I paid nothing for V4, the base figure was free, as were all the Daz base figures at the time. I bought the morphs and content only - but the morph pack was loaded. That made all the difference.

I think it is the quality of the morphs that made her succeed. By the time I became interested in Poser, V4 was already popular, so I don't really know how she was launched. But the message I got initially was - she is supported, you can get stuff for her (free and paid for), you can do almost anything with her. And I never felt that those claims were unrealistic. African characters were available - important to me. At the time I couldn't model to save my life, and my texturing skills were limited. Getting the base figure free and being able to do so much with it for a small outlay was a bonanza.

Her downside when I started using her, was that she was high-poly and this limited what I could put in my scenes.

Poser 11 Pro, Windows 10

Auxiliary Apps: Blender 2.79, Vue Complete 2016, Genetica 4 Pro, Gliftex 11 Pro, CorelDraw Suite X6, Comic Life 2, Project Dogwaffle Howler 8, Stitch Witch