Aladdin is an impoverished young ne'er-do-well in a Chinese town, who is recruited by a sorcerer from the Maghreb,
who passes himself off as the brother of Aladdin's late father Qaseem,
convincing Aladdin and his mother of his goodwill by apparently making
arrangements to set up the lad as a wealthy merchant. The sorcerer's
real motive is to persuade young Aladdin to retrieve a wonderful oil lamp from a booby-trapped
magic cave of wonder. After the sorcerer attempts to double-cross him,
Aladdin finds himself trapped in the cave. Fortunately, Aladdin retains a
magic ring lent to him by the sorcerer as protection. When he rubs his hands in despair, he inadvertently rubs the ring, and a jinni,
or "genie", appears, who takes him home to his mother. Aladdin is still
carrying the lamp, and when his mother tries to clean it, a second, far
more powerful genie appears, who is bound to do the bidding of the
person holding the lamp. With the aid of the genie of the lamp, Aladdin
becomes rich and powerful and marries Princess Badroulbadour, the Emperor's daughter. The genie builds Aladdin a wonderful palace – far more magnificent than that of the Emperor himself.
The sorcerer returns and is able to get his hands on the lamp by
tricking Aladdin's wife, who is unaware of the lamp's importance, by
offering to exchange "new lamps for old". He orders the genie of the
lamp to take the palace along with all its contents to his home in the
Maghreb. Fortunately, Aladdin retains the magic ring and is able to
summon the lesser genie. Although the genie of the ring cannot directly
undo any of the magic of the genie of the lamp, he is able to transport
Aladdin to Maghreb, and help him recover his wife and the lamp and
defeat the sorcerer.
The sorcerer's more powerful and evil brother tries to destroy
Aladdin for killing his brother by disguising himself as an old woman
known for her healing powers. Badroulbadour falls for his disguise, and
commands the "woman" to stay in her palace in case of any illnesses.
Aladdin is warned of this danger by the genie of the lamp and slays the
imposter. Everyone lives happily ever after, Aladdin eventually
succeeding to his father-in-law's throne.
Another of the collectable Lego minifigs I acquired, this one hails from the Series 6 of figures. The genie of the lamp is a nifty character, and that he looks like the Lego version of Robin Williams's genie character makes it all the more sheer awesomeness.
Kobold Hoomins!
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Because I'm apparently drawn to the wee beggars, here are another troop of
Warp Miniatures kobolds. These piggyback riders have clearly scavenged some
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