Mega Bloks Dragons: Dragons Fire Storm Fortress

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Product Features

• Perfect set for medieval battle fights
• Dragon features a safe, fiery cold flame from its jaws
• Also features a self-destructing icy castle
• Contains 70 pieces total
• Recommended for ages 8 years and older

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.8 x 11.9 x 18.2 inches ; 4.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0001NE9YO
• California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
• Item model number: 92330
• Manufacturer recommended age: 8 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #230,570 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

Product Description

Build the impressive Fire Storm Fortress, then have a sizzling good time when you activate the "fire-breathing" feature of the articulated dragon figure. The Fire Storm Fortress features an amazing, Cold-Flame Technology "fire-breathing" dragon who produces a safe, fiery blast from its jaws. Activate the timer on the dungeon cage, and the icy facade of the prison magically destructs, releasing a dragon claw bridge and releasing the King. Includes 70 Mega Bloks pieces.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DRAGONS: Fire & Ice movie signature set! Super awesome!!, January 13, 2005

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A. West "Blacktron" (Mountain-top in TN.) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Mega Bloks Dragons: Dragons Fire Storm Fortress (Toy)

A lot of people completely misunderstand how this set is supposed to work, so I feel compelled to review it for customers as it is one of my favorites.

The Fire Storm Fortress depicts a sceen from the MEGA BLOKS movie: Fire & Ice in which the Vorgans led by the evil wizard Xenos have captured the king of the Draigar armies, Fyren Olsef. Imprisioned in the bottom levels of Xenos' ice mountian and watched by the Vorgan guards he cannot lead his army without aid.

Enter the prince of the Norvagen, Dev, who has recently befriended Olsef's daughter and commited himself to uniting the waring kingdoms of the Draigar and Norvagen against Xenos and his Vorgans. With the aid of the remaining Dragons, particularly the flame dragon, Strato Incenus, Dev will free the imprisoned king and bring down the ice mountain fortress of the wizard.

That's the backstory, search amazon.com for the DVD Dragons: Fire & Ice for the full story, it's a sleeper hit that will leave families surprised at it's entertainment and quality.

Now you know what role the toy plays in the ongoing story of Dragons, you can begin to understand the total package. Yes there is a dragon, very pretty too. Colored to match the brilliance of real flames and fully articulated, this dragon is perfection in the three year evolution of MEGA BLOKS toys. The jaws open to reveal a bright red light that activates at the push of a button on his back. I MEAN BRIGHT! :) When you place the dragon on the base unit with a drop of water in the resevoir and attach the pump per the instructions, you get a flash of red light coloring the "smoke effect" from the dragon's mouth. Truly a magnificent little water vapor science experiment!

The Fortress gets bad press only because people misunderstand it's purpose and action features. This set took me less than a half-hour to un-box and build. The fore-walls of the fortress are loosely attached to the base on purpose. If they clicked like other MEGA BLOKS bricks, then the features would not work. When you have king Olsef placed in the cell with the gear driven door in the down position, he cannot escape! Press the red button on the cell base and you activate a 10 second delay (enough time to light and pump your dragon flame!) door open, claw-drawbridge lowers and crashes through the ice walls sending them tumbling down. The king is free!!! Awesome effect! See?! The ice wall is supposed to fall away for the action feature to work. They have less grip to the brick and baseplate studs so they can break away when the drawbridge slaps across them, thus knocking them down. All the other parts included grip as they are supposed to; better than average. I love the blue-ice and white wash look of the included parts making them look Icewind Dale cold!! :)

You can build this set a number of ways to add to the fun, or place it near the Dragon Mountain playset (big, but worth every penny) to re-create the movie scenes. I love this line, and this set is one of the best with unique elements, features, characters and educational value.

I've had this set built and displayed in my rec room for a while, and we've carried it from room to room without much fuss for the kids to play with. Even my 2 1/2 year old genius girl loves to play with it (as long as I am present!!). It's good fun for older kids to explore on their own, but remember to read all the way through the instruction booklet. It'll tell you all you need to know, except how to have an imagination.

I'm going to order more MEGA BLOKS Dragons sets now, because every adult fan of toys should try these out. Kids too! ;)

Best wishes people, and play well.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Kids loved it, November 22, 2006

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Shay Harding "kellewic" (Glendale, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mega Bloks Dragons: Dragons Fire Storm Fortress (Toy)

My boys fought with these things; playing for hours with them. They are pretty durable even with my 10 and 11 year old boys tossing them around.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars hard to keep together, November 28, 2004

A Kid's Review

= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Mega Bloks Dragons: Dragons Fire Storm Fortress (Toy)

this ice fortress ice is extremly hard to keep together. it took for ever to get it together. the fire breathing feature is a little hard to put together according to the instructions. the wings break easily if you put pressur on them.