I only use buildings.

In adventures, I use spoffits. 'Cuz they're cute. Otherwise, not if I can avoid it.

My brother uses them as meatbags in the game.

I use them as the main species of an adventure. And sometimes I use Maxis props. But everything else is player-made.

I often use the Maxis creations for adventures, and try to populate my planets with them.

I like to use Maxis creations in as minor/extra characters market places and other populated places in adventures. Mainly I do so in the hope that when played the world and settings of the adventure will feel “in their place” due to recurrent characters (seriously who hasn’t encountered a Maxis-made race whilst playing Spore?).

I don’t think that I would ever make an adventure specifically based on Maxis creations though; I prefer to develop my own creations lore rather than impose my creative will on someone else's. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

In adventures, I use maxis stuff if they have something I could use and don't want to make.

In game, no.

rarely i'll use one

Stylistically my first creature was based on one of Maxis'. It was the quickest way to learn my way around the Creature Creator.

There are some Maxis creatures I love. Bugah. Doltasaur. That dopey, cranky giraffe thingy.

I haven't used them, but if I fit some of them in adventures I made, most people wouldn't recognized that some, like Bugah, were Maxis.

I'm not an apologist for Maxis style, but there was no way they were going to please ALL of us, and at least they thought of all the people using sub par graphics machines -- like the one I'll be using for the next month. The Maxis art team had to feel the bite of that. I know I would if I had to make critters to make every archetypal slot and use predefined pieces, and have to snap them together in such a way that they didn't break the low end of the common denominator machines.

Mostly just buildings.

Well, this poll subject is quite vague, because we all are obviously using Maxis creations because there is no Plant or Planet editor available to us.

Sure, I use Maxis made creatures, buildings and vehicles. Why not -- I paid for them when I bought the game. But, still the majority of things in my game are either my own or from others.

It's so much more entertaining to create your own or see the amazing creativity of other player's imaginations.

I ony use the Spoffit and Clark and Stanley

i almsot never use them, the only good thing that i've found for them is that if i have many creatures in an adventure it saves download time since most people already have them.

The real way to make an adventure is build everything from scratch except for the rocks and handheld objects, you can't help that. But overall, you should always make everything. Even if you stink at making them look good, you made a great adventure and put effort into it.

I'll use whatever exists on my computer in quests. It eases having to make my own and saves time, this includes Maxis creations. Although I haven't used any Maxis animals yet, I tend to use my own.