As someone who has been working with this new dragon for over a month now, I can assure you that it is appropriatly named Mill Dragon 2, because it is far more than an upgrade to the original dragon. The mesh is only part of the equation in figure creation, and the fact that it uses the original mesh as a base is a plus point not a negative one. This way all the extra textures and such which were purchased for the original dragon are still able to be used on this one as well. There would be even more screaming if people could not longer use their original textures..so this ensures your original textures are not out of date. But now you get the added benefit of a versitility that is a hundred times better than the original (which was no slouch either) Plus...you can use any of the new textures on the original dragon and the LE version as well, if you dont want the new features. So its a bit silly to play a game of wether it should be called version 1.5 or version 2. It is all just words, but it is definatly a drastically improved model and well worth it to any dragon enthusiast. (Updates usually dont work for LE versions..but you may want to confirm this with DAZ)