LOL!

Anyway, I like Beaker's design a lot. I'm not sure as to the triangular buttons, but I don't have a better idea...aside from considering using the original buttons. (Less production required - and Brian's button LED kits will be plug and play). As to the heat question - it shouldn't be a problem wrt heat generated by the empeg. If anything, metal is going to be better as it will act as a heatsink. As for direct sun, I don't know. A silver fascia might reflect more than the standard black fascia, but I guess the SHC and heat conductances of the material are going to be the telling factors.

One more thing to consider - anodising can scratch, resulting in a visually obvious defect. Whilst I am sure that we all go to pains to avoid scratching our empegs (!), a small scratch/ding on the existing fascia is not as likely to be noticeable. I don't think that should stop the use of anodised aluminum, but it needs to be thought about.