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😥 i want an oriental dragon 😥
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Arc-en-ciel Emperor
Siphlophis Male Dragon
Calypso Hatching Empress
Ivory Moss Sitting Baby Kirin
Tattoo Mother Kirin
Emerald Tabby Male Griffin
Tie Dye + Orion Hatching Royalty
Indigo Rockfish + Flame Tabby Little Rock Dragons
Dragon Quail + Obsidian Frost Old Warriors
Betta Sun Dragon + Male Dragon
Dreamscape, Orion, Poison Dart, Fireberry, Spangler + Tigerberry DragonsMine is the darker, ( but I would still prefer the lighter version)
Thanks so much for all of the helpful responses!! I feel like such a heel for not being able to check back in for so long. 😮 Looking at all of the photos, I think what I thought was a Dark for ALMOST TWO YEARS may in fact be a Light!
I first got a Dark Young Oriental, and then later I got a Peacock Sun Dragon, and those are Light. So of course there’s a big difference there. But the Oriental Dragon I got was listed as Dark, and I have to say, against the Sun Dragon and the Young, I thought he matched the Young better. So I always thought he was Dark.
BUT, I recently acquired a Light Young after a looooong time of searching (eeeee)! And when I put him up with my other Peacock Oriental dragons, all of a sudden the Dark Young stuck out like a sore thumb 😆
I suppose like there are hybrids of other colors, like Emerald, there would be variations in the Peacock dragons depending on the individual painter and different batches of paint over the five years the color was produced at the factory. He definitely doesn’t look like the one on Astral Castle! (http://astralcastle.com/windstone/wslist/orientaldrpeak2.htm) I will try to post pics soon.
I finally was able to snap some photos of them all together out in the sunshine. It’s funny, depending on what you’re comparing the Oriental Dragon with, she seems to resemble both colors. I think it’s confirmed she’s a Light Peacock, but I thought she was dark for two years until I got a Light Peacock Young. Even against the Young and the Sun Dragon, this one just seems darker to me. I like having all these variations but I have to say I like the Light better.
Also, I had a Dark Oriental months back, and SOLD her!!! I thought this one was a Dark too, and didn’t need two. I wish I’d kept her! I’ve been trying to complete my collection of the Oriental Dragons since I started collecting! Guess that’s how it goes, the dizzying highs and lows of Windstone collecting 😉 I feel like such an idiot though. BUT even when I compared the two of them I STILL thought they were both Dark…crazy how your eye sees colors.
Oh wow!!! I wonder why those kind of Orientals are SO HARD to find!
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Arc-en-ciel Emperor
Siphlophis Male Dragon
Calypso Hatching Empress
Ivory Moss Sitting Baby Kirin
Tattoo Mother Kirin
Emerald Tabby Male Griffin
Tie Dye + Orion Hatching Royalty
Indigo Rockfish + Flame Tabby Little Rock Dragons
Dragon Quail + Obsidian Frost Old Warriors
Betta Sun Dragon + Male Dragon
Dreamscape, Orion, Poison Dart, Fireberry, Spangler + Tigerberry DragonsI’d say it’s cause it’s the prettiest color the Oriental came in, so no one is interested in selling…but that could just be me. 😀
kitsunelady wrote:I’d say it’s cause it’s the prettiest color the Oriental came in, so no one is interested in selling…but that could just be me. 😀
I think so too!! I got lucky. I was able to pick up the Sun Dragon way back when a forum member was selling one, it’s one of the most expensive pieces in my collection, but I still think the price was fair. I’ve never seen another come up for sale. The Light one was sold to me as a Dark one, neither the seller nor I noticed that it was a Light. I’ve never seen a Young come up for sale, except in a huge lot that had a hefty asking price. I dropped the cash on it just to get the Light Peacock Young included with the rest. I do NOT regret it 😆 he’s absolutely gorgeous. He may be my favorite of the Youngs.
