Joey, " If Brooks vanished tomorrow, everyone here would likely find something comfortable to sit on."

Maybe, probably, but going to the Gucci and RR thing, if my b17 cost not that much more than a ton of bike seats on the market, and I'm comfortable on them, then the Gucci thing doesn't really hold-although I figure there's some truth in that because of the "look" that they have, I suspect lots of people buy them just for that.
I think its fair to say that for everyone, when you find a whatever seat that works well for you personally, a lot of people will stick to that model, whatever its made of. And folks spend tons of money searching for a seat that works best, mine just happen now to be a b17.