There are a lot of small dragon figurines on sale on popular auction sites and there are also a lot of these beautiful items on specialty sites that feature these folkloric creatures that breathe fire and fly.

When you are choosing your mini dragon figurines for your collection, whether you are already an avid collector or a fledgling hobbyist, you may need to browse through the numerous sites online to find the kind of mini dragon figurines you might want to concentrate on.

Deciding on collecting any small dragon figurines you can find will indeed translate to a huge amount spent and a collection that may be too mixed up with many different dragon types.

You may want to focus first on one kind of dragon figurine before you add another kind to your collection so that you can have a lovely, uncluttered collection.

Many dragon statuettes are inspired by Chinese dragon stories and images and there are those that are patterned after European dragon tales.

Most Chinese mini dragon figurines are those snake-like creatures that have numerous small feet and curled, forked tongues sticking out of their mouths.

There are also rather whimsical figurines that feature dragons in cute poses. These figurines come made out of pewter, porcelain, plaster and spun glass and may cost a few dollars for each tiny piece.

The pewter dragon figurines that a lot of people collect are often made in the image of the European dragons. You can see a lot of pewter dragon miniatures for sale on auction sites.