Fisher-Price Imaginext Dragon World Fortress

by Fisher-Price

Product Features

• Cool sound effects and fun castle secrets for boys to discover
• Castle has a dragon on guard that can be activated by a simple turn of the disk
• Unlock the action and see a boulder run down a dragon's tail
• Figures can unlock all the many secrets the Dragon Castle has
• To see more information click the "Watch it in Action" link below the main product images

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 15.3 x 6 x 24 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B001W1UEMA
• Item model number: P3787
• Manufacturer recommended age: 36 months - 5 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,193 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (84 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

The Fisher Price Dragon World Fortress will transport your child to a fantasy realm of magic, knights, and dragons. Designed for ages 3 and up, this play set features flashing lights, sound effects, and accessories that can provide hours of imaginative role-playing. Standout features include a moving guard dragon, a cannon that shoots projectiles, and a secret lever that will make the castle "come to life."

Dragon World Fortress Ages: 3+ Requires: 3 "AA" batteries (included)

What We Think Fun factor: Durability: Ease of assembly: Educational factor: The Good: Exciting fantasy theme that encourages imagination and role-playing. The Challenging: A bit top-heavy; could be easy to tip over. In a Nutshell: A large, well-designed play set that encourages creativity and role-playing.

A Medieval Adventure
At approximately two feet in height, Dragon World Fortress is filled with enough interactive features to keep active imaginations occupied. The play set comes with two knight figures, each with their own detachable sword, shield and armor. With these figures your child can pivot "activation points" on the play set, which can reveal hidden staircases and open the front gate.

Knights who dare to enter the Dragon World Fortress face many dangers. Pulling a lever on the back of the castle will cause the green guard dragon to lunge forward and attack intruders. The lever also triggers thunder sound effects and causes the entire castle to light up. There is also a cannon that fires plastic projectiles, and a rolling boulder that can be used to defend the staircases.

The fortress is constructed in solid, sturdy plastic. Parents, be aware that it is fairly easy to topple over due to its vertical design. However, this problem is remedied by folding out the hidden set of stairs underneath the castle, giving it the stability needed for rougher play.

Encourages Imagination
Dragon World Fortress channels a spirit of medieval adventure. It is full of movable objects and sounds, but still leaves plenty of room for constructive, imaginative play. The play set provides children with the tools needed for an immersive, imaginative experience.

What's in the Box
Fortress, two knight figures, two flags, two boulders, one bed, and one cannon with projectile.

The Dragon World Fortress has plenty of interactive parts, including a firing cannon. View larger.

The fortress is filled with adventure, peril, and booby traps at every turn. View larger.

Use the special "activation points" to open secret passageways and play back sounds. View larger.

Product Description

The Imaginext Dragon Castle Playset is a vertical castle that features a world of accessories and activation points. The castle comes with two figures and helmets that can activate all four figure activated feature points. Just twist the figures to reveal an action. Turn the disk to open the front door and hear and see the lightning and thunder roar. Turn the disk inside to unleash the guard dragon, turn the top disk to release the upper dragon, and turn a disk inside the castle to activate the stairs. Press a button to roll the boulder down the dragon tail and hear fierce dragon sounds. If there's an intruder in the castle, don't forget to release the chandelier and let it drop or fire the cannon.

 

• Cool sound effects and fun castle secrets for boys to discover
• Castle has a dragon on guard that can be activated by a simple turn of the disk
• Unlock the action and see a boulder run down a dragon's tail
• Figures can unlock all the many secrets the Dragon Castle has
• To see more information click the "Watch it in Action" link below the main product images
• Product Measures: 15.3 x 6 x 24
• Recommended Ages: 36 - 60 months

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My son got this for his 4th birthday and LOVES it!, August 5, 2009

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Bladen's Mommy (Memphis, TN) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Fisher-Price Imaginext Dragon World Fortress (Toy)

My husband picked this out for my son's 4th birthday and he absolutely loves it! The lights flash and the dragon comes down when you pull a lever and will actually pick up a man in his mouth. The front door to the castle resembles a garage door and my son really likes that! It took us a few days to figure out that the boulders actually swirl down the slide which is also part of the dragon's tale. Also, there is a little button like thing at the top of the slide that makes a noise and sends the boulder down the slide. This thing is just so nice. I only wish that the rooms were a little deaper...they are a bit shallow, but the men are pretty small, so it's no big deal. Almost all of the Imaginext toys are built so well, so I really recommend them to anyone with younger children. They even have some for girls now=) They aren't called Imaginext, but they are the exact same type of people and they are also Fisher Price Brand. We own the large Pirate Ship, another Castle, Coast Guard Boat, Space Ship, Space Station, Bat Cave, FireStation, Ambulance, and many other little Imaginext items and we can't wait until they come out with even more...

