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Oh, nah. I’m in the midwest! I asked my mom about it and she confirmed that they were some kind of acrylic/resin/plastic because she was going to buy one for my birthday. She wasn’t aware of Windstones at the time, but they wanted $65 for their knock-off hatchings and that was way too much to her for plastic dragons. Something seemed off to her, and I guess that was it? They had heaps of them, though. Multiple glass cases full! A shame they slipped off at some point. Would you mind sending me pictures of your resin guy? I’d love to keep the pics on hand for comparisons out in the wild.
Splendid! I figured he was real, but I’m not in the know and had no idea if fakes have gotten sophisticated. Yeah, the pad’s removal was really weird to me? It’s stained where the adhesive was, but there’s no stickiness left at all, which makes me think it was a long time ago rather than through the shop’s donation/sales process.
Hello everyone!
I’m new to Windstones*, and I ran into this wee fella at a charity shop today. He’s got some heft and he doesn’t sound like plastic when i tap him with something. It looks like the pad was peeled off, though, which is kind of strange? I don’t know why someone would do something like that, but there’s a V carved into the bottom. Is that the initial of the painter? I’m assuming he’s real, but please let me know if anyone has any concerns about his authenticity! I paid $3 for him, but I’d like to get into collecting them and if he’s fake, I’d love to know. He matches [url=http://astralcastle.com/00-archive/windstone/wsframe.htm]the entry in Astral Castle[/url]
*I remember seeing some at a flea market I would go to as a kid, but my memory is that they were acrylic (and therefore counterfeit); this is my mom’s memory, too, but the flea market closed in 2017 and the last time I remember seeing the dragons was years before then. Maybe 2008? Either way, I can’t bring mine to compare, so here I am!
(Sorry if I messed up anything in my post or posted this in the wrong place; I guess I’m mostly keen to know if there’s anything I should be concerned about with him)
