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Post by Scott on Mar 17, 2018 17:37:29 GMT -5
Three mystery Greyhawk Minifigs. The magnus dragonnel is probably just a big dragonnel, and the aquatic probably has stats similar to the standard, but what about dragonnettes. The name implies a possible relation to dragonnes, or little, but the minifig images I've seen don't seem so. Is there info out there somewhere?
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Post by geneweigel on Mar 17, 2018 19:54:54 GMT -5
Looking at the morphology of the animals it seems what defines a dragonnel from a dragon is that it has slight bird-like (vulture-snake?) appearance to its face. Looking at the "dragonettes" it seems they are most likely small dragon offshoots or young dragons.
The dragonnel versus the magnus dragonnel versus the aquatic dragonnel.
I'm not sure if the internet has a picture of a "magnus dragonnel" some have mistakenly put the picture from the regular dragonnels as a magnus dragonnel. The aquatic has large scales and claw-like fins and tail but it hard to make out the face from above.
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Post by Scott on Mar 17, 2018 22:32:41 GMT -5
I think dragonnels had the elongated heads like pteranodons, which I don't think the dragonnettes have, but it's hard to tell. The only pictures I could show them still packaged.
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Post by Scott on Mar 17, 2018 22:36:19 GMT -5
No, the dragonnettes definitely do not have the same pteranodon-ish head as the dragonnels.
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Post by Scott on Mar 17, 2018 22:49:15 GMT -5
One of the Orbs of Dragonkind is an Orb of the Dragonnette. It allows control over sub-adult dragons. So I'm not sure it's a separate creature after all.
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Post by geneweigel on Mar 17, 2018 23:29:06 GMT -5
The reg. Dragonell pkgs that are jumbled up on various sites match the loose "magnus" image shape and pose exactly but i dont see a magnus pkg
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Post by geneweigel on Mar 18, 2018 19:36:36 GMT -5
The look of these remind me of the abstract Barbara Remington LORD OF THE RINGS art on the 60's covers and various related (poster, BORED OF THE RINGS cover, etc) perhaps somewhere else.
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Post by grodog on Mar 18, 2018 20:27:14 GMT -5
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Post by geneweigel on Mar 18, 2018 21:41:20 GMT -5
He seems to be getting images from ebay listings so I'm not sure if that is the magnus dragonnel because I saw the same pic on a listing for a loose fig and i transposed it and its an exact duplicate of the regular dragonnels with different riders
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Post by grodog on Mar 18, 2018 22:03:07 GMT -5
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Post by geneweigel on Mar 19, 2018 5:52:14 GMT -5
I already but I delved into another section that had an 85 pdf download of the catalog. Theyve been repurposed and I think its the "magnus" the real prize is a side view with jaw assembled of the aquatic
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Post by geneweigel on Mar 19, 2018 6:22:05 GMT -5
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Post by geneweigel on Mar 19, 2018 7:40:43 GMT -5
Okay here is my study:  |
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Post by geneweigel on Mar 19, 2018 7:51:55 GMT -5
24'+ is the book value of the measurement.
Keep in mind I'm being very stingy so the regular if 24 feet then the magnus is easily over 30 feet
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Post by geneweigel on Mar 19, 2018 7:53:33 GMT -5
I just measured it as a string measure and that seems about right
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Post by geneweigel on Mar 19, 2018 7:58:20 GMT -5
Alright this has the string measurements of the coils:  |
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Post by geneweigel on Mar 19, 2018 8:35:07 GMT -5
Of course, the "regular" is missing his wings in that image.
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Post by Scott on Mar 19, 2018 9:19:24 GMT -5
Wow Gene, that’s some Magister Setne Inhetep level sleuthing. I’ll have to use these guys in the near future.
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Post by geneweigel on Mar 19, 2018 9:50:20 GMT -5
The aquatic dragonnel looks like a blue whale skeleton given the flesh/armor of a dragon and or sea monster. The Bifurcated beak looks like a whale skull's mouth area. It has whale skeleton "hands" so this is a convergent evolution of some kind if you want to look at it pseudo-scientifically in a Gary way.
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Post by geneweigel on Mar 19, 2018 9:52:59 GMT -5
I'm imagining they were building a sea monster (from old maps) and the molding clay dried up too soon before they could add tissue to certain parts
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