A simple question:  will Victoria 4.2 work on Poser 5 or do I need a later version of Poser?

The figure loads in P5, but has a gazillion alerts about being made for a later version of Poser. The morphs work. I haven't tried the magnetize poses for clothing.

Yes; V4.2 will work in P5. I use her a lot in P5. To avoid the annoying, but harmless version warnings; inject a V4 with all the morphs that you use, then save it to the figures library with a modified name ( for example: "V4-all morphs"). When you load the V4 you saved you will not get the version warnings. The "magnetize to V4" poses work too, depending on the clothing. (:

after a fashion; I get all the above. not having the morphs or injections (or even the syringes...;), I can't do a lot with the face, but she's useful...;)

She does work in P5, however, there are some bending flukes.  For example, if you bend her legs forward, like she was bending over, and spread her legs a little bit, her buttox starts to deform/distort as well as any clothing she's wearing.  In Poser 6 and above, these bending distortions don't seem to show up.  I know some conforming clothing items also will have issues in Poser 5.

Just my experience.

Davo