I don't think it's any great secret that the response to Vickie has been vastly greater than that towards Mike- just look at the galleries. Then look at the paucity of Michael offerings from any source, not just DAZ. The unvarnished truth is that money doesn't talk- it screams. Now consider Stephanie. As she is based upon the Michael model there is now a good chance that many products may be interchangeable between these two. Even if not completely interchangeable it would be much easier for a producer to create something for Stephanie and then modify it to also accommodate Michael without too much additional effort. This alone could make it much more attractive for said producer to provide additional Michael products. This might be considered to be a "back door" solution to the problem of not enough Michael material. If the direct approach doesn't work, then try sneaky. DAZ could have taken the easy way out but instead they tried something new that might well succeed in eventually giving Michael lovers what they so desperately want. Will it work? I don't know but I give DAZ full points for attempting an innovative strategy. It will take time for the fruit to ripen but I don't consider this to be a marketing blunder at all. The only blunder is that they could have saved a lot of time, effort and money if they just palmed off a few Michael morphs onto us instead. - Jack Valero