Kinder Surprises are chocolate eggs that contain a little surprise toy inside! Woo hoo!
I was first introduced to Kinder Surprises about 15 years ago by a German friend who’s husband colleted the little toys you receive inside. Over the years, I have purchased a few here and there, collecting the various toys.
A few months back I purchased a pack in which you were guaranteed 2 toys based on the movie Kung Foo Panda. How adorable I thought! I loved that movie! Being Chinese and all, I could relate to movie, not all the Po believing in your self stuff, but rather his dad’s love of noodles!
Anywho, the first 2 toys I picked up were Shifu and Monkey. There are 9 toys in all to complete the set- shifu, po, ooqway, monkey, viper, crane, mantis, ti lung and tigress. I have never collected kinder surprise groupings before, why I’ve started now, I don’t know. But once I got those 2, I felt the need to get the remaining seven. Needless to say I have purchased a lot of eggs and now have toys from other collections. Weird ape set, weird musical note set, fast cars set, spinning tops set, ugly crayon i-don’t –know-what –they –are set. None is complete and that includes my Kung Fu Panda set. I have all but one. The elusive tigress.
My quest for tigress has resulted in the for mentioned incomplete sets, and a lot of empty chocolate eggs in my freezer (they taste so much better when the chocolate is cold). My desperate search has led me to email Kinder Surprise itself – how can I get tigress? is it in a specially marked box?? Please help. I was told there is no secret, and it’s the luck of the draw. Good luck on your search, spend more money buying Kinder Surprises and have a great day!
I’ve even responded to ads on Craigslist, other people trying to complete their sets! I’ll trade you my extra shifus or oogways for one damn tigress!!! The thing about craigslist is, I think the 2 people who’ve posted ads are adults, like me! Not “kinders” at all.
Yes, what started of as a mild amusement had turned into a full blown obsession. My search for Tigress has replaced my obsession for Trevor Linden and that hasn’t ended yet either.
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Well you can't be the only one collecting those Kung Fu panda things out there. Surely somebody else is as obsessed as you are!!!!
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ReplyDeleteI could part with Tigress from the 2nd set I am trying to complete, but I need to trade it for Crane, which is the only one I am missing to complete my daughter's set. She is 5 years old and wants Crane very much. Please let me know if you have Crane available and would be willing to trade (martavadillo@gmail.com). Thank you.