I love pre-2011 Campy. I can say that most all my bikes run an assortment of post 1995 Campagnolo and have a bin full of 1970's and 1980's campy I used to ride before I really got into the whole slant parallelogram thing. That being said Campagnolo didn't really shift all that well till they ripped off Shimano 7400. They're brakes didn't start working well till the Monoplaner brakes and really took off with the dual pivot's.
I can go on and on.
They did have some great things like the double bolt seatpost. Or the spiffy spiral machining to keep dirt out of the pedals and bottom brackets. But for the most part the old stuff doesn't work all that well. Looks good but functionally it was meh.
I used to live by the west coast USA distribution hub and would pester the workers while I was buying parts about why campy doesn't make a vintage vibe limited edition groupo. I told them there's definitely a market for it. They would always tell me that campy was looking forward and not backwards. So that tells you where they're at... Looking towards blobs of carbon and really comfy shifters.