I must admit that after reading the California Dreaming thread, I was a bit crosseyed to read this entire thread, so I apologize if this has already been memtioned;)

If I remember correctly, CL announced the ProPack at Siggraph 2000, expecting a Q4 2000 release. Well, it actually didn't go on sale until January 2001, but the announcement at Siggraph did seem to answer alot of questions we had and not dissimilar from the ones we have now about Poser5 (upgrade price, system requirements, etc.)

I doubt that Kupa would've shown us as much as he did if he wasn't planning on making an official announcement at Siggraph 2002 anyway. Like he stated in his California Dreming thread ,"he has to save some good stuff for the press," or something to that effect. I know that we are all excited, but we just have to wait a couple of weeks for Siggraph.

It's quite possible that Kupa would've given us more to munch on, but maybe CL took a long weekend because of the Independence Day holiday here in the States, and he won't be lurking in here until Monday. (He's got alot of catching up to do;)

Sales of Poser4 goods probably will slow down at first, but I somehow doubt that if CL announces a Q4 release (like last time), people will be able to go up to 6 months without buying anymore Poser goods. At some point, the old ," Well, they DID say Poser4 stuff will work with Poser5" rationale will creep into our minds as we convince ourselves that it's ok to buy that item in the Marketplace a month from now. (You know we've all done something like this;)

In two weeks when CL announces a price structure and we all know we don't have to mortgage our home to afford Poser5, I'm sure we'll all budget accordingly to buy other stuff;)

Just my thoughts on the last few days...

Patrick