@blankrider many thanks for all your efforts. I'm definitely in on the FC187 because...you know... I need another piece
I will say though, you might reconsider the hydratube when requesting pieces. It may be limited to a specific market but so is the PNWT knockoff and it is carried by several stores IIRC and is still selling. A bent neck 18 mm HT with ice pinches is probably easier to produce than some requests I've seen tossed around. Just sayin...
Also want to say that my GB-242 that I got yesterday, in 8 days, by the way,is a tiny little lung buster. My dropdown hasn't arrived yet so I've lego'ed together something to fit my male nail( giggity) and it still blows my head off. The vortex is unreal. It is thin glass like has been mentioned, but its still easily one of my favorite dh gate pieces.