You can tell we are all conditioned adults by reading some of these posts. LOL
Last night at ToysRUs I asked my daughters if they wanted the wedding car or the new black dragon. No matter how much I tried to convince them they wanted the wedding car ... *sigh*
They couldn't care in the least about anyone else at the wedding but the bride and groom. They don't even know or understand what a bridesmaid is, let alone would want them. It's all about focus on the key elements.
As for the ethnicity of the people, we have to remember this is a German toy with, I presume, a decidely German testing audience.
Just so the story has a happier ending, the dragon did come home with us, as well. (today the "prince", the groom, had to battle the dragon and rider to save the "princess" bride so they could drive away safely in their car)