Eevee pump2pop
Added 2024-02-14 17:23:09 +0000 UTCOur customs are going to open soon (this month?) but this one was a special one as it was an arrangement from last year and we were just waiting on the toy. Basically, the customer wanted us to pump2pop a big inflatable of our choice. Celestine begrudgingly selected Eeveee from Hongyi's collection since she had this cute apron ready.
We were really worried about not being able to actually get the thing to burst since our previous attempts at pump2popping inflatables were all unsuccessful. Electric pumps just kind of fail to deliver the required pressure from my experience. Thankfully, the toy had very big valves that fit our hand pump you've seen a million times before. It did the job though it also meant we needed a person off-frame pumping; a strenuous activity so we had to switch periodically. A couple of chambers had smaller valves, so those survived.
