Hollow Paws

Looks like there are pictures from the factory online of a prototype of Aaron’s dragon.

More pictures can be found at InflateThemAll.

Puffy Paws is back with a huge inflatable otter designed by Foxen! Stats from Puffy Paws are listed below. The estimated delivery date was quoted at 4-5 months after preorders close, so that would be July-August.

• 7′ long
• 1 chamber design (#3 valve)
• 0.4mm vinyl (same as our husky!)
• Overlapping seams for strength
• $350 + shipping/handling

Order yours here!

Intex’s penguin wasn’t the only toy to suffer from new safety branding.

“Interesting note: their walrus does not have the warning labels on them despite the change in box. In fact, only the Intex logo, and the dimensions print have changed. Everything else on the box stayed the same. There is no instuction manual inside the walrus box too.”

Photos and quote from Smyle.

Not even a week after the last new toy news from from InflatableWorld.de, new photos are floating around IYRU of a new dragon in production.

The price is rumored to be around 80 EUR. The size seems to be extremely large – the valve looks like a #3 – the same valve used on their inflatable horse and zebra.

Holy moly! It appears inflatableworld.de is working on a 3 meters/9.8 feet/118 inches long whale. According to the image, it might be available in early 2012. A member in our forum said he was told to look for new toys in their lineup in January. (The plural is interesting, wonder what else is coming!) There’s no information on a price yet but it looks like two different versions will be available, opaque/matte and transparent/shiny.

Image source: IYRU

I’m curious as to what this will do to people’s profitable eBay sales of the old-style 84″ Intex Whale of similar design. I have a hunch if people continue to sell them that the price won’t be impacted too much, considering it’s pretty much a rare/collectible item now.

One good thing about the design is the Intex blue whale has a bit of a dip in the “chest” region that was really prone to seam-splits and judging by the pictures from inflatableworld.de, their model does not seem to have that fault point. This is something to look forward to!

It’s not out of the ordinary for companies to change products through the years, and Intex has been known to update its catalog yearly but until recently it’s only just been changing toy designs in the line up. Starting in 2012 though, it seems there will be a lot more changes. First off, the product line dropped the title “The Wet Set” in favor of just the company name “Intex.”

Their products come with instruction sheets now.

They’ve also added quite a bit of warning text and imagery…

It also seems the vinyl on the 2012 penguin is thicker than the one released in 2011, so it seems Intex is trying yet another vinyl formula.

(Thanks to Smyle for the pictures and information.)

Here is a toy concept that Aaron8181 is looking to bring to life through JetCreations. The project is expected to run in early 2012 with preorders closing near the end of 2011. You can obtain an order form at InflateThemAll – link below.

• 7 feet long!
• 4 valve chambers
• 0.4mm vinyl
• Overlapping seams
• Jet Creations will be making it
• Will be open at least till the end of 2011
• Expected price: $300~

You can find the order form here: http://inflatethemall.com/marketplace/projects/public/aaron_pouncing_dragon.php

(Image from FurAffinity)