Deadend or not it was the last custom chip to be made that way, I'd still like VERY much to see one working. It has nothing to do with competing with PC.
Just imagine what the demomakers would have done with a beauty like that :-o :-D
The modern Gfx card sitll lacks some functionalilty of the copper (at least I'm told not so long ago) by the way.
The sound system is probably not dated even today.
Sure standards are the way, but for the sake of the Amiga culture many people would still even buy it !!