Interesting..... I like blue cherry switches. What would you recommend that is better than a blue cherry switch?
Before I had tried any other clicky switch, I also loved MX blues. I used them for years straight. Then I got an IBM Model F. That was the end of that.
Most clickies you could choose at random, new or vintage, would be, in my humble opinion, better than MX blues. They're rattly, high-pitched (preference), inconsistent, not particularly crisp, and pretty light on tactility (preference).
Box jades and navies are my own favorites of modern MX-compatible clickies. For overall modern clickies, at the moment, I'm still torn between Matias' clickies, which are normally (confusingly) in boards they call "tactile". Their "quiet click" switches are actually dampened tactiles. The clickies are also only available from Matias in complete boards these days in Mac layout and colors (though this can be fixed with some resistors soldered to the controller). Matias switches may still potentially be more flaky/unreliable than Cherry MX, however, as they have a reputation to develop chatter.
As far as MX and direct clones go, I think Gateron blues are the best of those I have tried, followed closely by Outemu blues.
For vintage clickies, which are usually better overall than modern switches in my opinion, my favorites (of those I have tried) are SKCM blue Alps, which are also my overall favorites. Capacitive buckling spring (IBM Model F) isn't very far behind. NEC blue ovals and clicky space invaders are nice too. They say that IBM's beam springs are the best of the best, but I have never tried them and maybe never will. I have considered buying a few boards when I see them at somewhat reasonable prices, but those weird enter keys always help to dissuade me.
I agree with others in saying that "entry-level" is probably a stupid term for keyboards, outside of the generic Chineseium $30-50 boards on Amazon, since you're almost always limited to Outemu ... but I would also rather have Outemu blues in a $30 Amazon board than anything MX in whatever other board. If you can assemble a kit with the switches you want, that's what matters the most.
I also don't like how easily the words "custom" and "build" are thrown around. Sure, you can sort of make a unique board in that you pick your parts, but you're still just picking your parts and assembling them. I like to consider this kit vs custom, and assembling vs building. This is coming from someone who has never assembled a kit board yet, and has certainly never designed/created something custom.
Are you looking on kbdfans? It looks like they list them as box whites, along with a few others, instead Kailh box whites, like most of the others, when choosing a switch to pair with the Tofu.