"Soul and character."
Also, I agree it's certainly not a cheap way to build a system out of >decade-old parts you've sourced to run a >decade-old operating system. I was pointing it out as the new shining example that funky not-quite-standard cases that have room for a lot of stuff have been standard for a while. (Despite the fact that this is a very new case, on the scene.)
The 7200 and 8600/9600 enclosures, which both migrated to the Beige G3 (although, slightly shorter for the tower) have all been hailed as "pretty great" basically since they were new in 1995 and 1996/1997, and frequently receive the "way better than an 8500" award here on the forum, so it's interesting that somebody on the scene as long as you've been wouldn't have known.
Also, "love handles" cases?