There's been a lot of Blade Runner fawning and emulation going on. I also made my own contribution to it recently:
I've also been developing a fetishism for all things synthesizer, and this makes a nice intersection of those two things. On top of it, as a DIY kit, the thing is really affordable. I've been eyeing the PAiA fatman for a while. Now it has some competition too.
welcome to the club... it's a lonely, expensive wasteland of forgotten dreams...
Holy shnikeys batman... that is SO MUCH SOLDERING. I am both horrified and a little turned on... but if you don't want to get the gun out... and don't want to buy all of the other bits separately: