The Lego Manticore

So I was watching Merlin (the BBC TV show) tonight and fiddling around with Legos at the same time.  I was halfheartedly trying to make something interesting Liam (my son) and I could add to one of our adventures tomorrow.

I decided to see if I could use one of Liam's Hero Factory guys, mix it will some typical Lego bricks, and make something cool.  Turns out the TV show I was watching (Merlin) happened to have a "Manticore" in it.  So by the time it ended... this is what I came up with:

I connected the Hero Factory body to the Lego bricks via a a cross bar as shown here:

 

I had it out for Liam to find this morning when he woke up.  It went great with his Ninjago Ice Dragon.  So fun.