6037 - Witch's Windship

Rating:
Pros: The dragon, crystal ball, the black hat, the red wand, the witch's broom.
Cons: The whole concept of this set is silly, the dragon on top isn't too stable.
Contents: 59 pieces including 1 mini-fig and 1 dragon
Price: $7.99 - Discontinued
Reviewed: 09-Dec-1996
Reviewed by: Patrick Delahanty

Endora the witch has to make a trip to the royal dentist to get her tooth cleaned, but after a recent illness, she doesn't really feel like riding her broom. What's an evil enchantress to do?
Enter The Witch's Windship!
Lifted aloft by the strength of one flying dragon, it's a powerful means of transportation for the witch. Not only will it carry her from point A to point B, but it can also wreak havoc along the way. The windship is equipped with pincing axes in the front which can be used to chop at anything (or anyone) which stands in her way.
The windship can easily be controlled by use of the crystal ball in front...or by commanding the dragon with a magic wand. Buy one today and get where your going in frightening style!

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When I first saw Fright Knights, I thought it was the stupidest thing Lego ever came up with (well, except for Time Cruisers and that 1997 fire station.) After buying this set, I see that I was probably right.
I can never have enough dragons for my space explorers to fight (since they make nifty aliens), and this is a relatively cheap set to buy to get one. The crystal ball is a nice added bonus...but more on that later.
The dragon on top has an axle block on his back which plugs into the top of the windship. His wings are attached to the ship just above that point. The dragon (or the ship...depending what you're holding) swings back and forth freely.
Below the rope-ladder pieces, is the basket part of the ship. It's made from the same piece which makes the bottom of the control tower in the Aquanaut base...except here, it's black. Attached to the front of the ship are two large axes which swing back and forth. Nice pincers!
The only other notable feature of this ship is the crystal ball. It rests on a 2x2 circle and is completely hollow. You can even stick a mini-fig's head inside! (I suspect you'll see this in an upcoming set. Maybe a skeleton head.)
The witch has an ugly evil head with one tooth. It looks a lot like those witches you'd see in old Warner Brothers cartoons. She's got a stylish black hat. It's the same as the Wizard's hat. She comes with a neat witch's broom and a red wand. I was pleased to see the wand in red and not glow-in-the-dark for once.
Her cape is made of the paper/cloth material used in the pirate sails. It looks like Lego learned something in making capes though. You may remember the King's cape had one neck hole. This cape has two. No, she's not supposed to be two headed; you bend the cape so both holes go around her neck. This makes the cape curve around her instead of stick straight out. Oh yeah...there's also a red spider on the cape and a small copyright symbol in the corner.

The one thing that kinda bugs me about the witch is that she doesn't have legs! She's got a sloped brick with printing on the front/flat side. It's supposed to be part of a witch's get-up. I've seen this type of gown done with figures before. To me it always looks like they've been chopped in two at the waist and stuck on a block.