I have expunged much of my childhood memories from my brain because, quite frankly, not a whole lot happened to me what I was growing up, but there are a few distinct memories that light up in the warped brain of mine: getting yelled at by my teacher because some other kid drew on my desk, screaming like a howler monkey in heat during my first visit to the barber, and Dragon Wagon.

Okay, so maybe it's not entirely true that Dragon Wagon comprises a full third of my childhood memories, but you get the point: this set has always stuck in my mind as one of the more unique Castle sets, and, as it happens, I still have mine - albeit in pieces - lurking away somewhere that I rebuild from time to time. As one can imagine, the debut of a single-piece (more or less) LEGO Dragon was THE VERY HALLMARK OF COOL, and the fact that Dragon Wagon is one of the smaller sets in which one can acquire a green dragon only added to its desirability (which was lessened slightly when Bat Lord (6007) came out and provided easy access to a black dragon...BUT NOT A GREEN ONE BA GAWD).

I have always loved Castle and still do love Castle, but let's face it: even the most ardent of fanboys can clearly see that a grand majority of the vehicles in the Castle line - regardless of subtheme - are either royal carriages or prisoner transports, with the mould being broken a little later on with a greater emphasis on siege machines. Dragon Wagon - and the Dragon Knights themselves, in fact - injected a sense of fantasy and wonder into the Castle line, and this set in particular really fired the imagination, in my opinion.

How so? Well, it's not a stretch to imagine that dragons aren't easy to come by (until that bloody Bat Lord came about), so it makes sense - in the mind of a kid, anyway - that the Dragon Knights would need some way of getting dragons back and forth between their lairs (6076) and their castles (6082). Not being of the particularly humanitarian sort, the humans would undoubtedly fashion together a secure card that leaves as little room as possible for the dragon to move about, a task which Dragon Wagon succeeds at doing with its claustrophobic "ladder" bars and open and close easily. So mercenary and space-efficient are these knights that they even figured that it's okay to let the hapless dragon's tail drag out from behind, a small but brilliant detail that conveys to onlookers that, hey, there's something really weird and scary going on in that cart over there. Throw in two Minifigures and an awesome flag and tell me that you don't have a winner.

I may be showing my age here, but fans of "classic Castle" (which, in my mind, I arbitrarily define to be pre-Knights' Kingdom Castle sets) will certainly want to have this set to augment their more fantastic kingdoms. LEGO has released countless numbers of single-piece creatures since the time of the Dragon, but never have they really taken the trouble to design a set entirely around the shape of some non-Minifig entity, least of all in the Castle line. Dragons are cool; being able to cart them around is even cooler.

i like how that when you want to take the dragon out of the cage you move a bunch of intricut ladders to get him out. also the cage locks but the sides dont. also you get beth figures. the one that looks like a wimpy slave and one that looks like a wlee formed knight. also the dragon flag is cool but there is only printing on one side. i know its not a defect because i have the dragons dark den which has the same flags and they only have printing on one side. also bot horses have a dragon mask which is cool. the dragon is also cool and you can pick this set up for a very low price now. i got mine a couple years ago and it was about 8 dollars. its a good buy if you find it.

Finally a set with a Dragon, and what a set; the idea is brilliant; Dragon Masters need some way to cart around their captured pets. I love the size of the wagon, I love the cage built out of ladders, I love the flag on top, I love the horse helmets and I love the fact this was the cheapest way to get a Dragon (back in 1993).

The set is nice and well thought-out (giving the knight a halberd to deal with the dragon is far better than a sword), most castle wagons feel and look very similar but this one is completely different, it even works well if you’re not a fan of fantasy LEGO, simply remove the Dragon and you have a brilliant prison wagon.

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Well of course not! It takes far greater skill to capture and subdue a beast like this!

Both Fright Knights and Dragon Knights were great revivals for Castle to keep it from feeling like the same tired old Castles, Wagons, Catapults, ect were being redesigned. The introduction of dragons shows a bold move in the direction of Fantasy and breathing in new life to the themes.

Naturally enough, the main draw for me with this set was an excuse to get ahold of another dragon and an effort to try and get all of the sets I could for Dragon Knights.

When I started collecting Lego, most wagon sets had only one horse pulling it. This one features two horses pulling the wagon. And for a huge beast, how else could the Dragon Knights transport it.

There are two minifigures included with the set. They weren't bad. One has a new halberd axe weapon and the longer shields. The other is fairly close to previous Castle Minifigures, he just has a new printed face and colors for the Dragon Knights.

The Dragon is held within a cage using ladders for the design. Though I would think the driver of the carriage'd have placed the dragon facing backwards so he wouldn't char broil someone alive in their armor.

Just look at the dragon opening his mouth to breath fire on those who've captured him and then foolish enough to sit right in front of him where he can roast them alive.

This is a nice little set that is easy to build, looks interesting and has quite a bit of play value. The cage for the dragon is nice in that it can be open to free the dragon, the only thing that could have improved it would have been the ability to lock the cage. It is a nice touch to use two horses to pull the dragon cage - one horse definately won't be enough. There are saddles clipped onto the cage as well so the horses and minifig can be converted to solitary horsemen as well. It is also possible to attach the dragon to the harness to make it pull the cage.