No joke. What I'm saying is, there will be no need to ask Ed for a custom cut for the new WE. It will be a standard model as soon as the new hopup is complete.
I will bring up your suggestion for an upgrade package for the hopup and inner barrel. It makes sense and might help to eliminate some confusion down the line.
When we talked about the metal body, I forgot the MP5 is a tube. For some reason I was thinking of an Armalite. Althought it still wouldn't be "cheap", it would definitely be less. I really need to see the original one first.