Thematically, yeah that could work. Otherwise, it just seems like a cop-out. Besides, I cannot count the amount of times I've seen melee weapons (and some stat sticks like for hunters/feral druids) that I only WISH were itemized for casters, instead, based on their in-game models.

Sure, casters get a pretty good number of nice-looking things but the other weapons just overwhelm them as far as my memory can recollect. Having this weapon model for casters practically makes up for this as it is just that awesome.

Regardless, speaking for weapons IN GENERAL now...I really wish that every single holiday which provides weapons for one section of players would have alternate ones (different models, obviously) for EVERYONE ELSE.

However, I doubt this would ever be implemented as Blizzard wants each holiday to feel unique in addition to also not encouraging the blathering band-wagon of 'WoW is too homogenized' to lunge at their proverbial throats any further.

because the estate of john forsythe would not allow...
what?
oh, you mean. Yes, well, my bad.
never mind.