I agree that the monkeyboxx is superior to the Reo grand. IMO!!
I definitely right out of the gate like it more because its a wooden mod, and the feed system that Tom has on the monkey is better than the Reos too. I felt like I was constantly fighting gravity with the reo and its one of the contributing factors to me selling it.
I'm not saying anything bad about the Reo by any means, Rob is a good guy, its just a matter of preference, I know those "reonauts" run deep!!! lol
I do know that reo makes a wooden model and I do enjoy wooden mods, so much so I seem to get one everytime a new modder puts out a line of their own, whether or not they are duplicating an idea that's already been done or not. However, I just don't really have the desire to own a wooden reo, I guess I really never caught the "Reo Fever" it was only a 24-hour bug!!! hahaha