Dimensions: 206 x 109 cm
Weight: 1.43 kg
Chambers: 3, body, front paws, #2 valves on left side of the body behind front paw and on bottom of front paws.
Construction: Glossy 0.30 mm vinyl, all pinched seams
Description:
The last round body double ride-on dragon.
Interesting facts:
At that time it was the first toy with the unusual grumpy supposed looking mouthline instead of the typical smile. However after spending some time together with your dragon you notice him smiling at you sometimes.
Originally called Grumpy Dinosaur but given the pure dragon shape of the body it became known as a Grumpy Dragon.
Also the last year of a classic written warning labels, there are on his belly fitted gently between the pattern into 5 pages.
The last closing seam is the round one that connects the front part with head and paws to the rear part with body, paws and tail. Imagine workers having two hoards of front and rear parts of otherwise finished dragons printed with eyes, mouths, also paws and wings attached. They had to put both parts onto a round electrodes and adjust them the way the distance between left and right paws is the same. They did it correctly however, on some later models you see the seam is not going right angle to the body but the paw distance is still correct and equal on both sides.
Later models may have shorter ears/horns so they look younger.
Production notes:
Intex #56568NP
Later versions are softer; for example code 2011 05 06 is softer than the early one 2010 09 24
No significant changes in seams during the production.
Repair notes:
First place you need to take care of is the seam on the negative curve behind the neck.
Later the negative curve below the snout, eventually the main body seam close to the tail.
It was the early time of NP vinyl, it looks like the welder was not adjusted well, the actual vinyl thickness right next to the seam is about 0.1 mm so be gentle to your dragon.
Water use:
Adults can sit with legs between front and rear paws or lie on with legs behind rear paws. That gives you very comfortable position with great stability in water even in waves while you can move pretty fast as you can swim freely.
The body is shorter than on the Happy dragon which may be not enough for everyone however the tail design gives you more freedom when swimming on him fast. When you are less than 180 cm you make a great couple in water. Dragon is your head and you are his rear paws.
Personal notes:
The first dragon/animal inflatable I took on water with me. I was very shy but he helped me really a lot. Especially his design. He is not a typical toy, he is decent looking dragon also for adults given his not typically smiling face.
He was the third dragon I got. When I saw him I wasn't much sure if I will like him, he looked like a head connected to the tail given its two main parts construction. I got him locally very early, in few days since I saw him first. I was inflating him and it took quite longer to become to be used to each other but he always filled the room with very unique atmosphere. I spent a few days reading book lying on him.
During the time I started to like him more and more. He needed a lot of repairs but the extra time spent together learning how to do the repairs really helped.
He was also the first toy I took with me when visiting my friends inflatable collectors for the first time. It was a very big change too. I became less shy taking about about this hobby and I felt much happier knowing I'm not alone.
And also he was the first one who became stable inflated in my room shortly after, since the first day of the year 2013.
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