Hollow Paws http://www.hollowpaws.com A website for furries who love inflatable critters Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:15:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Intex: More warning labels – Why? http://www.hollowpaws.com/2012/02/intex-more-warning-labels-why/ http://www.hollowpaws.com/2012/02/intex-more-warning-labels-why/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:56:25 +0000 Hollow Paws Staff http://www.hollowpaws.com/?p=471 Continue reading →]]>

Yet another 2012 Intex inflatable pool toy with warnings plastered all over it. After hunting on the internet for news related to injuries related to inflatable pool toys (or something that could have prompted this) – I could not find anything. Nothing but an article demonizing inflatables for being made of a “toxic plastic” known as PVC, advising people to buy other fun summer items.

I don’t think the phthalates are as big of a deal as people have made it out to me. If I’m wrong, feel free to comment with evidence.

Also please post if you find any information as to why this company is turning its product line into floating warning labels, that would be fantastic.

Edit:

The irony, inflatable toys have more warnings on them than more dangerous things like blenders and whatnot

Artwork by Rawr

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(Inflatable fox at InflatableWorld.de)

]]> http://www.hollowpaws.com/2012/02/snow-fox/feed/ 0 Update: Aaron’s Inflatable Dragon Project http://www.hollowpaws.com/2012/02/update-aarons-inflatable-dragon-project/ http://www.hollowpaws.com/2012/02/update-aarons-inflatable-dragon-project/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:22:52 +0000 Hollow Paws Staff http://www.hollowpaws.com/?p=458 Looks like there are pictures from the factory online of a prototype of Aaron’s dragon.

More pictures can be found at InflateThemAll.

]]> http://www.hollowpaws.com/2012/02/update-aarons-inflatable-dragon-project/feed/ 9 Puffy Paws: Otter orders are open http://www.hollowpaws.com/2012/01/puffy-paws-otter-orders-are-open/ http://www.hollowpaws.com/2012/01/puffy-paws-otter-orders-are-open/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:10:40 +0000 Hollow Paws Staff http://www.hollowpaws.com/?p=453 Continue reading →]]> 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!

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]]> http://www.hollowpaws.com/2012/01/inflatableworld-new-chipmunk/feed/ 0 Happy Holidays! http://www.hollowpaws.com/2011/12/happy-holidays-2/ http://www.hollowpaws.com/2011/12/happy-holidays-2/#comments Sat, 24 Dec 2011 22:27:15 +0000 Hollow Paws Staff http://www.hollowpaws.com/?p=432 Continue reading →]]> Merry Christmas from Hollow Paws!

Here are two downloadable versions for standard and widescreen monitors. These can be scaled down to lower resolutions to fit your needs. :)

Standard – 1152 x 864
Widescreen – 1440 x 900

Feel free to send in any Christmas/New Years photos!

]]> http://www.hollowpaws.com/2011/12/happy-holidays-2/feed/ 0 New Intex 2012 Packaging (continued) http://www.hollowpaws.com/2011/12/new-intex-2012-packaging-continued/ http://www.hollowpaws.com/2011/12/new-intex-2012-packaging-continued/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:36:51 +0000 Hollow Paws Staff http://www.hollowpaws.com/?p=418 Continue reading →]]> 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.

]]> http://www.hollowpaws.com/2011/12/new-intex-2012-packaging-continued/feed/ 3 New inflatable dragon on the way! http://www.hollowpaws.com/2011/12/new-iw-de-dragon-on-the-way/ http://www.hollowpaws.com/2011/12/new-iw-de-dragon-on-the-way/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 04:09:21 +0000 Hollow Paws Staff http://www.hollowpaws.com/?p=408 Continue reading →]]> 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.

]]> http://www.hollowpaws.com/2011/12/new-iw-de-dragon-on-the-way/feed/ 10 New (familiar) inflatable whale from inflatableworld.de http://www.hollowpaws.com/2011/12/huge-blue-whale-from-inflatableworld-de/ http://www.hollowpaws.com/2011/12/huge-blue-whale-from-inflatableworld-de/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:41:54 +0000 Hollow Paws Staff http://www.hollowpaws.com/?p=396 Continue reading →]]> 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.

Blue whale

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.

Intex blue whale

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!

]]> http://www.hollowpaws.com/2011/12/huge-blue-whale-from-inflatableworld-de/feed/ 1 New Intex 2012 Packaging http://www.hollowpaws.com/2011/10/new-intex-2012-packaging/ http://www.hollowpaws.com/2011/10/new-intex-2012-packaging/#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2011 02:45:47 +0000 Hollow Paws Staff http://www.hollowpaws.com/?p=388 Continue reading →]]> 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.)

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