Bad Dragon Enterprises, Inc. is an American manufacturer of fantasy-themed

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. Products are sold online and at conventions. The

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of Bad Dragon, Jan "Varka" Mulders, also owns the booru e621 (and its safe for work database mirror e926) and the

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website F-List, both of which also cater to furries.

History

Bad Dragon was founded in June 2008. Jan "Varka" Mulders, one of the four co-founders (the others being Brian "Athus Nadorian" Dyer, "Narse", and "Raith"), had begun making

s in his university

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in Scotland the previous year. The company is now based in

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. On March 20, 2024, Bad Dragon filed a federal lawsuit in Arizona against another toy company in New York, alleging that said company was plagiarizing Bad Dragon products.

Products

The company's products are primarily fantasy themed, with the creatures emulated including

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s, chimeras, and

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. The website formerly featured a 'biography' of the characters each toy was based upon, alongside an illustration; , 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.

In popular culture

The

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documentary ''

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'' featured an interview with Jan "Varka" Mulders, one of the co-founders of Bad Dragon.

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Bad Dragon Labs
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History

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In popular culture

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