I guess the big drawback on the chop nose was the variability between roads. They are promising road specific details, but the biggest visual difference in many cases is the nose and cab, with round-ish, old GM traditional, toaster edges, etc. I hope they can engineer in some flexibility to produce at least some significant variations rather than go all in on the GP 10.
In general, damn, but good for them. I am really hoping to buy no more locomotives, but their sound SD40-2 is great, may get more. Always wanted a chop nose, as the perfect switcher for my switching layout. Atlas and their IHB GP38-2 and new Alco 630 is also on the list.
I guess we never stop buying the good stuff.....we may just slow down in our old age.