There's some commentary about it on the lightwave forums (http://www.spinquad.com/forums/showthread.php?27757-Messiah-...) but I'm still not sure why you'd use Messiah over LW3D, Blender, or one of the more mainstream packages.

For a hobbyist, this might be a good value, but if you're looking at it for semi-pro use, it might be a better investment of time to build portable skills in a more widely adopted platform.

edit: comparison here: http://www.thepixelart.com/10-best-real-time-animation-tools...

Same here. For $40 for pro software, i'll buy even i I don't need it. By the same token, if I see a board game on sale for $10, I take it and figure out later if I like it or not.

I like the idea; i'll leave them figure out if it makes business sense. One thing certain: if their retail price had been $100 on special to $40, I would not even have clicked.

Yeah I've never heard of this either despite reading quite a lot about 3D software recently. But it's good to see an independent package that hasn't been acquired by Autodesk (yet). I'm a bit suspicious of the lack of recent reviews or discussion online, but as you say $40 is worth the risk.

Right on. Most 3d plugins cost far more. I might be convinced :)