If you had said flounder..... then I'd have to say you were jealous.
But to be minifig friendly, they'd have to create huge "pull away" sections with the classic bricks. Or larged hinged sections. All in all it would be pretty inpractical.
Also it shows how well, crap it looks by not using the newer curved pieces too. I'm too used to seeing the new city jets and cargo planes which are minifig friendly.
This one is more of a display/model piece.
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