I agree. But one comment worth considering: does it take longer to retool an assembly line to make a new verified part, or to come up with a new design based on

I agree. But one comment worth considering: does it take longer to retool an assembly line to make a new verified part, or to come up with a new design based on existing verified parts? My money is on the former and they'd be better retooling some of the line _if_ there was an off-the-shelf set of designs to work from. That said, there's room for all sorts of approaches. I just don't see this one reasonably panning out or being used.