{"id":197,"date":"2012-03-22T22:00:19","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T22:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olver.me\/?p=197"},"modified":"2026-03-01T16:21:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T16:21:21","slug":"kinder-surprise-disappointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverneedham.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/03\/kinder-surprise-disappointment\/","title":{"rendered":"Kinder Surprise Disappointment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Last weekend (17th March), Amy bought me a Kinder Surprise Egg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I remember buying them from the independently ran shop (which is now a ‘Premier’) near my house in my hometown, for about 40p.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I got rather excited with my Kinder Surprise as I hadn’t had one in ages! I knew that they had changed the capsule which holds the toy (they’ve made it easier to get in).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The toys weren’t what they used to be either; they’re now very simple, two or three piece figures which don’t tend to do very much. I remember getting a car that had some strange gear\/spinning wheel thing inside it which was awesome!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My toy in my March 2012 Kinder Surprise was an elephant which was three pieces. It wasn’t challenging or that exciting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My disappointment came when I looked at the piece of paper inside that described which series of toys it was from. It showed the other animals from the series and then showed a small lion icon. Above it was a diagram that showed if you visited their website and showed the icon to your webcam, it would reveal more content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However when I visited the website it was just health and product information about Kinder products. I checked I put the address in correctly and then went searching on their site for this extra content. There was none to be found!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I went to their contact page and wrote this following message:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dear Sir\/Madam,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I recently bought a Kinder Surprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was delighted with the toy, however when I went to www.2magic.com and chose the United Kingdom as my country, I was appalled to see that there was nowhere for me to scan my Natoons lion symbol. On the diagram below the symbol, it showed that I could hold it up to my webcam, and that magic would happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am unsure what magic, but I was unable to find out where to scan my symbol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please could you re-enable this feature on your website, so that I may get the full enjoyment out of my Kinder Surprise experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If not, may I have another Kinder Egg to complete my experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you very much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oliver<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

That was a genuine email and I hope that they do reply to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wonder how many other children have been disappointed with their Kinder Surprise experience. It’s certainly worse that mine from when I was a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If there any developments, I’ll let you know!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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