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In the kingdom of the Griffin King, the Wizard of Light and the Wizard of Dark were brothers, connected by blood and magic. They lived in peace until the Wizard of Dark, tempted by an ancient evil, decided to use forbidden magic to rule the world. The Wizard of Light, whose duty was to protect the kingdom, stood against his brother's dark plans. This disagreement started a war that divided the land.
To win the war, the Wizard of Dark summoned a terrible black dragon named Valkhoros from the Abyss. The dragon had eyes like molten lava and wings so large they blocked the sun, bringing fear and destruction wherever it went.
In response, the Wizard of Light called upon a noble griffin named Aurethir . With his brilliant crimson wings, Aurethir stood as a blazing symbol of hope and defiance against the dragon's shadow.

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Hello,

The new griffin faction and my love for fantasy creatures inspired me to design a brick-built griffin to Bricklink Designer Program Series 9. It is not actually based on an existing character, I studied some cool pictures about griffins, and some cool griffin and eagle builds, but I built something brand new. My intent was to create a poseable animal instead of a static statue and added a wizard to the set for more playability options.

I prefer the brick built solutions to keep the flexibility of the used parts in further builds, and therefore only two stickes are used for the griffin eyes.

Dimensions of the griffin (as it is shown on the main picture):
Width:21.9 studs / 6.9 in / 17.5 cm
Length: 39.6 studs /12.5 in /31.7 cm
Height:35.4 studs /11.1 in / 28.3 cm

Picture 5 shows the rotation joints and approximate rotation ranges. The griffin may be unstable in some of the depicted poses without additional support, particularly in the one shown in picture 9.

My name is Laszlo Torma and I love LEGO, it is one of my hobbies. I prefer minifigure scale and I design usually but not exclusively Speed Champions style car models. My LEGO nick name is TLG which is the abbrevation of my full name (in Hungarian order).

I hope you enjoy this set. Many thanks for your support and feedback!

All the best,
Laszlo Torma