#mordroc

[mrdrhenwardhykle]

*Kicks feet up on bed like a young girl at a slumber party*

So, who do you think the hottest Dragon's Lair character?

mhm? Yeah... Well

WRONG

It's Mordroc

[mrdrhenwardhykle]

By far the most unrealistic part of Dragon’s Lair 2 is the fact that a mother of 10+ children who has a very good form couldn’t beat the crap out of this literal 1000+ year old pile of dust

Like, look at him. I could even do it. ‘Cursed’ or not, just about anyone could snap him like a twig.

Every gust of wind has a risk of ending his life.

[jimclassicstoycollection]

Dragon’s Lair 3-D

Princess Daphne with Fire Drake

and Mordroc

by Anjon, Inc

These figures were eBay purchases back in November of 2019. I bought these after watching a youtube video about the Dragon’s Lair, and I totally forgot there even was a brief toyline based on the game.

Truth be known; I never played the game, my memory of Dragon’s Lair was centered around the Saturday morning cartoon series. I do remember the arcade machine in the 90′s where you see Princess Daphne being cursed into becoming an old hag, but that’s all I recall from the games.

I remember these figures showing up Sun Coast Video stores and stuff, and I never picked them up back then, but I was feeling nostalgic, and I was able to pick these figures up for a reasonable price.

Dragon’s Lair was originally an animated arcade game made by Cinematronics and utilized hand drawn by Don Bluth back in 1983 by using Laserdisc technology. 

These figures came out in 2002 around the time that Dragon’s Lair 3D premiered. 

Fire Drake:

Starting with the fire drake, it came packaged with Daphne.

Just so we’re clear, the package was already opened when I bought it, just that the original owner still had the card back and plastic bubble, so I had no qualms about removing them from it,

The fire drake has a lot of personality; he’s got those very cartoony proportions such as the rounded belly, the tiny, under developed wings, and large exaggerated snout, with evil, scheming grin.

You can tell he’s up to no good, and is probably there to guard the captive princess.

The toy has limited articulation, and they are rotation at the shoulders, but it limited by the body proportions, and the wings swivel a little bit, however they just get in the way of each other.

And that’s it for articulation, this guy is simply an accessory piece to Daphne.

Princess Daphne:

Princess Daphne is our scantily clad damsel in distress.

She’s wearing a black, skimpy bathing suit, high heeled sandals, and a cartoonishly curved crown with a blue hair band.

Her proportions are very exaggerated with a tiny waist, looooong legs, and teeny tiny feet; in fact Daphne can’t even stand on her own without the help of a small display stand in the shape of a mound of gold coins. Even then the pegs are so small she leans back a bit.

Daphne’s head sculpt has got this wildly long blonde hair which goes all the way down below her butt; I really like how the hair has sculpted curls at the very ends, and the sweeping bangs in the front.

In short Princes Daphne is very sexualized, and yet that resting bitch face of hers lets you know not to try anything funny...

Her only accessory is a plastic gem stone, which she can barely hold in her hand...I mean dangle off of her thumb...

I’m not sure of the significance of the gem, but my guess is you could maybe put it on a chain, and I suppose actually wear it. I suppose, but that wold be some cheap costume jewelry...

Princess Paphne has 6 points of articulation...well let’s say five...because of her massive hair her head doesn’t really swivel very well...

Swivel at the head (barely), rotation at the shoulders, waist swivel, and rotation at the thighs. That’s it. Everything seems to work okay, but much of the plastic feels so rigid and inflexible I doubt the toy could take much abuse.

Mordoc:

As much as I like the...aesthetics of Princess Daphne, Mordoc steals the show here in sheer personality and detail.

Mordoc is hunched over old warlock with green skin, warts all over his face and hands with spindly fingers, a crooked nose shooting out of his face like an evil carrot, long gray strands of hair, and wearing simple peasant clothes and a strange cap. 

There’s a lot of ugly to have to take in with this figure.

Mordoc only comes with one accessory, and that’s his jeweled staff.

He holds it well, however I’m concerned about the long term life of tha staff; it’s made from a very hard plastic, and if I’m not careful it’s liable to break over time if I’m not careful.

Mordoc’s range of motion is a bit better than Daphne’s

Ball jointed (though a bit loose), ball joint at the shoulders (loose), bicep swivel, swivel at the wrists, rotation at the hips (though these heavy plastic robes make the a moot point), and swivel at the ankles.

And Mordoc can stand okay without the use of a stand, but a little little wobbly, however he stands better if you position the staff for support.

Final Thoughts:

These Dragon’s Lair 3-D figures are pretty good. 

Mordoc in my opinion is the most interesting out of the three. Daphne may by nice to look at, but Mordoc has the most personality.

I suppose now that I have Daphne she can hang out with my other video game princesses. Still she is a bit under dressed.

Mordoc doesn’t exactly fit in well with some of my other video game figures, but he definitely stands out.

(And I see that i accidentally included Ludwig von Koopa, and I haven’t posted that one yet, but there he is.)

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