The Dragon Descends
Of course, you’ve gotta have that dragon somewhere, and based on the box art and the original design idea for this set—inspired by a Lego Ideas competition to celebrate D&D’s 50th anniversary—Cinderhowl is meant to be displayed with their tail wrapped around the tower, peering over their domain from the ruins. It looks great… when you get it balanced in just the right pose. There’s no specific way to place Cinderhowl on the model, and no clear areas to “click” the model down and lock it into a good place, so you’re relying on posing their legs just right and nailing the balancing act.
For the most part, when it’s in place, it won’t easily fall off, but considering the limited articulation of the legs, it’s largely the tail and the front feet keeping Cinderhowl from ruining hours of your precious work—a way to secure the dragon down onto the model, even if it restricted posing a bit, would’ve been much more preferable, especially for a set with so many tiny parts you can easily knock about while trying to position the dragon. Especially so for a very expensive set!
Now that you’ve seen the set and figures, we’ll leave you with a few more pictures to give you an idea of the story behind Red Dragon’s Tale—which is available to order now from Lego.
