Hi,
I am afraid I am no expert on the dragon so I will try to explain what I have been told.There are basically 2 main opinions on the dragon. Some smurf collectors believe it is the dragon "Fafnir" featured in some of the smurf comics, he does look similar but there are definate differences in the 2 dragons (the one in the comics doesn't have antennas but does have wings and a different tail). Schleich who produced the dragon also produced a bendy Johan of similar size.
Other collectors believe that this dragon has nothing to do with the smurfs at all. There are the differences (previosly mentioned), there is no Peyo marking on it and also this piece is not mentioned in any of the smurf catalogues.
Personally I really don't know, quite a few smurf collectors have them in their collections and 2 Fafnirs were sold onrecently and both went for quite hefty prices to smurf collectors.
My dragon will always stay in amongst his smurfy friends on my shelves and I would love to get the bendy Johan to go with him.
Hope this helps.
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Smurfy Greetings
Rachel
The Webs
