Brian Berke sent me these, and it's not so
much that they're balloons that's the cool thing (although rocket balloons are
pretty cool), it's that the backing-card is rocket shaped, you don't often see
novelty-shaped packaging - perhaps you should!
And they are brought to us from Ja-Ru, which means . . .
. . . These (image also from Brian) almost
certainly are as well, as the artwork is clearly from the same studio!
With this set you get more balloons and a
pump, instead of the little inflation-tubes of the carded set. Don't think Ja-Ru actually made these; they just
wheel and deal them about the place on behalf of an anonymous Chinese
manufacturer.
It's been years since I saw balloons like
this, when I was a kid they would be sold by vendors in the street, filled with
helium, so they hung 'up', there were wobbly ones and the standard tear-drop as well, and giant, black ones with
swirly-patterns on them like the page-end blocks of old books, but they had
weak spots and would inevitably burst on the train on the way home.
It's a bit late for this year, but given
the fear fireworks engender in some family pets, maybe seek-out some for next
year and have your fireworks in the warmth and comfort of your living room!
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