's a toy that's found in the "boy" aisle. Girls overwhelmingly play with Barbies. Some, like me, played with Action Man. But it isn't a sex thing. It's a play thing. I played with him because he had a cool Jeep that wasn't pink. Gah.

The largest sector of women using Poser and Daz content probably aren't interested in male content except as ACCESSORIES, just as Ken is an accessory for Barbie. Some of the younger ones that grew up with anime will like the Bishies that ssgbryan referred to, which is probably part of why they're popular. 


PoserPro 2014, PS CS5.5 Ext, Nikon D300. Win 8, i7-4770 @ 3.4 GHz, AMD Radeon 8570, 12 GB RAM.