There was a lot of buzz about it back when it was in beta. It looked like a nice renderer but the price tag is just too steep for many.

yep. That is pretty much what I was wondering about......sometimes ya just gotta love the internet......... thanks for the tip!

Like some animation plugins' animation can be rendered in certain rendering apps - even if they cannot be rendered (with the native animation export) in SU itself. Keyframe animation (one which would be ideal for your example) or SketchyPhysics can be rendered as animation in Twilight Render for example.