Back when the studs models were new I thought they were really good looking. Looking at them now however I don't find them very nice; the 8880 Supercar is a good example. In my eyes it is like looking at a 10 year old video game, 10 years ago the graphics looked great but looking at the same game today it is not a very pretty sight.
With that said, I can still enjoy looking at custom builds posted at this forum using studs beams though.