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  1. @Dreamer Pixelmaid and I were chatting about the Skin Fair yesterday....and I had to laugh when she called the Genus Morph head the "Ms. Potato Head" of mesh heads! So true! I believe the full package (with all the available options for ears, mouths, noses, eyes, etc.) comes to L$7,650 (that's the 50%-off price during the Skin Fair), but if you're one of those people who buys multiple LeLutka heads to get different looks because you can't mod the nose or mouth enough, it kinda pays for itself. It's essentially the same as the cost of two full-price LeLutka heads. I finally upgraded Vanity Fair from a Catwa Kimberly head to the new female Era2 head from LAQ (currently using the Sophia skin). The HUD's not perfect, but I just love the level of detail on the UltimateHUD skins! There's a new free freckled Era2 UltimateHUD skin gift called Elowen at the LAQ booth at the Skin Fair.
  2. True! And we have all those old SLUV skins sitting in our inventories to play around with!
  3. Yes, it's now clear that replacing Isis, Venus and Freya (which was popular) with the GenX line was a tactical mistake on Belleza's part. I've also heard complaints that you can't make the GenX arms more muscular/fuller, which is always a pet peeve of mine, along with avatars with too-short arms!
  4. This is probably the most authoritative list, in my opinion. I was going to post this myself in answer to the question, thanks for saving me the trouble, Rowan! Among my small army of Second Life alts, the most popular female bodies I use are: Maitreya Lara (I only buy during the 50%-off Black Friday sales every year) and the Maitreya Lara-compatible LucyBody Atenea; Kalhene Erika (including Zero and Zero Plus); and Senra Jamie, which I find I am using more and more recently. I also picked some Inithium Kupra bodies for L$1,000 each during last summer's one-hour flash sales, and I currently use them for four of my alts (one was a replacement for Belleza Freya). I also have a small number of female alts still using the MeshBody Classic and various Altamura freebies (notably Juliet, which was a Valentine's Day gift many years ago), but I am slowly replacing them over time! I've only upgraded Vanity Fair to LaraX so far (I was briefly flirting with Inithium Khara, yet another L$1,000 flash-sale buy, and I love it, but it's still too hard to find clothing for). Then Maitreya released LaraX, and I was like, SOLD! For male bodies, I have 3 Belleza Jake, 1 MeshBody Legacy (which I won in their launch raffle), 1 Signature Gianni, 1 Aesthetic Enzo, 1 Anatomy (for my drag queen avatar, who also switches between a variety of female bodies), and 1 Inithium Kario (another L$1,000 flash-sale purchase), and the rest all use either MeshBody Classic or Senra Blake. I think that Senra Blake might become THE default male mesh body on the grid, since it is increasingly difficult to find clothing that fits the L$1 MeshBody Classic.
  5. I personally have never understood the attraction of breedables, but hey, I applaud the people who discovered that there was a business model there! More power to them. Grab that coin, girl!! 💰💰💰 What I find amusing is all the places that sell breedables like KittyCats and such. I wonder how many of them actually make money off of it (as opposed to just enjoying them as pets).
  6. And yes, the recent 99%-off sale at LAQ got my attention! I landed up buying a number of heads for a number of my alts that had a different look to them from what I've seen elsewhere on the grid. Any yes, that particular sale was a smart move, since it raised awareness of the LAQ brand! Here are two examples of heads I bought during that sale from LAQ, Bree (top) and Rain (bottom):
  7. This. THIS! One category of freebie that this fashionista will pick up for EVERY. SINGLE. ALT. is free/cheap Bento mesh heads, because you never know when you are going to want to switch heads, and it's nice to have options. (I also tend to pick up free skins, particularly if they come with the body skin, OR use the Velour body skin tones. I don't bother anymore with any freebie skins that require me to purchase a non-Velour body skin separately.) So yeah, I went a little crazy last December, picking up the free/inexpensive heads from LeLutka, Akeruka, and LOGO. Somebody could write an article in a business journal about how Catwa was overthrown by LeLutka as THE mesh headmaker on the grid. And, I must confess, after fighting with the HD lips and lipstick HUD for the umpteenth time with Vanity Fair's signature Catwa Kimberly head, I paid a visit to LeLutka to pick up some demo heads to play around with. You best believe that Vanity, when she buys a new head, will be buying full-price at LeLutka! That's the beauty of freebies; you learn how to use the product, see how much easier it is to use (better than the competition), and then, when you're ready, the sale is made! For example, I was stopped in my tracks when Genus released the new mature men's M002 head at a discount at the current shopping event. I have an old wizard avatar, for whom this would have been *perfect*, so I picked up the demo, along with the skin, to try it out. I eventually decided not to buy it, HOWEVER, the fact that I even considered trying it at all was informed by my previous good experiences using the free Genus 4K head on several female alts. Giving away a free head is a savvy marketing move to get market share.
