Princess Daphne with Fire Drake
These figures were eBay purchases back in November of 2019. I bought these after watching a youtube video about the Dragonās 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 Dragonās Lair was centered around the Saturday morning cartoon series. I do remember the arcade machine in the 90ā²s where you see Princess Daphne being cursed into becoming an old hag, but thatās 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.
Dragonās Lair was originally an animated arcade game made by Cinematronics and utilized hand drawn by Don Bluth back in 1983 by using Laserdisc technology.Ā
These figures came out in 2002 around the time that Dragonās Lair 3D premiered.Ā
Starting with the fire drake, it came packaged with Daphne.
Just so weāre 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; heās 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 heās 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 thatās it for articulation, this guy is simply an accessory piece to Daphne.
Princess Daphne is our scantily clad damsel in distress.
Sheās 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 DaphneĀ canāt 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.
Daphneās 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...
Iām 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 letās say five...because of her massive hair her head doesnāt really swivel very well...
Swivel at the head (barely), rotation at the shoulders, waist swivel, and rotation at the thighs. Thatās it. Everything seems to work okay, but much of the plastic feels so rigid and inflexible I doubt the toy could take much abuse.
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.Ā
Thereās a lot of ugly to have to take in with this figure.
Mordoc only comes with one accessory, and thatās his jeweled staff.
He holds it well, however Iām concerned about the long term life of tha staff; itās made from a very hard plastic, and if Iām not careful itās liable to break over time if Iām not careful.
Mordocās range of motion is a bit better than Daphneās
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.
These Dragonās Lair 3-D figures are pretty good.Ā
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 doesnāt 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 havenāt posted that one yet, but there he is.)
