Rhode Island Novelty Inflatable Globe Replica 16-inch

As good as expensive brands with equal results.

Very high price for the quality

This globe is not very useful as a map.First, it is not 16" wide as described, it has a diameter of 10-12 inches. It's about 16" when deflated and stretched out in one direction.Second, the map has many defects. I'll give a lot of examples (I could give more), just to assure you that I'm not exaggerating.* out of date: It shows Yugoslavia, Chechoslovakia, Zaire, Upper Volta, Burma, Kampuchea, names that are 20 to 30 years out of date.* spelling errors: Ireiand, Grenda, Mauritalia, Egipt, Buruni, Eqguinea, Cybrus, Ukrainaia, Geopgian, Azerbrajan, Brune, Indoneisa* distortion at seams: an extra 400 to 500 miles is inserted around each of the six seams, giving the U.S. for example a very unfamiliar shape due to the seam running up the middle of it.* coloring: adjacent countries frequently have the same color with no clear boundary between, like Mexico-Belize, Guatemala-Nicaragua, Moldova-Romania-Yugoslavia, Syria-Lebanon-Israel-Jordan, Burma-Laos-Vietnam, Zaire-Rwanda-Burundi and many others.* coloring: a country may change color at a seam: Bangladesh is green and orange, Tanzania is pink and blue.* letters missing near seams: (C)ybrus (L)ebanon, (E)gipt!, (U)ganda, Rwand(a), (T)anzania, (M)alawi, (S)waziland* countries missing, like Puerto Rico, Switzerland, Eritrea, Cape Verde, Sao Tome & Principe.* The border and coastline of the U.S. is so inaccurate it's almost cartoonish. Natives of other countries would probably say the same about their borders. Central America, according to this map, is Northern Mexico and South Texas.If you want an accurate map, try the Jet Creations Political Globe (true 16" diameter), $9.23 at Amazon.

Don’t buy if your goal is accuracy. Really weird typos and misprints. We got it for our toddler to chase around the house and that’s about the level it’s good for.

I read some reviews below about the ball looking different to the picture displayed. Mine is just like the picture with the blue background. My only complaint is that in some parts the seam lines don’t meet up correctly so parts of Australia are cut off for example. All in all it’s a nice little globe and great for the price, my kids have played with it a lot and it’s sturdy.