  8. So, I did a quick search of the SL Marketplace for "Senra Jamie" and I was...underwhelmed. With a few exceptions, there doesn't seem to be a heck of a lot out there for Senra Jamie, yet. Mostly stuff from four stores: Lilleth, MALified, Pixel Box, and Luova. Are stores deciding not to create apparel for Senra bodies because it's just too much work to add another mesh body? Am I searching under the right keywords' how are these items being described? Or is there still some confusion among store owners that Linden Lab needs to vet/approve everything for Senra Blake and Jamie, which creators simply want to avoid? I dunno, but I would have expected a bit more on the Marketplace by now. (I also went into Lilleth, and the Senra Jamie stuff only appears to be on sale in the Marketplace, but not the in-world store?) I'd be interested to hear other people's thoughts and opinions. I *love* these new bodies, and I am already using them (either with the Senra heads, or with other free/inexpensive heads I've picked up) for quite a few of my alts. But if we're going to be stuck with the included capsule wardrobe, that is definitely going to limit their usefulness for new users (the intended audience).
  9. My main Second Life avatar, Vanity Fair, has moved from Lara 5.3 to LaraX, and is not looking back. I won't be buying any more Lara 5.3 apparel for it, going forward. Whereas, for all my alts who have Lara 5.3, I did pick up the LaraX upgrades, but I do not plan on using them for a while.
  10. Yep, I think that the brand-name mesh body makers would have rioted if they included Barbie feet! You gotta give people SOME reason to upgrade 😉 I really like the unisex capsule wardrobe that comes with the Senra bodies, but my one complaint is that they didn't include a simple women's flat among the shoe options. The closest you get is the (unisex) loafer, but it's not quite what I'm talking about here. I mean a shoe like this Amy flat at the Hilly Haalan freebie store (it's also surprisingly hard to *any* kind of freebie flats in SL, so I turn to these quite often for my alts when I need a non-heeled shoe):
  11. Unfortunately, a redelivery of the Rome items I already owned does NOT include the LaraX version...you have to purchase the new super-duper-improved-extra-special version from the LaraX wall to get it (along with all the other sizes). Annoying, I know, because I thought that, too.
  12. I think that the target audience (new Second Life users who just want a good-looking starter mesh avatar without having to jump through all the hoops with the name-brand models of mesh heads and bodies) is going to be VERY happy with this version 1.0 of Senra Jamie! It's clear that Linden Lab actually listened to user feedback on the beta versions. This is what she looks like straight out of the box, no adjustments to the head and body sliders. The eyebrows do NOT move when she blinks, which was the single biggest thing that bugged me about these bodies. Sure, as was mentioned earlier, there are still issues with the mesh polygons and the rigging, but again, new users don't care about that, just us fussy oldbies 😉
  13. Okay, doing some testing now...it's clear that they did change the shoulder area in the new Jamie 1.0 body, as the beta clothing now doesn't fit right. No big deal, just delete all the old folders, including all the old clothing! (First pic is the old beta dress, new pic is the same dress, version 1.0.)
  14. Yes, gowns like this, with bare arms and strapless, or with little to no fabric along the neck and shoulders, will work well on LaraX. I mean, you're usually alpha'ing out everything between the waist and the feet anyways. I have found that most non-skintight/bodycon dresses and gowns will work with LaraX, if you use the alpha HUD, although you might need to reset any included alphas first.
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