Botcon 2007 Dirge
Well, I didn't really have much to say so I wasn't going to bring the topic up.
But 2 people wondered what I thought about the recent reveal of Botcon 2007 Dirge so I might as well post about it.
Botcon 2007 Dirge? Well... he looks pretty much like I expected he would from the mold.
If this is indeed the final paint deco then I can't complain. He looks like what a modern repaint of the mold would look like from his old-school G1 counterpart, especially if using the G1 animation model sheet as a guide.
He's a perfectly acceptable G1-inspired Dirge even without retooled wings. Is he good enough to come down to being a $40 repaint? I don't know. Each TF geek has to make their own call on that one.
Now I figured retooled wings, especially Dirge's wings, would be the cheapest route to go but obviously I was wrong.
Now Thrust? He's gotta have retooled wings. He'll suck a bit if he does not. The lift rotors are very important to his overall appearance.
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I like this deco for 1 main reason. The shade of blue. Even though I DO like the more cartoon-accurate representations of the more recent various incarnations of Thundercracker(Robotmasters, PVCs, etc...), The TOY of Thundercracker has always been a dark blue hue and Dirge has always been more of the lighter hue.
So seeing THIS Dirge in the same lighter hue gives me hope that the Thundercracker will be like his darker toy self. If not, its gonna kinda of suck having 2 jets the same color in this set. lol
The thing that surprises me from an engineering perspective is, retooling the mold for Dirge wouldn't be that difficult.
Certainly, it's not out of the question for Botcon - we got retooled heads last year; and this would be in the same ballpark, effort-wise.
All they'd need to do is take those tiny, stubby wing sections on his torso, and extend them outwards a bit. The rest would be totally acceptable.
But as a straight repaint? Hmmm... I can only assume at this point they must have spent their entire retool budget on Thrust to brush over Dirge this way. Like you said; it's essential they retool the guy; but his appearance is such an equal mix between the two Classics Seekers molds, he's a retooling nightmare.
Gah, we shall see. *fingers crossed*