Bad Dragon
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| Industry | Sex toys |
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| Founded | June 2008 |
| Founders |
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| Headquarters | 901 W Melinda Lane, , U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Website | bad-dragon |
Bad Dragon Enterprises, Inc. is an American manufacturer of fantasy-themed sex toys, primarily targeted at members of the furry fandom. Products are sold online and at conventions.
The CEO of Bad Dragon, Jan "Varka" Mulders, also owns the booru e621 (and its safe for work database mirror e926) and the role-playing website F-List, both of which also cater to furries.[1]
History
[edit]Bad Dragon was founded in June 2008.[2][3] Jan "Varka" Mulders, one of the four co-founders (the others being Brian "Athus Nadorian" Dyer, "Narse", and "Raith"), had begun making sex toys in his university dormitory in Scotland the previous year.[2][4] The company is now based in Phoenix, Arizona.[5]
Products
[edit]The company's products are primarily fantasy themed, with the creatures emulated including dragons,[6] horses, orcas, chimeras, and werewolves.[3][4][7][8] The website formerly featured a 'biography' of the characters each toy was based upon, alongside an illustration;[5][6][8] as of August 15, 2017[update], this feature is only accessible by registered users, with listings for unregistered viewers displaying only pictures of the sex toy in question and details about its physical attributes. Bad Dragon also offers a 3-D interactive model to view certain areas of each toy.
Customers can also submit their own designs, some of which are chosen for limited production.[3]
Sponsors
[edit]In 2022, a race car sponsored by Bad Dragon won a National Auto Sport Association Time Trial.[9]
In popular culture
[edit]The nerd culture documentary Traceroute featured an interview with Jan "Varka" Mulders, one of the co-founders of Bad Dragon.[10][11]
References
[edit]- ^ Valens, Ana; Feay, Aithne (November 27, 2019). "Bad Dragon's kingdom of fantasy sex toys is caged by 'queer' capitalism". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on April 19, 2020. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- ^ a b Donohue, Caitlin (September 20, 2012). "Werewolf beats all: Interview with the CEO of fantasy sex toy site Bad Dragon (NSFW)". San Francisco Bay Guardian. Archived from the original on September 23, 2012. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
- ^ a b c O'Connor, Brendan (July 1, 2014). "Bad Dragon's green dildos are firing up the fantasy-sex market". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on August 1, 2015. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
- ^ a b Sciortino, Karley (June 1, 2011). "Enter the Dragon". Vice. Archived from the original on October 8, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
- ^ a b Cleland, Jake (July 2, 2014). "Giant dragon dildos are real and they're spectacular". The Vine. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 2015-04-05.
- ^ a b Davis, Allison P. (July 2, 2014). "The Cut: Make Your Game of Thrones Sex Fantasy Come True". New York magazine. Archived from the original on December 31, 2014. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
- ^ Gale, Hannah (July 2, 2014). "These dildos are shaped to look like dragon penises, and we're pretty terrified". Metro. Archived from the original on May 26, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
- ^ a b Shrayber, Mark (July 1, 2014). "Here's the Giant Dragon Dildo You've Been Writing Erotic Fan-Fic About". Jezebel. Archived from the original on July 22, 2015. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
- ^ Miller, Dan (September 21, 2022). "Mick Blue Races to NASA Championship in Bad Dragon BMW". AVN. AVN Media Network. Archived from the original on September 21, 2022.
- ^ Mühlbauer, Peter (March 7, 2015). "Über den Raum in die Zeit". Telepolis (in German). Heise Online. Archived from the original on May 12, 2016. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
- ^ Higgins, Chris (May 1, 2016). "'Traceroute,' A Documentary about Nerds and Annihilation". Mental Floss. Archived from the original on June 5, 2016. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Bad Dragon Labs. Archived 2018-08-07 at the Wayback Machine.