You know that we NEED to see pics of that 70, dont ya? 

Thank you for the very measured and civil response.
Yes, my perspective is very different. I owned a FJ40 and drove it for ten years before a drunk driver smashed it up. Today, I own many cars including three vintage 911s, but my favorite, and some people tease me by saying I love the thing more than my wife, is a vintage FJ70. I have over 500K kilometers on the counter of this FJ70 and I expect to get another 500K easily so I am not in the market for a new Toyota. As much as I love the FJ70 I would not compare it favorably to the FJ40. And I do not agree with you that the FJ70 is a continuance of the FJ40 in the way the 911 was continued. My big disadvantage here compared to you is that I have extensive real life experience behind the wheel of both vehicles.
From my 2o years experience driving the FJ70 I have found, in the circumstances and terrain I drive in, no other 4WD that can keep up with me And I have had to tow or seen towed every manner of Defender, Range Rover, Mitsubishi, Nissan, and yes, even modern Land Cruisers that tried. One of the great Achilles’s heel of these heavy (though comfortable onroad cars), and especially when they are made even heavier by cargo and kit, comes in heavy mud and steep inclines. That tends to be one of the terrains among others where we have to call in the tractors to get them out. So you might very well be able to keep up with my light, 88 hp FJ70 in your Land Cruiser and I believe you. It’s just that I have never seen such a thing happen in real life. I expect you might be a better pilot than those I had to tow.
My imagining an FJ40 continued and improved over time like the 911 was a flight of fancy, a day dream. The Land Cruiser is dead, long live the Land Cruiser! I believe its time is limited though. There is just too much competition in the station wagon segment, at lower cost, equal performance and greater comfort.
We are living the deciding moment in Toyota’s offroad vehicle history but unlike the Porsche family back when, the execs at Toyota backed down and cowered. History will show that they will live to decry this lack of belief in and their total renunciation of sacred Heritage. In Japanese culture, this raw display of cowardice is almost a mortal sin and there are Samurais spinning in their graves as we speak.
I sincerely hope I am dead wrong about everything I have written. But even if you tell me I am, it won’t comfort me or reconcile me with my own life experience. In any case, I wish you millions of miles of safe and pleasant driving and don’t let a drunk driver near your treasured LC!