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7187 Escape From Dragon's Prison
(2011, 185 pieces, 65 different parts)
Escape From Dragon's Prison is a black and reddish brown gate built on green plates with a short tower built on each side of the gate.
This set has four minifigures.
-A dragon knight with a dark green plume in a pearl titanium knight helmet with pearl titanium visor, a yellow dual-sided minifigure head with a smirk and black eyebrows and goatee with mustache on one side and bared teeth on the other, pearl titanium armor with a copper dragon head in the center and copper waist belt, a black dual-printed torso with pearl titanium scale mail and copper cross-chains with black arms and dark bluish gray hands, and black legs with pearl titanium scale mail and knee pads.
-A dragon knight with a pearl titanium pike helmet, a yellow minifigure head with brown eyebrows and a open smile with tongue and a missing tooth, a dark bluish gray dual-printed torso with a dark green collar, pearl titanium scale mail, a copper cross-torso chain belt, a dark brown belt, and plain black legs. Accessories include a reddish brown quiver and a pearl titanium crossbow.
-A soldier with a metallic silver pike helmet, a yellow dual-sided minifigure head with light brown eyebrows and chin rat patch with a sympathetic face on one side and a worried face on the otehr, a dark bluish gray torso with red arms and yellow hands and a silver scale mail print with a cross-torso brown belt and two brown printed waist belts, and light bluish gray legs with a black belt.
-A lion soldier a metallic silver axe helmet, a yellow minifigure head with a brown eyebrows and a smirk with red cheek scars, a red dual-sided torso with a gold lion head on a white and red checker pattern with light bluish gray arms and yellow hands, and light bluish gray legs with a black belt.
This set has a number of unique and rare pieces.
-The dark green horse barding with dark green dragon on a medium nougat and tan checker pattern and the pearl dark gray 1x4x9 arched gates are unique to this set.
-The light bluish gray ovoid shield with a dark green dragon on a medium nougat and tan checker pattern was only found in two sets, 7187 Escape From Dragon's Prison and 853373 [Kingdoms] Chess.
-The black 1x4x6 grille with end protrusions was only found in two sets, 7187 Escape From Dragon's Prison and 60412 4x4 Fire Truck With Rescue Boat.
-The black horse with medium nougat bridle and the pearl titanium horse battle helmet were only found in three sets, 7949 Prison Carriage Rescue, 7187 Escape From Dragon's Prison, and 10223 Kingdoms Joust.
-The pearl dark gray horse battle helmet was only found in three sets, 7949 Prison Carriage Rescue, 7187 Escape From Dragon's Prison, and 10223 Kingdom's Joust.
Parts inventory for this set can be found on BrickLink or Rebrickable with a free download of the instructions available under the "instructions" tab on Rebrickable. An interesting note on the inventories: BrickLink says the two spears and one of the swords are pearl light gray while Rebrickable says they are flat silver.
