![]() ![]() I still get sick on occasion, I still visit my grandparents' house and now I have a new Doom Dragon, too. I'd partially forgotten how much fun this Doom Zone is until I held it in hand again so many years later. Maybe he's a baby? Regardless, he's still big enough to be a serious threat for Max and of course the Doom Dragon looks good hanging out in other playsets like the aforementioned Skull Mountain and Dragon Island for examples. He's stuck inside a Doom Zone so he doesn't have the size advantage of the dragons of Skull Mountain and Dragon Island looking like a runt by comparison. However the Doom Dragon, the very first Dragon toy in the toyline isn't so fortunate as all of that. No matter if he's hanging around his mansion Skull Mountain, his vacation home Dragon Island or piloting his two-headed Battle Warrior Skull Master always keeps a dragon around. Is he some manner of dark priest or cultist? A black magic-slingling sorcerer or warlock? A spectral wraith or reaper? He's whatever your imagination desires even just a medieval-looking maniac with a knife for one hand if you like. Faceless and with a plain hooded robe Ravendark can fill a variety of roles in your adventures. The pet of Ravendark, the Doom Dragon was summoned during. Ravendark is such a cool villain his design leaves much to the imagination which is so much of his charm. The Doom Dragon is an enemy of Mighty Max, from the Doom Zone Mighty Max Slays the Doom Dragon. Our mini-figures include Mighty Max, Ravendark and the Doom Dragon. The entire interior is a lot of fun the jagged rocks and spires of stone looking both treacherous and labyrinthine from certain angles. The Doom Dragon has his own personal cave down on the ground level. There's a hooked rope and rickety swing bridge Max can use to reach the upper levels of the lair where Ravendark's dwelling is complete with a tome on a pedestal and a comfy chair. Full of rocks, stalagmites and stickers of fire and a boiling acid pit it's a lot of fun. The interior is the lair/cave of the Doom Dragon itself and his good chum Ravendark. I can readily forgive the kind of disappointing exterior because the interior is awesome. To me, it's reminiscent of Ray Harryhausen's Kraken at best and a cartoonish turtle-monster at Worst. The exterior is the head of a dragon but it doesn't really look a lot like one, in my opinion. For a seven year old kid not feeling too well and stranded for a weekend at my grandparents' place (which I usually enjoyed very much) the Doom Dragon sure made it all much more bearable. ![]() ![]() To make me feel better, my mom took me shopping before taking me to my grandparents and I remember finding this Doom Zone on the rack at K-Mart. Normally I would have stayed home if I was feeling so poorly, but my parents and sister were going out of town for the weekend or something and due to my illness I was unable or unwilling to go I can't recall. I recall I wasn't feeling very good at the time sick with one thing or another, and I was going to spend the weekend with my grandparents. Max quickly teleports away to his next adventure.Mighty Max (Blue Bird)Like many other MM toys the Doom Zone "Mighty Max Slays the Doom Dragon" holds much nostalgia for me. Since the Book of Doom was the key to Ravendark's powers, the villain explodes and destroys everything around him. He pulls himself back up to the cliff and finds Ravendark's Book of Doom, tossing it into the sludge below. Max, on a bridge in the cave, grabs a rope as soon as the bridge is destroyed by the dragon's flames. Max once again uses his slingshot, distracting the Doom Dragon briefly, but upon orders from Ravendark, it attacks Max again. As Max flees, he encounters the Doom Dragon, who breathes fire in attempt to turn Max to toast. Max grabs his slingshot and pelts Ravendark in the face with a pebble. He plans on using Max as a human sacrifice. ![]() Max, having just teleported into a dark cavern, notices a message on the wall which reads "Max: the book shall put out the fire." After reading it, he is confronted by Ravendark, grand sorcerer of the powers of night. ![]()
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