This is a video demonstration of the Heimplanet Kirra inflatable tent. The unit costs $1,055 *chokes on instant coffee* and comes preassembled so all you have to dohttps://boingboing.net/2026/05/13/this-inflatable-tent-is-a-campers-dream-come-true.html. It takes about 25 seconds to inflate the tent’s air bladders, which replace a traditional tent’s poles. Plus it has sealable valves

To promote the second season of HBO’s House Of Dragons, a 270-foot inflatable of Aemond Targaryen’s dragon Vhagar was added to the top of the Empire State Building. The dragon wrapped around the building’s mast, and could be viewed up close and personal from the building’s 86th Floor Observatory. It

This is a clip of a bear doing battle against a giant inflatable reindeer Christmas decoration in someone’s yard while another bear cautiously watches, too wary of the reindeer’s antlers to join the fray. Despite multiple attacks, the reindeer manages to stay intact and inflated, and the person filming claims

This is a video of a man with his legs stuck in the sand at the beach doing his best wacky inflatable tube guy impression as a friend pretends to fill him with air. He’s good. So good I wouldn’t mind him doing the same impression on the street outside

Presumably still pissed about the stocking full of coal he received last year, this is a video of a little kid beating up his family’s inflatable Santa Christmas decoration, complete with cartoon-style wind-up punch to start the fight. He even throws in a brutal body slam before turning his attention

In riding extremely dirty news, this is the inflatable Beetlejuice Car Buddy from Gemmy (previously: a Grinch version). The three-foot tall inflatable poltergeist (available on Amazon) is powered via a car adapter for convenience and includes LEDs inside so he’s illuminated at night. Obviously, I think it goes without saying

The Kool-Aid Man: he knows how to make an entrance. Me? I prefer to sneak in and out of social engagements so stealthily it’s like I wasn’t there at all. Probably because I really wasn’t and stayed at home on the sofa ignoring text messages. Enter this Kool-Aid Man inflatable

Note: Language. This is a short video from Teesside in northern England of an inflatable kiddy pool floating away in the wild blue yonder while a family stands around wondering what happened. SPOILER: You forgot to add water. The water helps keep the pool grounded. And if there’s anybody who