Kinder Point of Sale Singapore

Hey there, Moonbasers! Do you like Kinder Surprise toys? Do those kooky designs get you kit-bashing juices flowing?

I saw this Point Of Sale display in Singapore Airport and it really struck a chord with me.

Is it just me, or is this hover truck extremely similar to the things we used to see in Joe 90?

Looey,

Oz Base

Vorsprung Durch Plastik

Taking some time out in Germany, where we're dealing with family matters, I've remembered were in the land of Kinder egg and Playmobil collecting.

Visiting our favourite charity shop yesterday brought me face to face with several hundred Playmobil figures in a large tub. They all seemed to be marked Geobra and dated 1974. Is that year standard?

I will be keeping my eyes peeled for the fab Plymobile pentagonal Space Station from old. That would be sweet to bring back but won't be cheap.

As for Kinder eggs or - Ü -ei (short for Surprise eggs) here, there's loads around in the Charity shops. Searching for particular ones ain't easy as they tend to be loose heaps in plastic tubs. 

I did find a nice boxed set of Kinder Airbus aeroplanes for 1€. They look great in their window box.

I also snaffled an old Barbie clone, a die-cast THe Batman corvette, some loose Kinder toys, a KIDCO truck and two PEZ from Pixar's Planes. Cheap as Pommes! 

Whilst here too I've collected a parcel that was waiting for me at our mates' house. I shall blog it for the bloggiversary in September, suffice to say its the best example of the box and toy I've seen! Watch this space ... Ship! 

MEET ME AT THE STATION

 

There's something very appealing about this Kinder space station model. It's got a nice SpaceX vibe to it and the small pictures sits with it really well. I saw this online and saved the pic.

Have you anything like this?

Kinder Surprise Superheroes

Hi Woodsy,

After seeing all the photos of great plastic Kinder Surprise toys on Moonbase Central I decided to have a look and see what they are making now - it is a long time since I bought any of the eggs. 

Things have changed since I last bought any of these. Instead of having no idea what sort of toy you might get, as in the 1990s, both the outer display box and the egg itself tell you what series the toy belongs to. 

I opted for a Justice League set, which contains eight superhero figures. The capsule within the chocolate egg is now a hinged one-piece moulding in light orange plastic, rather than being in two halves. 

These figures come in two parts, with a separate base carrying the logo of the figure. Each has both arms raised, so that a shield shaped object can be balanced on them, when the base is tipped forward the shield flies off - hopefully to hit a small paper target. 

Also included in the egg is an illustration of the whole series, on the back are assembly and playing instructions. Oddly, there is no mention of who the figures are - you are expected to know. Not being a superhero expert, I did have to look a couple of these up, I hope my identifications are correct.

There are various other sets available, with varying numbers of toys making up each set. Naturally, you are going to end up with a few duplicates as you try to build up a complete set - Batman was the last figure I needed. These are really nice figures, although Batman seems to have a rather small head. Overall height, including the raised arms, is around 60 to 65 mm.

Photo 1 The Kinder Surprise eggs are wrapped in foil; with the series name at the top.

Photo 2 What you get inside each plastic capsule

Photo 3 Left to right: Cyborg, Aquaman, Superman, and the Flash.

Photo 4 Left to right: Batman, Batgirl (these two figures have the same shield/projectile design), Wonder Woman, and I think Harley Quinn - who is a villainess not heroine, so why is she included in a superheroes set ? 

I'm confused.

Paul Adams

NZ

I really like this set - now, what should I collect next ?

MINIATURE TV UFO CAR MYSTERY: DOSSIER OPEN

For years I've seen the odd hint online of a miniature toy car or buggy that looks like one of the futuristic cars in Gerry Anderson's UFO.

I have a feeling the toy car being hinted at is the large windscreened blue car in this Japanese lot.

Here it is close up as pictured on Yahoo Japan.

It's a Japanese GLICO miniature candy car.

Does it look like anything in UFO readers?

Here's another miniature plastic car in my Grandson's Kinder Egg fleet.

Does this Kinder sports car look like anything in the UFO TV series?

Are there any miniature toy cars from UFO? 

Maybe Konami? Yujin? 

Anyone know?

KINDER HOT RODS

Moonbase Junior, our Grandson, has quite a collection of little plastic hot rods. I think they're Kinder egg toys. There's a Hot Wheels clone at the front too!

Have you got any of these plastic miniatures?

giodi utopia fluggerate; the utopian flying machine egg toys

I often see these small Kinder Surprise-type space toys on Ebay and various other sites.  They were were called Utopia Fluggerate released by Giodi. Fluggerate means Flying Machine in German.

I don't know much else about them but egg collectors like Bill may do.

I really like them!

Do you collect egg or Ei toys readers?