Kinder eggs!

[nacelle]

I bought a case of 72 Penguins of Madagascar kinder eggs from amazon which were imported from Germany.
I got them thinking there would be a penguins movie figure in every egg.
However just before they arrived i was doing a search on something which started a chain reaction of information about the kinder eggs in that there are penguins figures in only a few of the eggs.
Upon further scrutiny of the picture on amazon i found a small part that said 'jetzt in jedem 7.Ei!'
I used the google translate as i dont speak german and it means 'now in every 7 eggs'.
Does anyone here know if this is true?
Are there really only penguins figures in one in seven eggs?
That means there's only 10 figures in the case of 72. Doesn't even guarantee i will get all 9 of the set.
If thats the case i wont open them. I will just send thm back.
I can't even eat the chocolate as it hurts my teeth. My sister was going to get the chocolate.
I have googled this to death but all i can seem to find is videos of people opening kinder eggs.
Its just too much money to spend on eggs that dont even have the figures i want in them!

 

[Melakon]

The lesson here is to always read the fine print before parting with any money.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

I'd offer to help you figure this out but Kinder Eggs are banned in the US and you can get hit with heavy fines for trying to import them.

God bless America.

 

[nacelle]

There was no fine print. Nowhere on the amazon page does it say the figures are not in every egg.
The description is misleading as it just says they are special edition with the penguins.

Was really shocked in my searches to discover they are illegal in the US! Did not know that.

 

[{ Emilia }]

I'd offer to help you figure this out but Kinder Eggs are banned in the US and you can get hit with heavy fines for trying to import them.

God bless America.

TTIP to the rescue.

 

[Timelord79 (he/him)]

Pretty much true. One in 7 has a figure... On average. It is technically possible you get nothing or all the figured twice.
Random chance, really.

 

[MacLeod]

I'd offer to help you figure this out but Kinder Eggs are banned in the US and you can get hit with heavy fines for trying to import them.

God bless America.

I'm sure many countries have what some would consider stupid laws.

I bought a case of 72 Penguins of Madagascar kinder eggs from amazon which were imported from Germany.
I got them thinking there would be a penguins movie figure in every egg.
However just before they arrived i was doing a search on something which started a chain reaction of information about the kinder eggs in that there are penguins figures in only a few of the eggs.
Upon further scrutiny of the picture on amazon i found a small part that said 'jetzt in jedem 7.Ei!'
I used the google translate as i dont speak german and it means 'now in every 7 eggs'.
Does anyone here know if this is true?
Are there really only penguins figures in one in seven eggs?
That means there's only 10 figures in the case of 72. Doesn't even guarantee i will get all 9 of the set.
If thats the case i wont open them. I will just send thm back.
I can't even eat the chocolate as it hurts my teeth. My sister was going to get the chocolate.
I have googled this to death but all i can seem to find is videos of people opening kinder eggs.
Its just too much money to spend on eggs that dont even have the figures i want in them!

Well there could be anywhere from 0-72 penguins in a case of Kinder eggs. Got to love probability (I don't, I remember doing it when I was doing various forms of maths at college)

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

I have bought them and they always had the penguins. I bought them in sets of 3 kinder surprise eggs, so maybe that was a special, thar be penguins, deal?

Why are they banned, that's very sad! They are lovely! Kids think they are wonderful.

You can probably buy any penguins you are missing on ebay.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I'd offer to help you figure this out but Kinder Eggs are banned in the US and you can get hit with heavy fines for trying to import them.

God bless America.

I'm sure many countries have what some would consider stupid laws

Well, to be fair, the law in this case came about because kids were choking on the toys that came inside these eggs.

 

[Amaris]

I'd offer to help you figure this out but Kinder Eggs are banned in the US and you can get hit with heavy fines for trying to import them.

God bless America.

I swear to god I thought you were joking until I looked it up. So you can teach your child to shoot a gun, not give them their vaccinations, but give them a chocolate egg, and you're endangering them.

"God Bless America" indeed!

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

I'd offer to help you figure this out but Kinder Eggs are banned in the US and you can get hit with heavy fines for trying to import them.

God bless America.

I'm sure many countries have what some would consider stupid laws

Well, to be fair, the law in this case came about because kids were choking on the toys that came inside these eggs.

So, you don't have lego either?

 

[Robert Maxwell]

I'm sure many countries have what some would consider stupid laws

Well, to be fair, the law in this case came about because kids were choking on the toys that came inside these eggs.

So, you don't have lego either?

You can't have LEGO inside candy, anyway.

 

[Miss Chicken]

I'm sure many countries have what some would consider stupid laws

Well, to be fair, the law in this case came about because kids were choking on the toys that came inside these eggs.

So, you don't have lego either?

My kids survived Kinder Eggs unscathed (plus those other eggs that ripped off the idea).

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

I could see it if it was embedded in the chocolate but it comes in a plastic egg inside the chocolate egg.

 

[nacelle]

I wonder how many kids have been killed by finding their parents guns. The little yellow capsule is too big to be swallowed. Even the dumbest kid would have a hard time trying to eat it.
Maybe they should ban coins as well. Loads of kids love to swallow coins.
It is the most ridiculous thing i ever heard!
I always had kinder eggs when i was little. I loved putting the little toys together and never ate the toy parts.
Dumbest ban ever.

 

[Miss Chicken]

I gather the law came into place in 1938, well before KInder Eggs and is a law against any candy having toys inside.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I suspect that the kids who choked on these toys immediately popped them in their mouths without bothering to check to see what was inside - meaning, in the simplistic logic that young children would be expected to employ, anything covered in chocolate must be chocolate, or at the very least, would still be edible. And by the time they 'tasted' something other than that, it would be too late, as it's already been swallowed.

Think about it: what reason would a child have to assume that there is anything inside a chocolate-covered item, other than another consumable?

 

[Amaris]

Except we have had candy with toys inside, here in the U.S, since that law was made.
The Nestle Wonder Ball was just such a toy/candy, and was popular in the late 1990s.

There's also a company called "ChocoTreasure" who makes candy with toys inside, and they're legal in the U.S. The reason is they were approved by the FDA as being "safe", even though they're essentially the same thing as a Kinder Egg. Maybe there are some politics involved.

 

[Miss Chicken]

I suspect that the kids who choked on these toys immediately popped them in their mouths without bothering to check to see what was inside - meaning, in the simplistic logic that young children would be expected to employ, anything covered in chocolate must be chocolate, or at the very least, would still be edible. And by the time they 'tasted' something other than that, it would be too late, as it's already been swallowed.

Think about it: what reason would a child have to assume that there is anything inside a chocolate-covered item, other than another consumable?

My children were more interested in the toy than the chocolate. Sometimes they would talk me into buying one because they knew I loved chocolate and would do the eating and that they would get the toy.

 

[{ Emilia }]

I suspect that the kids who choked on these toys immediately popped them in their mouths without bothering to check to see what was inside - meaning, in the simplistic logic that young children would be expected to employ, anything covered in chocolate must be chocolate, or at the very least, would still be edible. And by the time they 'tasted' something other than that, it would be too late, as it's already been swallowed.

It shows that you've never seen a Kinder Egg. They're way too big to "pop". And then there's a rather big plastic egg (that doesn't stick to the chocolate surrounding it) and INSIDE there's the toy.
It's really absurd to think that they're dangerous.