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Tarni - here comes the girl shark
Pre-orders will open on 6 August 2022 at 3 a.m. Eastern Time for Megaplex 2022 - make sure to locate Tarni at the inflatables panel and as she moves around the con, and get your special con discount for this pre order! You don't have to jump in right away. Please read this carefully if you plan to pre-order this item. Updates will be posted regularly. Please also follow us on Twitter for more. Tarni is the friendly shark girl, based on the anthro sand shark girl design by Kittell Fox. Our shark design is an attempt to blend her female appeal with...
Hop on board!
Hop on board our inflatable riders by Arin from our Magical Stable series! Affordable, bouncy fun with these friendly equines - whether on land or in the water. Pre-order them now to support the project (more bouncy animals!) - receive them in January/February 2021. Pre-orders are closed! The factory floor & outdoor samples shown for the zebra, donkey and pony represent the final versions. The final versions will not have the vertical seam across the belly (this is only on the samples) and will, as always, be screen-printed). Pre-orders are closed. Delivery is planned for January/February 2022. Regular sale will commence ca....
Post-crisis toy making challenges
The past 12 months have create a number of issues and questions for making toys - both inflatables and fabric dakis/blankets - which you can get in our store. This is not something that can be explained in one or even several short tweets, hence the blog post in an effort to shed some light on what many have experienced as shipping delays, price increases and longer lead times for projects in the recent past. Needless to say that I can safely blame the disruptions experienced in early to mid-2020 on the Corona-crisis, but the world economy has now adapted...
Thanks for being along for the ride in 2019!
Whale season 2020... continued: Dirty Bird orca facts
So, main concern seems to be: is this orca shape robust? I would say it is. All body seams are flat-welded seams backed by a textured 2cm wide vinyl strip holding together panels of very flexible 0.4mm vinyl. This is the same material and same kind of welding most will have seen on PuffyPaws and Phenod toys until recently - and made by the same factory. There are some complex and intersecting seams on the tail, where the entire tail assembly meets both the logitudinal seams and a horizonal seam on both sides that holds the internal baffles, which give...