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US tariffs situation update. Q.: what is the impact of the current US tariffs against China (where our inflatable products and dakis are sourced) for Horseplay Toys customers. A.: there will be no negative financial impact for US customers until (at least) August/September 2025, i.e. no price increases or extra charges. Why is this so? 1) We have stock that is located in the United States. This is expected to last for some time. 2) Custom-made items that we typically ship to the US on demand, like dakis and inflatable pillows, would be subject to the new tariff since goods...

Please be aware that we will not accept AI-generated artwork for printing on our inflatable pillows, airbeds, dakis etc.Reason: at this point, there is no evidence that artists, whose artworks have been used to "teach" AI, are receiving compensation. In many cases consent for the use of their art was also lacking. Therefore, we'll treat AI-art as being in contravention to our position on only accepting art for custom prints for which permission by the artist exists, or that have been specifically commissioned for the purpose of being printed on our products.AI-art may be used to illustrate concepts or ideas,...

Our position on using our (and by extension: our artists') art & imagery. Because this seems to have come up in other channels, and we're hopelessly backed-up adding formal policies and guidance to our store website. So, this serves as a heads-up and temporary policy on the subject:1) We are ok with any derivative artworks being made of our toys & artwork, as long as they don't fall in the main categories of products that we have: pooltoys, dakis, blankets, T-shirts. Credits, tagging etc. would be nice but we don't insist on it. (Both CC-0 and CC-BY uses are acceptable;...

Lizet's two playful cats, inspired by Barados, were a success that overwhelmed us, especially since the production had a few hiccups that resulted in us not getting as many of them made as we originally planned. The snep and the cougar sold out in record time. Starting on 1 October 2023 we will open a new round of pre-orders for these in addition to a larger pair of cats - Sundara, the tigress, and Laini, the lioness, also drawn by Lizet. You'll find ALL pre-order information on the respective product page for each cat. We will endeavour to maintain this...

There have been some very isolated, but severe, cases of online abuse against our staff. To those few who engage in insulting, intimidating, bullying, coercing or otherwise causing distress to our staff: we will henceforth block & ban you from further business with us i.a.w. Art. 2 Abs. 1 GG (German constitutional law). This may include the cacellation of existing orders. Our decisions will be final and there will be no appeals. Our policy covers interactions with staff relative to commercial interactions as well as in our public relations, and, of course, in person. We reserve the right to extend...