ORIGINAL: BtnFlyGuy
It's almost silly to say it, but I bought my first ''Bean'' because of those balsa cheek blocks. I thought it made the plane look som much more ''cool'' than the Baby Ringmaster with the clunky metal bolted mounts.
In a way it does sound silly but truth be told the box art really did do a lot towards selling the product.
When I compared those two features, my consideration was how universal that hadware was and while not nearly as good looking, it was reusable so that I could nore easily build another model from scratch and not have to buy as much hardware to get into the air!
Also not looking quite as cool but more practical was the Wizard's firewall with the break a way feature which to my mind was more durable if not kind of hokey looking with the rubber bands.
So for me it was practical, for you it was aesthetic. for someone else who knows what but the box art is/was very important if you picked out the kit yourself.
Robert