Digimon Xros Figures Deckerdramon
I got them all! The whale is mailed! Let's go!!!
Y'know, I find it kinda funny that at the end of everything, I got the Korean Cyberdramon and the Chinese English Deckerdramon. None of the Blue Flare boxes match. Not that it matters, though.
The Good: A very interesting combination. I expected the treads to use the peg holes on the bottoms of Greymon's feet, but there's actually a very precisely cut set of indents for them. The transformation is quite simple, but the added arm cannon, and the bulked out legs do add a bit of somethin' somethin'.
The Bad: So Deckerdramon is a brick. You can't even open his mouth (I did so by pulling his head off). You can do "Float Mode" if you want to be funny, but this toy is really about the combination.
The Details: I added quite a bit of paint to this one, too. Attempting to go from snout to tail:
I added the silver stripe and teeth to the head, as well as the exhaust pipes on the back of the legs.
I panel lined the nostrils, green lights, missile launchers, as well as the grooves on the tail.
I used black on the pipes on the chin and the tip of the tail to create the illusion of depth on areas that are meant to be hollow.
I redid the eyes so they match the anime aesthetic.
I repainted the area around the legs blue to match the shoulders and painted the knees brown, all to match Deckerdramon's official art.
Overall, I'm just happy to have all of Blue Flare. And with Tuwarmon in my possession, and DarkKnightmon on the way, the complete line is within my grasp. I don't think I'll ever get my hands on the Wonder Fest OmegaShoutmon and ZekeGreymon, but who knows what the future holds!