Like I said, that picture doesn't mean that I'm changing the current set, it's just someone offered to make a render of an idea I was spitballing. One thing I've noticed is that I like the color that GMK's renders use more than the actual color DY itself. The render colors are much closer to a lavender or more faded purple that I think looks really good with the strong lime green AE color. As it sits, I may split this idea off into an entirely unrelated set to work on while NGE is on hold due to the absolute GMK market saturation going on, maybe a "Maxkeys Lavender Fields" could be coming sometime soon.
In regards to the alternate alphas idea, like was said it's just not that viable. Already "Gaijin" style alphas are much more popular than the "Kobe" style, and running alternate alphas in sets that aren't established or super popular just leads to a difficult time with hitting MOQ. As it is with this set I'm already considering dropping some of the kits due to the difficulties present in them hitting MOQ and the potential issues down the line from trying to run them anyhow.