Daz has a mike 2 preview up. Well that's not not entireley true. They have an image on the front page, it's promoting mike 2 textures that are now available but work on mike 1. They say mike 2 is coming soon and from the look of the one image he's gonna be cool. Big muscle morph image looks great. My only complaint is now I'll have to get all new clothes to fit him. And then they'll start talking about vicki 3. Also I went there looking for Drax's muscle mike but unless he comes out this weekend I'll probably wait and get Mike 2 instead, sorry Drax.

Let's follow some simple logic: 1.) Usually whenever a company has a big sale on an item, that means a newer version is on its way. 2.) Mike 1 has been on sale. 3.) Michael 2 texture maps are being advertised (before Michael 2 himself is advertised.) 4.) Yes Michael 2 is on the way... He just hasn't made it to the front page yet. This is no surprised. It happened recently with Ulead PhotoImpact 6. I went to their site and saw it was on sale for about 40% off.. A week or so later I saw they had Ulead PhotoImpact 7 on sale. No surprises here.

Actually the Vickie 2 maps did the same thing .. came out about 2 weeks or a month before Vickie 2 did ... So it should be pretty soon hopefully S And I am guessing that there will be a morphing clothes pack from the same person that made it for vicki and this time the scripting bugs and all are more worked out so it should be sooner S

I got confused by the sale on Vicki 2 maps, and thought I was buying Vicki herself...This was before I had started talking to folks here, or at the 3DCC. The wording on the product was the same as the way they are selling Michael 2's textures. I figured out my mistake eventually, and lost Vicki's textures that I bought. Now I have Vicki, and can't find what I bought several months ago. Oh well, we learn.

ronknights, contact someone at DAZ and ask them if they'll restore the Vicky maps to you. I went thru something similar myself some time ago and they were excellent about it. Laurie

I agree the teaser picture of Mike 2 looks fantastic. I wish they had put up more pictures so we could have better look. I'm definately going to get Mike 2 when it comes out but I'm still looking forward to the release of Drax's Muscle Mike as well. I plan on purchasing it too. I hope it will be out soon or at least we get an update on when it is expected to finished. Thorgrim

I had emaild DAZ about 3 or 4 weeks ago about the release of Mike2 and they said "In about 2 months." I'm guessing the week of November 18 they will release Mike2, maybe...

Nobody mentioned the Millennium Boys preview on the same page....LOLOL..amazing how the preschooler looks like the Millennium Girl preschooler's twin

I am not so caught up with Mike 2... I mean, geesh, I just got Mike, and money is tight. (Doesn't everyone have this concern?!) As for Drax's Muscle Mike, what can I say? I've seen some previews, and I have seen Drax's other work. Drax is an outstanding artist, and I believe his product would be equally outstanding. So yes, Muscle Mike is on my list of things which will unfortunately need to wait till better economic times. And whenever I can afford a computer purchase, Windows XP will be first on that list. I love the newest techie stuff, and new operating systems are tops on the list. Besides, I've worked as a tech, and need to stay up to date. Oh, and I ran the Release Candidates of XP and loved it.

Email from drax today said it should be up at Daz next week. He said he'd post a notice here when it was up. I'll have to see all the features and a few more Mike 2 previews before I decide about getting Muscle Mike. I wasn't to excited about Mike 2 but that preview shot looked like they really worked on the muscles. May not need both.

Great news on Muscle Mike. I'm really looking forward to this new character.

I can tell you this, based on Drax's reputation, his work and seeing a few samples, I would buy Muscle Mike. Those factors alone are enough to make up my mind. Now if money were not an issue, we'd be set.

My being undecided about muscle mike has nothing to to with the quality of Draxs work. I think what I've seen of muscle mike is great but with the economy the way it is and the fact that I was laid off last may and have had trouble finding full time employment I've been watching the cash flow. And if mike 2 is going to have all those muscle morphs built in I might wait, although if I start seeing muscle mike pictures I'll probably be tempted and grab it before Mike 2 is released. I was very excited about the muscle mike release I just wasn't ready for how impressed I'd be by the mike 2 picture. All in all what I like most about poser is all the choices I have for add-ons to the program and that's thanks to all those who share their work whether it's at Daz or here and whether it free or for a few hard earned dollars. I really enjoy going to the store and freestuff areas to see whats available it like xmas every week.