I have had five 80s in my Landcruiser owning life, more than any other vehicle. I bought them because they were the best vehicle for what I wanted to do at the time. In terms of a reliable, tough off road vehicle they have no match, except maybe a Merc G wagon, in my opinion. This makes them a great choice for more adventurous overland trips or more extreme off road stuff. Personally, and this is only my view - each to their own and all that, I do not see the point in running an 80 as a purely on road daily driver. One of the IFS Cruisers would make a much better choice.
As has been said, 80s are a dying breed. They are not being made any more so numbers are decreasing. People will be turning to alternatives so naturally other areas of the forum will grow as traffic in the 80 section reduces.
I like the more extreme side of off roading, in my opinion one of the IFS Cruisers would not be suitable for what I wanted. I had taken the green car (an 80 with big lift and 37's) about as far as was sensible without spending big money so looked elsewhere. I ended up with the Unimog. It can do things off road that my 80 would not which was what I wanted.
To bring a further twist I have recently been looking for a road car that can tow 3500kg. In the Cruiser range that means one of the heavy duty ones an 80, 100 or 200. 200s are well out of my budget as are everything but early 100's and some 80's. To cut a very long story short, I ended up with a Mercedes ML55. Price wise it was the same as the nastiest of 80s but for what I want is a far better choice of road car. Reliability will be the big question. The combined price, and budget is important to a lot of people, of the Mog and the ML is less than a good 80 and I have ended up with, again in my opinion, a better off road vehicle and a better on road vehicle.