It's a touchingly ugly duckling, perhaps a good bass but not a coherent design like the Victory was which at least looked like a Klingon Jazz Bass. Singlecut, Fenderesque body and 2+2 headstock = always an unhappy combination, not everybody could pull it off like Ric did.
Mosrite-y is right, I was also immediately reminded of a Peavey T-40 when I saw the larger pic (thanks for dragging that into the light).
It will probably grow on me. At least they tried. Even if they used what is explicitly sold as a "Fender replacement bridge", ouch, how cruel can people be?!