Nice Chamai!
I've only heard/used the lower end Lexicons, but they sure sound great!
During this last round of GAS, I took a different route. I just bought a whole bunch of stuff at once, then started returning/selling the stuff I didn't keep. Rocktron Xpression, Rocktron Intellifex, ISP Decimator Rack Pro G, Lexicon MPX1, Lexicon MPX G2.
And would up sticking with what I already had, and Pod HD Pro X. Which I might or might not someday upgrade to a Helix or Axe FX 2. In reality though, it's all overkill for me. 90% of the time I only use a noise gate and delay. I rarely use other effects. If it weren't for the fact I use different delay settings between clean/crunch/lead sounds I probably could get away with a couple of pedals in the loop. And it is nice to have a couple of other effects on tap.
The MPZ G2 would probably have one and stayed in the rack if it had a slightly different form factor, just not quite so deep. Silly or not, with this rig build I wanted a small rack to go with my head, and sit either on or between and just look and be part of the stack. So that limits rack depth to 12" eliminating the Lexicon.
The other requirement was 1 cable out to controller pedal. Lexicon hit that being able to do MIDI phantom power, and it actually is above the Axe FX II and Helix (As well as the HD Pro X is) having a built in expression pedal. I run wireless, and I don't really want to run a bunch of guitar cables, power cables, etc out to the controller board.
If my 2FX I have were MIDI capable, I would drop everything in a heartbeat, and just run that and a gate.
Hmmm..... rechargeable wireless MIDI controller.... now there's a thought!
At least keeping with my Pod HD Pro X keeps it down to a sane level, but it's still a quite a bit of gear over a couple weeks.
EVH Striped Series (First purchase and catalyst for everything)
Charvel San Dimas (I loved the feel of the EVH better than any guitar I own, even my hand made custom 'Zilth' and a review said the San Dimas felt very close, and they do. Plus, a bit more versatile, a little less Eddie, and going with a white one, I can pay some tribute to Warren too! Currently replacing the chrome hardware with black, then will design some graphics)
EVH 5150 III el34 50w head (Light, and 3 great channels. Really considered going back to MP1, but that would have moved to a larg(er) rack setup which I wanted to avoid)
Mission Engineering Genesys H Rack (12"). (Same width and length as head, sits nicely on the stack and looks good. Replaced the chrome hardware with black to match the head and cab. Removed the two handles on the top sides and replaced with one in the middle going lenghtwise so it stacks nice also black hardware to match)
Mesa Boogie 2x12 Recto Vertical (Swapped out the V30s for Greenbacks).
Rivera Rock Crusher Recording (Just because! Wow, I am *very* impressed with that attenuator, and it's cab sims for recording)
A fairly sizeable chunk to plunk down at once still, even though everything but the rack was either used or decently discounted display models, but I still have a bunch of gear and guitars to sell to defray some of the costs.
And I have exactly the rig I was looking for!