Another shot to the Poser foot. Apparently you can't read the CP Poser forum without buying a Passport. I went over to see if I could find some Brown Bear renders and find out if it was capable of anything more menacing than the Gentle Ben grin on the promo. (The poses are helpfully named "Bear-03," etc.) I'm not going to pay $59.00 to look at advertising. Sheesh. Even DAZ let's you look at most of their forums, except for one (maybe two these days) for PC members only. There are times when only my most cynical side can follow the reasoning of marketing people. I would think that the forums would be regarded as a marketing tool, not a revenue generator. And if the forums cost viewers money, then e-Frontier better find a way to demonstrate that they are more useful than, say, the free forums at PP. When I was looking at the locked CP doors, the message at the bottom said there was one person at the forums. I take it that was me. How exciting. For only $59 I can wander in a half dozen empty rooms. I think I'll walk around in my basement instead, for free. Too bad. I was ready to buy the bear. But not quite ready enough. And spending $59 hardly seems the best way to get readier. M