Valid opinions all.
I for one favor sticking to the ideas for this set that originally grew out of our discussions in this thread though, rather than switching things up just because it would mean moving to the ordering phase sooner. I feel like this should be a project of passion about doing something unusual that is as faithful as possible to the TNG aesthetic, without making any compromises. This what fan-run, enthusiast projects are all about, and what makes them special. We as a community can be more patient than a commercial enterprise, because we don't have any particular quarterly bottom lines to meet, and all the labor is free.
It seems like the important things for staying faithful to the vision are: crisply rendered SWISS 911 legends, flat rounded-rectangles in the LCARS style as much as possible (i.e., DSA), and accurate colors. I'm going to keep working with SP to nail down final engineering details towards that end. I truly think you guys are going to like what they are working on for us. (I'll have photo samples soon to show you exactly what I mean.)
As soon as I have updated mock-ups, price tiers, and a more precise timeline from them I'll of course post here. It may take a few weeks, but I think they're proving to be weeks well spent. After all the back-and-forth previously, I'm a little reticent to prepare and post mock-ups again until SP can promise me that they'll be something they can
actually make.
SP is literally working hand-in-hand with us to bring their tooling into place faster than originally planned to accomodate DSA dyesub—just to enable a GH GB. This is a cool thing.