Dragons’ Den 2015: Timberkits duo took actual dragons into the Den in Episode 3

The Dragons came face-to-face with wooden rocking dragon toys
Scaling up: Timberkits brought wooden dragons into the Den (Image: BBC)
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Ben Travis31 July 2015

After 10 years, it’s finally happened. Someone brought dragons into Dragons’ Den.

No, not real dragons, sadly – it wasn’t Game of Thrones’ Daenerys Targaryen who was looking for a business investment.

The crafty wooden dragon toys came from Timberkits, who supply kits to make quaint moving models with cams, rods, levers, and cranks. The sample models understandably caught the eye of the Dragons - Deborah Meaden and Nick Jenkins enacted a battle with theirs, and Peter Jones even asking if he could buy one for himself.

Presenting the products were Sarah Reast, whose parents founded the company, and her business partner Phil Wilson, who were looking for a £25,000 investment to expand Timberkits' reach. The company began as a community-focused project in rural mid-Wales, with Reast aiming to maintain the boutique craft feel of the product while increasing the business to make it more sustainable.

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Did the Timberkits duo get an investment? Watch this week’s episode to find out – no spoilers here. Either way, Reast and Wilson will go down as the people who went into Dragons’ Den armed with fire-breathing lizards of their own. Bravo.

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