I went for the bling (gold), but I did like the looks of the black one. but from a distance it would look to much like my old shimano.
I looked around on the web and that was definately the best price, no tax and used express shipping for 10 bucks. the MR3 is a lot lighter then the MR2. Its definately a blast fishing with knuckle busters, but when fishen into the wind its tuff to get a tight line on Kings with the Shimano, which probably has the same spool size.