Funny because I bought a pocket operator because it was the cheapest drum machine I could find. Glad they made the jump from Kia to Lamborghini.
Probably resentment because the original OP-1 was not crazily priced for its novelty and feature set. Once it got popular it rose from $800 to $1400 and the new OP-1 Field is $2000.
And the KO-II series is actually reasonably priced by their standards!
I mean I get it, I would never buy anything from TE either, just like I can't afford a Lamborghini. But I can still look at it and go "Wow, that's really pretty."