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These eccentric inflatable concept shoes created using daily objects are breaking the internet

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Designer UV-Zhu’s inflatable shoes have quite literally been taking Instagram by storm! Completely throwing aside functionality and practicality – these unique shoes included everything else. Previously we covered his puffy soled shoes with spongy uppers and protruding tentacles that quite honestly mimicked mutated creatures. And this time, we’re diving into his new kicks, which are supposed to be ‘inflated’.

Designer: UV-Zhu

UV-Zhu’s Nike conceptual series are basically inflatable structures paired up with daily objects resulting in kicks that you would probably never see at the Nike showroom. The ankle straps are made from white garters, silicone, and paper-based tapes. The outsoles have been power-packed with springs so that they can allow the wearer, to walk without actually putting any effort into walking!

Sponges and myriad kinds of soft padding have been squeezed in between these layers, creating comfy cushioning for the wearer. Some of the shoes have also been equipped with a layer of candy, and eccentric bristles as the outsole!

Following ensuite is his ‘AIR’ collection – which is exactly what it sounds like. This collection consists of shoes that have been inflated with air, and their soles look almost like floatation devices. UV-Zhu himself implies that these astounding shoes have no practical usage, and are simply an artistic exploration of form – they’re fun in the name of art! And sometimes, that’s exactly what you need.

Of course, there’s also the addition of bubble gum in some of the high tops (UV loves his candy in sneakers), while others have a completely transparent design.

UV-Zhu’s conceptual shoes reimagine daily objects as marvelous and inflated forms. Yes, they don’t have much functionality, but they do add a playful and quirky element to the otherwise serious world of fashion. Sometimes, it’s okay to have things that are just funny and pleasing to look at, without having a deeper agenda to them. What do you think?

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Giant Inflatable Cheeseburger Sprinkler: Waterburger

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Summer is upon us, and you know what that means: making your kids play outside so they stop wrecking the house and driving you crazy. And to aid you on your mission of prolonged sanity comes this giant cheeseburger water sprinkler. Available on Amazon (affiliate link), the inflatable burger will provide hours of backyard fun while you get a little peace and quiet indoors, presumably with the patio door locked.

The burger includes stakes to keep it in place and the sprinkler on top spins around as it sprays, so there’s no escaping its watery wrath. And why would I want to? It’s hot out and my air conditioning broke last summer.

You know, I have fond memories of running through the sprinkler as a child. I also have fond memories of running through the sprinkler as an adult, as recently as last weekend. You’re never too old for some sprinkler and slip ‘n slide action – that’s my motto. It’s important to stay young at heart because God knows the rest of my body is already giving out on me.

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Motorized T-Rex Pool Float: Jurassic Pool

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Summer is officially here, and you know what that means – hoping somebody invites me to a pool party. And to spice things up in the pool this summer is this motorized t-rex pool float (affiliate link) from PoolCandy. The inflatable dinosaur features a 3-blade propeller powered by a 66-watt motor and six D batteries that allow you to cruise in any direction you want to. I don’t know about you, but I’ll be steering towards the swim-up bar!

As far as capturing the likeness of a t-rex goes, they didn’t do a fantastic job. It’s still terrifying, though, just not in the way I’d expect a t-rex to be. It’s more of a ‘Good lord, what happened to you?!’ kind of way.

Don’t have the money to spend on a fancy motorized t-rex pool float? No worries, that’s what pool noodles were made for. They’re not that fun, but they are cost-effective. That’s what my parents got me when I was a kid, and we didn’t even have a pool, just a bathtub.

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Giant Cassette Tape Pool Float Is The Perfect Summer Mixtape

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Designed to look almost identical to a Maxell UR90 cassette tape, the Maxchill Classic Cassette Tape Pool Float (affiliate link) from LÔTELI is perfect for floating around a pool reminiscing about all the mixtapes you used to make for girlfriends or boyfriends back in the ’80s and ’90s. And I made the best mixtapes, just so we’re clear. I only wish I’d asked for them back when we inevitably broke up.

The oversized float measures 72″ x 46″ to comfortably fit one adult or two children or uncomfortably fit two adults or four children. Stop elbowing me; I’m trying to tan! Gosh, I bet I still have a whole bunch of random Maxell tapes lying around here somewhere. And probably in a box labeled JUNK.

Is my body summer and pool ready? Of course not, but that’s not going to stop me from showing off my ghost-white physique at every pool party I’m invited to. Or, I should say, IF I’m invited to any. I swear, you pee in the pool one time, and all of a sudden, the invites dry up like a desert.

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Giant Inflatable Cup Noodles: Imaginary Dinner For Days

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Are you a huge Nissin Cup Noodles fan? Big enough to buy a giant inflatable likeness of the product for display in your home or office? Well if you are, you’re in luck (also, a rare breed), because Nissin is selling this giant inflatable Cup Noodle through their fan store for $35. For reference, $45 will buy you a 72-pack of the real deal on Amazon (affiliate link), although I’m sure you already knew that if you’re such a big fan.

The giant Cup Noodle measures approximately 17″ X 15″ with a cardboard top and bottom, and, per the product website is “for display only.” Granted I’m not sure what else anybody could or would do with a giant inflatable Cup Noodles, but now that I think about it I really don’t want to know.

