I dream of the day when I can put what is in my mind down in a render quickly and effortlessly and then just as quickly and effortlessly animate it. Modeling came a long way with Hex from the Spline and VM for me and perhaps a good solid 3d paint, (wysiwig) would fill the gap.. I'm not too inclined to go out and get Modo or Zbrush as it's more or less a hobby and even though I love it, I can only spend so much and have bills to pay too.
I have never had a Hexadream or anything, but I always dream up things I would love to model and animate. Right now at this level, the tools and my skills still need improving and it's interesting to me to watch them both develop and grow.
It's still exciting to be in on 3D even at this point, having waited a long time for things like modeling to improve. The next generation, we'll be posting movies as easily as we post Wips and still shots and that will make the creative elements a lot more interesting I think.