I fully agree with you.
Nowadays you have to be "in the move", and
most of "photographers" take their hobby as a very serious thing.
The toy appearance of the K-01 acts therefore as a "repellent" to many of them... whatever be it's internal qualities, ergonomics and whatsoever...
I decided to buy 2 bodies as well, one white and one yellow, because of price drop, and also because i find it so funny to use them with the small limited lenses, making a striking difference with the rest of boring street-shooters.
More-over, i decided to boycott in the future all sellers that don't supply K-01.
I might have a rather low success in this respect, but i find this "principle relevant".