Nissin Cup Noodles are a staple of any college diet. I practically lived on them for six years, and I think it’s safe to say that I’ve already ingested more than 2,000% of my recommended lifetime allowance of sodium. Do I cry solid salt crystals? Just ask my wife if she can even remember the last time we ever had to buy salt from the grocery store.

5-Foot Inflatable Chucky Doll Is Ready to Terrorize Your Neighborhood

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From what I recall, Chucky was only three feet tall in the movies, and he was quite the tiny terror at that size. So can you imagine what sort of damage the little devil could do if he were five feet tall? Fortunately for you, you can always just pop this inflatable Chucky doll with a pin if he gets out of control and starts murdering your neighbors.

This light-up, blow-up Chucky doll is dressed up in his iconic Good Guys overalls and striped shirt and has all the facial scars he suffered over the years. Now, as soon as I typed “blow-up Chucky doll,” it dawned on me that there’s probably someone out there with a Chucky fetish, and things just got really creepy. Hopefully, I’m wrong, but as the Internet has proven time and time again, I’m almost certainly not.

You can grab the inflatable Chucky doll from Amazon (affiliate link) for about $60, and you’ll have a blow-up friend ’til the end.

The Sprinklesaurus is a Water-breathing Dinosaur for Your Yard

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Summer is almost over, but I’m sure your kids would love to run around under a sprinkler until the snow hits the ground. I can think of no better way to keep kids saturated with a constant stream of water but with a 7-foot-tall inflatable dinosaur lawn sprinkler.

Unlike the mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex, the Sprinklesaurus won’t devour or stomp on your kids. Instead, he’ll just douse them with a torrential rain shower through the 360º sprinkler in his nose. Now, wait a second. I don’t remember dinosaurs having blowholes like whales. Maybe a qualified paleontologist out there can set me straight. Or maybe there was a T. Rex-whale hybrid that I missed out on while sleeping through class when I was a kid. Whatever the case, the Sprinklesaurus is real, and your kids want one now that they’re looking over your shoulder looking at your screen.

The Sprinklesaurus is available from Hammacher Schlemmer for $89.95. Just be sure to put him away in the wintertime, so it doesn’t freeze to death in another Ice Age.

4-Foot Inflatable Zombie Baby Yard Decoration Is a Real Product That Exists

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Because what’s Halloween if not an opportunity for neighbors to question your taste and decency, this is the four-foot-long ‘Halloween Inflatable Outdoor Zombie Baby Blow Up Yard Decoration’ created by GOOSH and available on Amazon (affiliate link). I can already sense my neighborhood’s collective property value plummeting.

The inflatable baby has LEDs inside to illuminate the abomination at night and includes stakes for anchoring, or killing vampires. According to the product description, “Beside Halloween, it can be used as any other holiday decoration. Installed in the courtyard to enjoy Holiday with your family and spreading a happiness atmosphere to your neighborhoods.” Um, are they talking about the same inflatable zombie baby I’m looking at?

Obviously, this is the perfect Halloween yard decoration to encourage parents of would-be trick-or-treaters to pass your house on their way through the neighborhood. “They’re probably just handing out licorice anyways,” I imagine telling my children while hurrying them down the sidewalk.

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Giant 6-Foot Death Star Beach Ball: That’s No Moon

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Because nothing says fun in the sun like a giant space station designed to obliterate planets with a single blast of its superlaser, NINOSTAR is selling this 6-foot diameter Death Star beach ball on Amazon (affiliate link) for $75. It’s no moon, but it will be the talk of everyone at the beach provided you can inflate it without passing out.

From what I gathered from the product description on Amazon, they’re not actually calling it a Death Star beach ball, which in layman’s terms means it’s not an officially licensed Star Wars product. Of course, if it were, it would probably cost $150, and $300+ from greedy resellers on eBay.

Obviously, it will be my duty to ion torpedo any Death Stars I see on the beach to prevent any other planets from suffering the fate of Alderaan. And by ion torpedo, I mean pop with the pointy end of beach umbrella pretending it’s a lightsaber. Will children cry and parents yell at me? Probably, but such is the life of a Jedi.

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An 8-Foot Inflatable TV Yard Decoration That Plays Scenes from “A Christmas Story”

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While you might not shoot your eyes out, you could certainly melt your retinas sitting too close while watching scenes from A Christmas Story on this giant 8-foot inflatable television yard decoration. Fra-gee-lay — it must be Italian.

Available from Amazon or The Home Depot (affiliate links), the Christmas yard decoration uses “advanced, high-tech image mapping to play five scenes from A Christmas Story and four exciting transitions within the exact shape of the Airblown Inflatable TV.” It also includes the audio/video hookups so you can play your own movies on the television out of season. But please, try to keep things PG in the front yard.

So is this is the Christmas yard decoration that’s going to make my house the talk of the neighborhood this year? No, just like every year that’s going to be the rusted out 1972 Ford Condor II RV I park in the driveway just like Cousin Eddie’s in Christmas Vacation. Every January I swear to my neighbors that I’ve finally sold it, but every Thanksgiving weekend I have it towed back out of storage and parked at the end of the driveway. They say they hate it but I know they love it.

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