hehe, weve been through this a thousand times when she was released. unfortunately i was one of the ones that was criticising her the harshest. i suppose it was based on the fact that i felt that she was overhyped, and that the saled description stating that she was 'far more advanced and superior to victoria' got me going - i was a very big vicky fan. however, shes really not a bad model. i must agree that the default face is hideously ugly :) but there have been several free characters and textures released for her, as well as morphs - and she does have quite a range of potential with her default morphs. there are also some nice marketplace characters/textures that completely change her into something more desirable, for example handspan studios' katia. what she offers is a hi-res alternative model, an alternative body style to vicky/stephanie (which essentially look very similar). others have made the attempt, and at the risk of stepping on any toes i am not pleased with solondra. i paid a lot of money for her, and the support is just not there. not the merchant support - he has finally released a nice clothing pack for her, etc... but the community support just doesnt exist - and without that you have failure. she just didnt 'catch on'. but dina has caught on, theres a growing web of support and freebies for her, and once you morph her out of the default body and face style shes actually quite attractive. i still think that a re-release of dina would be a wise choice on DSI's part, perhaps adding a few morphs and changing her default appearance. but for someone who wants a hi-res model thats not vicky i would recommend you give her a try. cheers, -gabriel