Don't kid yourself.
It is a ship some have been waiting 10 years for... It is going to sell regardless.
I never heard about the older Elite games before Elite Dangerous, they were very obscure titles from decades ago. I know some here have been waiting for the Panther Clipper but I noticed it was barely ever brought up until Trailblazers. In context of needing larger cargo ships is seemingly what brought it to the forefront of the community again.
We already have big un-fun bricks to fly in ED. If this doesn't bring home the bacon on the tonnage then thumbs down.