There have been some new 40-spoke wheels here on CL for ages for something like $120.
I think the seller eventually took them down.

I had some 32-hole NOS 6500 hubs laced with straight-gauge spokes to DTSwiss R585 rims, $300 invested.
Guaranteed by the builder for 300 lbs and lifetime truing. Right at 2000g.
Offered them to a lot of big people, from 230 lbs up to 285 lbs. Couldn't give them away.
No matter the size, they wanted the petite low-spoke "fast" wheels.
I'm using them on an Ironman and the smoothness is outstanding.

At least 2 of the guys have been through several sets of wheels.
One of them is now running Ultegra with Mavic Open Pro's, custom, $550, 1967grams.

Duh!

A couple of pics from your album:








I can relate; maybe more wheel than I need, but certainly good wheels: