I saw one of the first prototypes when I went to Grant Woods' Proving Grounds tour 2 years ago. Yes - the 10K price tag sounds about right, maybe a little more by now. While it was a fairly nice machine for the money it doesn't compare with the Land Pride/Great Plains machines which are considerably more $$, but much higher quality and engineering. I ended up buying the LP 606-NT last year and don't have any regrets whatsoever.