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfun!, October 25, 2009

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Ernest Rockwell "ravanasreads" (New Mexico) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Fisher-Price Imaginext Dragon World Fortress (Toy)

This is the only toy that we can get all our kids to play together, nicely. We bought it for our son's third birthday, but it quickly became communal property in our house. Our seven-year-old and one and half-year-old daughters love it almost as much as the boy. They play with it for long stretches at a time, and the little characters that come with it make frequent adventures elsewhere throughout our home as well. Well worth your investment!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best. Castle. Ever., January 12, 2010

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Michael J. Tresca "Talien" (Fairfield, CT USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Fisher-Price Imaginext Dragon World Fortress (Toy)

My son got the Imaginext Dragon World Fortress for Christmas, because his aunt and uncle are awesome. I didn't realize my wife had it on my son's wish list until it showed up under the Christmas tree. And boy, what a gift!

Where to start? The castle is one big, awesome sculpt. The amount of thought that went into the castle is astonishing - there is a dragon motif incorporated into everything, from the bedspread on the bed to the secret stairs. Centaurs are sculpted into the columns, vampire bats adorn the outer walls, and if you look closely at the picture you can see that the green dragon head matches the rough-hewn stone of the lower section to form a complete dragon. As a miniature painter myself, it's so pretty I want to paint it.

Counting the roof and the dungeon, this play set has FIVE levels. Starting with the base, the castle is configurable two ways. One way opens a secret door into the dungeon, while the other provides a helpful entrance with steps into the ground floor - which is actually an ingenious lure, because it completes the winding funnel that is a rolling boulder trap. Swiveling out the secret door has the added benefit of giving the castle a sturdier base.

Foolish mortals who manage to make it past the boulder trap face off against the portcullis. It's here that there are footholds for the two knights. Simply put the knights' feet into the footholds and turn to active the mechanism. It sounds good in practice but is harder for my nearly three-year-old boy. He asks me to do it. Turning the footholds causes the portcullis to raise or lower along with an accompanying ka-CHUNK, thunder and lightning, and even an owl hooting. The portcullis mechanism itself is a series of wheels and gears, along with a little rope that winds through it. You don't find this level of detail on professional gaming miniature sculpts!

As if getting crushed by a boulder or speared by a portcullis wasn't bad enough, there's an animated dragon head that can be manipulated from the other side of the castle. The head swings up and down and side to side. When slamming it down over the poor fool standing in the handholds, the mouth opens and closes. After scooping up the hapless victim, it can then swing out and drop him into the moat! This doesn't always work - the mouth on the dragon must be slammed down pretty hard to guarantee it "eats" somebody, but the effect is glorious to behold when it works.

Also in the base of the castle is another foothold mechanism to reveal a series of red secret steps. Turning the foothold opens and closes these spiraling steps to the dungeon.

The next level features wooden steps, complete with metal rivets. It has a beautifully sculpted dragon chandelier that hangs by a real string. My guess is you drop it on any invading knight who happens to have made it this far, but in practice it doesn't really do much but dangle. There's also an accompanying bed that probably goes here. To give you an idea of the detail of this toy, flipping the bed over reveals a broadsword fastened to the bottom (it's part of the sculpt, not a separate sword). Fisher Price thought of everything!

The next level features the beginning of the boulder trap. A trap door is triggered by a little button on the side. There are two sound animations to accompany the boulder rolling its way to crush the enemy - one sounds like fine china being smashed, while the other has a cat shrieking in dismay. My son could press this button all day long if we let him. Speaking of the boulders, they get quite a bit of momentum as they roll down the trap, but aren't so heavy that they'll do any toy real harm.

At the top of the castle is the piece de resistance: the concealed dragon face. By turning the footholds at the top of the castle, a snout, teeth, and eyes appear. The bristling claws on either tower extend (but not much) to the accompanying roar of a dragon. It's theoretically possible to position a knight in the "mouth" of this dragon, which would cause him to fall out of it as soon as it was activated with the footholds, but in practice this doesn't work - the mouth is too flimsy to hold anybody. It's a cool effect, but might be frightening for younger children. My son didn't seem to mind it.

Also atop the castle are a place for dragon-shaped flags and a cannon. If there's a concern for little kids playing with this toy, it's this cannon, which fires a crossbow-shaped bolt. It doesn't shoot it very far but it's extremely sensitive, so it's easy to fire the thing by accident (like in your eye, for example). We won't let my son play with it until he's older.

The knights have fully posable arms and legs. The red knight looks surprised, the gray knight wears a fierce frown. Their arms rotate in the sockets as well as the wrists, and each can hold their own color-coded shield and sword. The armor is an upper-torso affair, covering most of the head and locking it into place. It can be a bit of a challenge to get the suits of armor on knights if their heads are turned as a result.

I could go on and on. The short of it is that this set is awesome. My son loves it too, although he won't really be able to fully enjoy the entire set until he gets older. That's okay though, the toy can grow along with him. In the mean time, we keep the dragon busy eating astronauts from another play set. And let's face it, they deserve it...anyone attempting to invade the castle is asking to be crushed, skewered, chomped, bludgeoned, terrified, or speared.