false1 ya there was a lot of buzz at first now it's silent knight.
I actually thought the Doc Frankenstein of vicky stood a chance to compete with his own creations.
when he left daz he should have took the name vicky with him. 
wonder if dawn was named vicky what kind of conversation we would be having now.

The same conversation. A different person designed how the new figures would be set up (unimesh and ExP) and designed V4 on that. What it could do made it more popular than the name itself. That same person did the genesis setups as well as well as how tools would be made to generate content for it (using concepts from unimesh and ExP). That's why Dawn is stuck with the V3 look with weightmapping rather than a full system to compete... and basically content is made by very few people because of demand... those things have to work hand in had to be successful.

I don't think Dawn has a V3 look. I think she has a Dawn 1 look. Some people like it. Me included. They also included extra bones in the spine (called abdomen, chest and neck in the Poserverse) and an articulating jaw. These are features that V7 has also adopted. So perhaps she's ahead of the game in some respects. One thing HiveWire3D did right is build a marketplace to support her and her family. It took Daz 7 versions to get where it is now. If the marketplace can succeed a Dawn 2 may appear. I've seen vendors and artists do amazing things with Dawn but some have done some hideous work. Too bad they can't afford to drop some of those substandard products.

There is no new figure that gets buzz beyond the first couple months other than Vickies. There probably never will be. I'm hoping HW has prepared for a marathon rather than a sprint. As it is she still has as much or more content than the other contenders, full morph packs, creature morphs, ethnic skins and morphs and some unique clothing I've not seen elsewhere. The Poserverse would do well to support HW in their efforts.

Actually v6 had all the bones including the jaw, so saying V7 followed dawn is incorrect. Only thing that was different was the 2nd neck bone in Dawn. But that's getting away from the topic again. Also on the subject of buzz, buzz doesn't carry a figure, what it can do does. That's why V4 stayed in the market as long as she does. For a figure to replace that, it has to do at least the same, plus add new features that will make users want to switch.