I've not heard anything but I keep a list of ones it'd be nice to have updated because maybe the Dev will have time to add them or even to do the recode that they wanted - sometimes you have to be happy with what you've to though I'm afraid! (There are a few tricks I've found for replacing the original bricks with ones that match close enough in some cases).
I'd take on the challenge of re-coding things but I just don't have the time in the foreseeable future and the time I do have is terribly disjointed... hence only being able to create the odd model now and then... it all adds up though :)