Here's a funny thing - not the subject of today's post; that's very serious, the destruction of whole planets long, long ago, far, far away! - But that several sources have claimed that Kinder eggs are 'banned', 'illegal' or 'not allowed' in the USA . . . yet these have turned-up in New York?
Main branding is to Disney 'Distributed by Galerie'
from Hebron, Kentucky with a Kentucky
logo hidden-away on the consumer data label, but both the manufacture of the
chocolate and the packaging are attributed to Mexico, while we know Disney use various
contract-manufacturers in China for their toy products.
Now it seems clear that the FDA do act against the import of Kinder and have arrested people for bringing them into the country, so how have these got 'under the radar'? It could of course - upon finding these -
be seen as a bit of protectionism, along the lines of 'put Kinder off and we'll sort out a domestic product (in Mexico!) that
will exploit the same market niche. How long the Mexico connection will last is
under the new administration is anyone's guess, but 'not long' would appear to
be the writing on the wall!
And I'm not joking, nor am I 'having a go'
at my American readers - if there's one other western democracy in equal
trouble it's bloody Britain! However, it's a fact that Donald 'fascist loon'
Trump (that IS designed to upset some people!) is telling US companies (like Galerie/Kentucky (?) and/or Disney?) to move production back to the
US, but you can't make novelties like this to a competitive retail price with
profit margin, on US wage-rates . . . unless you use 'illegal's - but they all have
to go back, oh yes folks, all going back!
The Kinder-like
item in a Kinder-clone capsule; it
looks like it could be used as a pencil-top, although it's not marketed as
such. Torso-only is a bit outside the Blog's remit (like; as if the Blog's got ANY remit!), but I know a lot
of figure painters prefer a torso to a full figure and while these are on the
small side they could nevertheless be painted-up to a higher standard and would
look good on a shelf together.
They also look like those vinyl-record
turntable, centre-point novelties you used to get back in the 1950's like the
mop-headed Beatles or Banania's
French pop-stars; spinning round like the demented inmates of some musical
hell, or indeed, just like that pencil-top/eraser of the Batman; which Brian
sent us - a while back! Thanks Brian!
3 comments:
More capsule toys, how deliciously delightful!
While Kinder eggs contain the toy in it's container, these 'Mexican' imports pack the plastic container in the larger box separately. The ban on Kinder eggs supposedly is due to the fear children will bite the egg and swallow the contents.
The premise of course is that US kids are less bright than kids in the rest of the world. NO COMMENT.
On US eBay, Kinder eggs are available in bulk from India?
Jan - Smine-not-yours! Actually it's his....
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Terranova - I figured as much from the box, but it still smacks of dodgyness! India? Have they got clay figurines in them!!
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