ah, and i had the magazine that covered that. it was this magazine (
here)
I think it was 100,000 polygons.
As it stands, I've never recreated a model based on verts because the numbers never seem to add up....at least in my mind anyways.
I made a few snap shots based on what verts are..... using some figures.
Verts
example 1
example 2
example 3
the Namco girl is "Reiko nagase" and the other girl who was in Ridge Racer V was "Ai Fukami", the polygon numbers for both have yet to be determined. you can do it on your own if you have the skills at your disposal. I do know XNALARA.com loves to extract all kinds of female characters from all sorts of games. if they get the job done you can post the numbers here if you like.
later, i'll be posting more numbers till then, got to get some rest now.