I owned one for about a year or so and it was a great head for clean to hard rock. The distortion could be a little mushy, though, unless you slammed it with a boost. Great clean channel, the Ninja boost rocks. The gain just wasn't my thang. Kind of like a JCM 800 with a blurring in the midrange and a softer bottom end. Great for leads but not as great for rhythm without a boost to tighten things up (how I wish the Bad Monkey was around back then!).
Can't help you with the vertical 2x12, I hear those are kinda rare... though you could order an Earcandy BuzzBomb and have Tim make it for you as a vertical cab (he can install the feet anywhere you want).