First I should mention that this review has no bearing on Amazon's shipping, or Chuvora's packaging. Both are fantastic. I  am also a longtime Prime member, and Amazon addict. I don't often leave reviews, but felt I should here.

As a collector of Dragon items I was very excited to find this bead, and I fell in love with the picture. It was on my wish list for about a month before purchasing a few days ago. When it arrived I tore through the packaging, opened the little black velvet bag, and was rather disappointed.

In the picture the bead has a chunky, solid, look. The details appear very stylized, and defined. Especially around the dragons head, which is shiny silver, versus the oxidized body. A really cool look.

Unfortunately the bead I received is a far cry from that picture. The features are not defined, the mouth is poorly done, and in general it looks much thinner/smaller/less weighty than the picture. I had purchased it with points on my Amazon credit card, so I will not bother with the hassle of returning it. Just be aware that it looks more like a "spacer" than an actual bead size wise.

I had other Chuvora beads on my wish list, but because of this I am now reconsidering buying the brand since I don't feel I can trust the pictures.

I have bought other beads from Zable (skull and crossbones) and Queenberry (buddha head, and murano glass bead), and can say they are of fantastic quality with crisp details, and are of good weight/not flimsy. Highly recommended.

Perhaps I just got a bad one, since the other reviews are so much better. Maybe you will have better luck than me....