Glad I found this thread; I agree to these points. I'd started using Poser like 10 years ago or something like that - really enjoyed it, then went off to school for 3D modelling and animation. Picked Poser back up one day, and wanted to continue making cool stuff just for Aiko 3.0 -- I'd love to start making [free stuff, to be honest], as I'm still learning the modelling and textural process.

So I wandered the WWW Galaxy last night, ready to throw money at Renderosity, Daz3D, PoserPros[Addicts], anyone who's selling V3/A3 type merchant resource textures -- and there's nothing. All I'm finding are for newer models, the Genesis, and Victoria 7 and -- whatever. So long ago, I spent thousands on Poser products, and I'm walking back into the market being told that "hey that stuff is obsolete, buy you can buy ALL this brand new stuff."

Pretty disappointed. V4 and M4 was as far as I was willing to go back then, as rent and life expenses are more important, so now what? Start fresh? No. How can I? I might as well do what (I'm guessing many are, with the flooded figure market), and build my own stand-alone characters, so that I can offer clothing, and morph packages, for longer than a year or so.

With this being said, does anyone still use and appreciate the older models, like Aiko 3.0? I think there's something special about these figures, and they seemed, to me, to come from a time when it was about good content, good vendors, and great experiences. Now it just seems like a flood that's going to push people either backwards, or out of the market. I tried like mental last night, but I can no longer find some of my favourite vendors (ApoGraphix/Fenrissa; Aery Soul). I'd love to hear about where they've gone off to, but why?

Quality over quantity. But why would anyone care, when there's dollar signs dancing around? Just ridiculous.

*hugs*
-Jen Dyck