So, after i was happy to get that shark after one year of wait, someone else discovered that HP made the same mistake on the sharkl they did before on the Intex Blue Whale Remake, the holes where the two backfins get their air thru are punched thru the seams of the toy. Of you ride it too much or are heavy like me the seam will rip from that pont and go on until it hits the edge of the fin, then it will break thru the fin and rip the fin open on both ends and the main seam. This was very difficult to repair on the whale and looks pretty ugly. After i found this out i started to reinforce the shark immediatly and i hope im safe now.

But this frustrates me baddly, i pay like 120 € for this, this is cheap relative to a regular custom like a PP or Phenod toy, but still a custom toy that is still alot of money, it shouldnt have these design flaws. And its not the first time i have trouble with HP toys, one of my favourite toys - the magic stable zebra - was reinforced by me on the inside, partly on the outside, has more glued parts as anything else now. My first gen Flausi had a bad seam from the start, he was Dead On Arrival. I got a new one from HP, this time one leg ripped from the body. The only trouble less toy is Tarni, and thats because its a regular custom.

One have to say that the last line of toys (not the new ones) where all made at Waterhan Plastics, i know this. And had also trouble with that company, my Race Car Toy, space shuttle and my beloved dino rocker are all made by Waterhan and all had trouble and needed repairs and fixes before i could use them.