Generations Dirge Photogallery with Side-by-side Gentei! Gentei! Dirge Comparison

I am so glad that I didn't bought Henkei Dirge. Nowadays I've probably had to pay with shipment above 100 of euro's. I guess I would even coughed up 60 euro's to get him. But the Generations version is way better. I've got Generation Thrust as well and I love him. The only one I am missing is Thundercracker, but I am going to repaint Starscream into him.

Here's a pic of a custom made(e-hobby black version) of Classic Starscream.

Oops here he is

So glad I skipped the Henkei version of Thrust and now Dirge. Hasbro's version are SOOOO much better.

It's hard to say which ones are more superior to the other; they both look epic. I'm really into the Generations line......

The Generations one looks better. The black details are superior.

I ended up buying the Gentei Dirge for the wing mold, but honestly... Hasbro's outdone themselves. The blue is nicer, that black is fantastic especially when compared to the grey, and overall looks much cleaner. My only (minor) pet peeve is that I wish they gave him the fat missiles the Ramjet molds came with instead. Thankfully I can just switch them out with BotCon Thrust's fat missiles :3

Hoitytoity wrote:I ended up buying the Gentei Dirge for the wing mold, but honestly... Hasbro's outdone themselves. The blue is nicer, that black is fantastic especially when compared to the grey, and overall looks much cleaner. My only (minor) pet peeve is that I wish they gave him the fat missiles the Ramjet molds came with instead. Thankfully I can just switch them out with BotCon Thrust's fat missiles :3

All you ever want is fat missiles...

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

No Death for Prowl wrote:Still not sure why the sunburst stripes on the wings are necessary, but at least they are more subdued than the Henkei.

Because the original toy had them.

I did not know that. Thank you.

I checked a pic of G1 Dirge and, lo and behold, the stripes are there, but they run parallel to the body of the jet mode and actually accentuate the figure pretty nicely, IMO.

The updated stripes are not an improvement on the original, methinks.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Nice comparison shots, both Gen. Thrust and Dirge will have a spot in my collection depending on this: any chance of close-ups on his face? I'm worried about the possible mold degradation shown at SDCC.

You've mentioned this before and I still don't know what mold degradation you're talking about. I do see a handpainted mess of a face on the one displayed at SDCC. The ones used at Botcon were fine if not perfect. Not trying to be argumentative but that dogs got no legs to stand mate.