This is my uber mod of the Ultra Dragon from set 9450 "Epic Dragon Battle" Just before New Year's eve 2014, I stopped into my local Target and found set 9450 on a clearance end cap. It had apparently been purchased online and returned to my local store. It was marked at $65 US. So I couldn't pass it up. I'm a big Ninjago fan, but had skipped this set, as I wasn't loving the look of the Ultra Dragon compared to the series. After building it, my thoughts were confirmed. The heads had no necks. And the wings flipped forward like the tail of a peacock. I decided to MOD it to make it appear more menacing. I started by adding posable necks to the heads. This made it front heavy for the mostly 2 stud wide body. I thickened up the body to mostly 6 studs wide. And got rid of the leaver mechanism for the wings in favor of 2 ratched sockets on either side of the body to make the wings posable. I then redesigned the wings themselves to better resemble the earlier dragons from the series, only much larger. I've easily tripled the part count. 60cm long 51cm wing span
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