Looks like the Peacock and Ruby colors were produced for fewer years than the Emerald color. Maybe they produced fewer quantities, it would be one explanation why you see the Emerald color the most. I think there were fewer Jade and Light Peacock variations produced also, judging by how many come up for sale. I’m still looking for a Jade Young. And I managed to find a Ruby Young off of Craigslist. But I’ve never seen one for sale before or since. I kind of keep a mental rarity checklist on them, heh:
Oriental Sun Dragon (E) – Somewhat Rare
Oriental Sun Dragon (J) – Exists?
Oriental Sun Dragon (R) – Rare
Oriental Sun Dragon (DP) – Exists?
Oriental Sun Dragon (LP) – Very RareOriental Dragon (E) – Somewhat Rare
Oriental Dragon (J) – Somewhat Rare
Oriental Dragon (R) – was not produced
Oriental Dragon (DP) – Rare
Oriental Dragon (LP) – Very RareYoung Oriental Dragon (E) – Somewhat Rare
Young Oriental Dragon (J) – Very Rare
Young Oriental Dragon (R) – Very Rare
Young Oriental Dragon (DP) – Rare
Young Oriental Dragon (LP) – Very RareI wonder if someone from the factory could confirm if the light/dark versions were produced in different quantities? And if Jade/Dark Peacock Sun Dragons and Ruby Oriental Dragons were ever produced. The Oriental Dragons and their production history have fascinated me since I started collecting 🙂
This is from the Windstone list of Retired pieces. I don’t know how up to date it is, and it doesn’t seem to differentiate between Light and Dark Peacock, but maybe it will help a bit:
530-P ORIENTAL DRAGON (PEACOCK)
530-J ORIENTAL DRAGON (JADE)531-P YOUNG ORIENTAL DRAGON (PEACOCK)
531-J YOUNG ORIENTAL DRAGON (JADE)
531-RU YOUNG ORIENTAL DRAGON (RUBY)532-P ORIENTAL SUN DRAGON (PEACOCK)
532-J ORIENTAL SUN DRAGON (JADE)
532-RU ORIENTAL SUN DRAGON (RUBY)etruscan wrote:This is from the Windstone list of Retired pieces. I don’t know how up to date it is, and it doesn’t seem to differentiate between Light and Dark Peacock, but maybe it will help a bit:
530-P ORIENTAL DRAGON (PEACOCK)
530-J ORIENTAL DRAGON (JADE)531-P YOUNG ORIENTAL DRAGON (PEACOCK)
531-J YOUNG ORIENTAL DRAGON (JADE)
531-RU YOUNG ORIENTAL DRAGON (RUBY)532-P ORIENTAL SUN DRAGON (PEACOCK)
532-J ORIENTAL SUN DRAGON (JADE)
532-RU ORIENTAL SUN DRAGON (RUBY)The problem with that list is that it doesn’t take into account the different “shades” of jade, peacock and ruby. Just like there are dark and light jades/emeralds, there are dark and light peacocks. It really depended on the color the specific painter was using.
Thanks for the clarification. Does this mean that there is no way to determine how many of each shade were made? :scratch:
I don’t think so. From what I can recall of prior discussions, whether an Oriental dragon turned out Light Peacock or Dark Peacock depended on the painter. I could be wrong, but looking at the comparison photos, it looks as if a dragon’s final appearance (Light vs. Dark) depended on two things: the base color, and how much of each color the painter layered on over the base. I believe Melody said at one point that the Light and Dark extremes more or less “evolved” during the production of the pieces.
For myself, I find it really interesting that there are Light and Dark Peacock Orientals, but only Light Peacock OWs and Laps, and only Dark Peacock Males, Mothers, and Youngs. I wonder if the production of the Orientals in Peacock overlapped that of these two groups, and the paint variance stemmed from what each painter was accustomed to using on other molds. But that’s only a guess. :shrug:
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