I've seen those - very neat looking! I'm also a sucker for the "different" but some times I think I too far trying to justify why another machine is "different" enough to bring home.
That's a VS machine, right? (duh- look at the bobbin winder LOL!) So, do you have to take off that entire plate to change the bobbin? It kind of looks like it just sits there - it's big enough to stay put!