@rwbadley, As a Sota Nova VI owner, who looked into some older tables and upgrades, and assuming you’re not up for doing the work yourself as someone suggested, I recommend sharing your total budget with Donna and prioritizing the options. Bearing/thrust plate and springs are top priority along with motor. If you can find a used arm that might help you leverage your investment made in the nice AT cartridge. Sota often has trade-in armboards of various geometries that might save you some $ too. They can cut to fit any arm of proper size(~9"-10.5", not 12")
The Eclipse package upgrade could always be added later if desired.
Vacuum hold down is fantastic, but if you don’t have many warped LPs probably a lower priority vs. the other items.
FWIW, I’ve also owned a Technics SP10mk and I think the Sota with some of the upgrades would get you closer to an SP10mkII than a 1200G. IOW, the Sota upgrades would give you arguably better performance and an upgrade path to take it even higher later if desired.
If you want to start fresh, have you asked Sota about trade-in value? They do that too. Cheers,
Spencer