I've used BorisRED for this before (logo needs to be vector, but then it would for ProAnimator as well). I think Zaxwerks may give superior lighting and material interaction as well as some handy presets.
RED's expensive as well but a lot of folks already have it, as either the original or AvidFX (which is just band labelled version of RED as a plug in and standalone) which comes with Avid.
You should also check out this link
http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/energetic_titles/
for a dummy 3D effect in AE - still a bit flat but might work for you and it's free :)
