I looked at the exocet before the goblin but I'm not as crazy about the miatas, not that I was a fan of the cobalt before I had the turbo one. When I got on factory five forums there is also a lot of people building 818s near me, which would have been nice. I think one of the reasons I initially liked the goblin was the forum support and the you tube videos that DF created.I was on the fence about building a TRP
over the goblin for a few of those reasons. Mostly the transmission and higer redline. No reverse was an issue as well as I wasn't crazy about the chain drive. Also being able to get a good portion of the parts at a local parts store if anything breaks is just hard to beat.
I am surprised they produced so few of the rockets but the price was pretty insane for the early 90s.