Mother Keyboard Oberheim Mc3000, Anyone used or owned one? Options

[Jaysee]

I'm slowly piecing together a studio, albeit my purchases being in a peculiar order. I have an old imac 400Mhz which I hope to 'retire to emailing duties' etc and replace with a G5 at some point soon. Last week I went crazy and bought the NI Komplete deal, + Digital Performer 4, + the Garritan personal orcbestra.
Now I'm after a controller kbd, and the big Oberheims have caught my eye. (ie MC1000, 2000, and most impressive of the bunch the MC3000 with no fewer than 8 cc pedal inputs for a start!) Lots of pedals etc would give me some control back as my lefthand was paralysed following a stroke. I can hear some of you thinking "What the hell does he want with a big cumbersome 88 note weighted action beast like that when he could be more sensible and buy one of the new light mini keyboards like the Ozone or the Eridol series!' (which are equally, if not better specified as controllers centerpiece of a midistudio, including additional stuff like onboard mic preamp interfaces built in.
I used to play a lot of piano when I was younger and there's nothing quite the same as a hammer action touch; a 'semi' weighted velocity sensitive one doesnt hit the spot with me I'm afraid. The Oberheims seem pretty good value too, as I recall their gear used to cost a fortune when I was playing around in bands years ago.
So if anyone out there has any good/bad opinions/cautionary tales or experience of owning or playing these Oberheim mother keyboard controllers I'd be interested to read them! Thanks, Jaysee.