randym77 posted at 8:51PM Fri, 08 February 2019 - #4345662

Dunno about that. I, personally, like characters of all ages and ethnicities, and buy them, but I suspect hot young white supermodels are by far the biggest sellers.

Well, Dawn is hanging in there. There's a male, and a kid, older characters, and lot of ethnic characters. (I just bought a bunch of American Indian morphs.)

If LF is going to be Poser's new base character, presumably there will be a male counterpart, and a couple of kids, based on previous Poser content. We'll see how much content there is for them. That's been the problem with figures included with Poser. Not a lot of vendor support.

Last time we got kids was in Poser (7), Ben 2 and Kate 2 - they weren't supported in any meaningful way.

Young white female supermodels that are 1.8 meters tall make up more than 95% (I have actually counted) of the Poser/DS Market, but less than 3% of world population. That is why SM sold the Miki series - they were a normal sized Asian woman. There is no ability to use just 1 figure in Poser due to the lack of diversity in ethnicity and age. It is the primary reason I never standardized on 1 figure. Well, that and the fact that most vendors characters look like they are very closely related (buy 3 and you have them all) That is by no means a Poser only thing - the same can be said of golum vendors.

Another issue is will LaFemme convince vendors to actually pony up for a copy of Poser 11? Will they start to follow modern Poser standards? They have had a decade to get with the program, but based on what I have seen over the past decade, they are are unwilling to let go of the Poser 4 way of doing things.

Lack of vendor support for Poser figures is why SM added the fitting room. That toothpaste isn't getting back in the tube. I don't worry if a clothing vendor supports a new figure - clothing vendors are a nice to have component in 2019 not a requirement, outside of shoes. Shoes will show if a character is supported by vendors. They don't even have to be new shoes - golum 8 has a number of shoes that were originally made for P6 Jessi and Miki 1020. I know because I have them.