I've got a sniper-modded GE-7, which is awesome and way better than the stock GE-7. BUT, I have a Boss PQ-4 Parametric Equalizer that I like way better than the graphic one.
What is that and did you do the mod yourself then?
I've always wanted a Graphic Fuzz from EHX. You can switch the Fuzz out, making it a regular (true bypass) GEQ.
I've never tried any of the EHX pedals, but they seem really cool. It costs about the same as the MXR 10-band, but it only has 6 band. Do you loose a lot of possibilities by only having 6 band in comparison to a 10-band EQ? However the fuzz and the envelope functions seem pretty cool too.
if you have to have a swanky metal designer eq, i'd probably go with the boss. the mxr's i've used are just not worth the extra scratch (to me).
I don't know if it's swanky

, but yes I do like metal cases for pedals and I like to buy pedals that are high(er) quality that last longer, rather than buying twice the amount just in plastic.