Then I saw the specs: Length: 17cm. The lifelike photo had me completely fooled. This was nothing but a cheap Chinese homebrand Barbie Camper. Bugger.
Next I discovered the
Yiwu Chufeng Commodity Firm were selling 'Foam Antistress Campervan Shaped Stress Balls', suggested under the category of 'Corporate Gifts' What mid-level executive wouldn't benefit from squeezing the hell out of a foam campervan? I thought. But if squeezing one doesn't sufficiently relieve your stress the same firm also make electric cigarette maker and tobacco rolling machines for times when only nicotine will do.
Unfortunately, their minimum order is 3000 pieces. That's a lot of stress relief right there. I bet you could use 3000 of these to make a giant executuve sress relief campervan pit that you could dive right in to, like those plastic ball pits in the kids' playroom at Ikea.
Personally, I was most taken by the 'Hotselling Wooden Motorhome' from the
Hangzhou Hklong Arts and Crafts Co Ltd. A small Swiss chalet on wheels wasn't exactly what I had in mind for six months on China's backroads, but it would certainly be a conversation piece whenever we stopped and laid out the white picket fence with the letterbox, birdbath and swing set each night.
At last I found something that appeared to be a real, actual campervan/motorhome/RV large enough for real people and not likely to burn down when I used the gas cooker. This full-sized, non-combustible, non-squeezable campervan from the
Qingdao Fe Dora Co Ltd also had a very detailed description of its interior fittings.
Inside, it apparently contains a lot of Luxury Items:
*Luxury Bathroom *Luxury Lamp *Luxury Furniture
and also a lot of Advanced Items:
*Advanced Sink *Advanced Sofa *Advanced Toilet *Advanced Sound System
then a whole pile of stuff I really don't understand:
*Warm Wind *Big Shoe Tank *Protector for Charging and Discharging
and a bedding arrangement that speaks for itself:
*Double Men Bed *Two Double Deck Single Man Bed
Clearly, this is not a family camper.
Also, it's $30,000 for the basic model. Sigh. The search for the perfect (extremely cheap) camper continues. More next month....