excuse me while I rant.
Why the hell are Kinder eggs not allowed to be sold in the states?
They are the coolest things in the world, and just about every other country has them.
Its just not fair DAMMIT!
Ok, I’ll bite. What are Kinder eggs and why are they so cool?
From one of many Kinder Egg sites
There ya go.
But they do sell something similiar. I don’t remember what it’s called, but my daughter bought something at Wal*Mart that was a chocolate egg with a plastic egg inside with tattos or something in it. We just can’t have the cool little toys.
There exactly like Cracker Jacks except the box is the size and shape of an egg, and made out of chocolate. And there isn’t any carmeled popcorn inside, there is just the prize. 
:wally
Yiboo-shikky, be sproodle!!
They’re a small foil wrapped, double chocolate layer, hollow egg with a small kit-assembly toy inside.
They are about 3.5 inch long by 2.5 wide, the outer layer of chocolate is the usual light brown stuff like you might find in Cadbury chocolate and the inner layer is a much lighter creamy coloured affair.The wall is around [sup]1[/sup]/[sub]4[/sub]" thick in total.
You can get them if you really want
Those toys you get inside are likely the reason they don’t sell them in the US because they are made from small parts and they probably fear legal action if these were to become jameed in a childs throat, there is a recommened consumer age for them and I believe there are warnings but in ligiious America it would be an iffy proposition, it wouldn’t be long before there was spurious claims.
A quick internet search using " Kinder chocolate eggs"
I dunno but they seem to have been selling these things for years in Europe without the authorities feeling the need for intervention, maybe US parents are not expected to supervise their children as much as we are.
I’ve seen something like that recently. It was a hollow chocolate egg with stickers or something inside it. Don’t remember the name of them. Looked pretty cool.
That will teach me to read the freaking thread before I post something like I’m the first to notice it.
And on Easter they have giant kinder eggs with super complex toys inside.
-fh
I read the subject and my first thought was “As opposed to what? Eggs with attitude?”.
But then I realized you meant Kinder Surprise eggs. Which are indeed extremely cool, little toys and all, and which some dumbass little American kids would inevitably eat and choke on, resulting in a costly lawsuit. So – no Kinder Surprise eggs for the stupid litigious Americans. So solly.
:rolleyes:
Ha! I can eat Kinder eggs any time I like! I have Kinder toys on my desk! Ha!
Woah, did you get out of bed on the wrong side this morning? You’re an intelligent man – you know that American kids aren’t some weird different species to English kids. America may have a more litigious culture, but this says nothing at all about the dumbass quotient of kids.
Won’t somebody please think of the children?
as a point of note. (or a note of point, you decide)
It’s pronounced Kin-der (to rhyme with Tinder)
NOT Kine-der (as in ‘more kind’)
and they’re lush.
Yes, I was having a cranky moment there.
Alas, Britain is becoming increasingly Americanized, and indeed more litigious. Case in point: my wife slipped on some wet pavement at a zebra crossing (it was raining), and fractured her ankle. We’ve had half a dozen people ask us – quite seriously – if we plan to sue Westminster Council. For what – having pavement that gets slippery in the pouring rain? I don’t care if they’d pay up or not – this is just stupid.
Sorry – that was another cranky moment. But this is the Pit. So…shit piss fuck cunt goddamn cocksucking assweevils…
[sub]phew[/sub]
And on a related note, just an additional thank you to tatertot and mysterious benefactor for sending me 25- count’em 25, Kinder Eggs last Christmastime. (It was an advent calander). They were soooooo good, they toys extremely cool, and tons of fun!
Personally, I’m glad they don’t have 'em in the US. I found the eggs irresistable, and if I could just grab 'em at the local store, I’d have an ass the size of Texas.
Zette
Mmmm…Kinder eier…last time I was in Germany (ok, the only time) you’d better beleive I picked up an entire display case and brought it back. There is NOTHING as cool as a gross of Kinder eggs, some of which contained the super cool space station parts. The puzzles suck, though.
Even though Richmond seems to be the ear wax reservoir of the South (we’re not big enough to be the armpit, you see) Kinder Eggs can be had here. I have…counting…11 toys on the top of my monitor and 5 or 6 more scattered throughout the house.
Man, these toys are da bomb…they’re what you always WANT to get out of Cracker Jack but never do any more.
Oooo, and I just had an idea for another web page…pics of my Kinder Toys…hee hee hee hee hee
I always thought the threat of choking on the plastic egg would be more of a danger than choking on the toy, but what to I know. Damn, you unprotected Europeans must have kids dropping right and left from these things, eh?
[shameless brag] I have over 250 Kinder Egg toys in my collection. Nah nah 
[/shamless brag] Oh, and I have to agree - THE PUZZLES SUCK!
You are right:Surprise Eggs (they’re usually called “Ü-Eier” short für “Überraschungs-Eier” in Germany) are great!!!
Some of the older toys are quite valuable by now - you get auctions and everything for these things. Usually the little figurines (“Happy Hippos” etc…) are the most expensive but personally I like the things where you build the toys far better (but the puzzles DO suck!!!)
And I think that Ü-Eier are great for chocalat hunger: you have a bit of chocolat - not enough to make you feel guilty 'bout the calories - and then you forget your appetite while you build the little toy!
I don’t really collect the toys but there are some I kept because they’re so cute!!! 