Kinder Toy Superstars

A pair of bored LDS missionaries serving in Olomouc, CZ, looked forward with great anticipation to their weekly trip to the grocery store - not so they could buy tasty and nutritious muesli, but so they could alleviate their boredom by building up their collection of Kinder Surprise toys.

It eventually got to the point where they no longer ate the candy - the chocolate eggshell was simply another obstacle preventing them from getting to the plastic treasures inside.

Here, then, are the greatest spoils that one of these young warriors found in his quest:


These guys came in three separate eggs. Each egg held the pieces to one of the soda pop cans plus a little green dude (who looks sadly like one of those jokers from the Mucinex commercials).

What makes these toys COOL, though, is that the soda cans actually hooked up, so your little blobs of green sloth could actually hang out together and have a... litter-beach party.

STILL COOL!


These two came with a little poster that cheekily displayed them participating in a race together. However, they're still quite awesome - their heads bob as they roll on the ground, like little rubber Muppets. That's pretty intricate machinery for a little kid's toy inside a chocolate egg.

Now THESE were the prize of my collection:




These knights and ladies each came in their own egg. The knights each had a matching squire, and even the princess had a little servant boy with the crown. Those little gold knights up top had... almost nothing to do with the collection, yet here they are.

It took me FOREVER to find all these little guys - at least thirteen eggs. And yet, I STILL don't have the whole collection. There's a little witch that matches up with the wizard in the top picture. I never even saw it.

However, I heard a rumor that another missionary a couple of cities over got the witch in one of his eggs... and then decided it would be fun to burn her at the stake.

Jerk.