Anyway, as a result various people have
leapt on the Emoji bandwagon -
however creaking it may be - not least the Turkish chocolate capsule-egg maker Toto, these are also Turkish, also
chocolate capsule eggs and also contain recognisable Emojis, however they're not mentioned anywhere on the packaging as
such, but only on the insert as 'bendy men' or 'figurines' etc...
The conclusion being that while Toto have sought and obtained a license,
Choco Treasure probably have not!
Back in March or thereabouts there was an
edibles post, and these were for a follow-up which got so delayed you're
reading it now! Brian Berke sent these images and has eaten his way to a reasonable
sample of the prizes with two of the figurines and a bendy toy, to witt - one pirate
who nearly got Blogged on TLAPD, but Brian had sent another
egg (uneaten - the chocolate all for me!) to the Blog, and the delayed post
(which had other stuff, and was already growing) grew some more and got delayed
again.
The box gives some idea as to the contents,
including the poop; now - I know to some I will start to sound like my parents;
but - who decided a poop was needed in 'social' media messages, who decided to
design one, who coded it up, why is it still with us, who decided it would be a
good idea to put it in a movie aimed at kids . . . parochial reactionary rant!
Parochial reactionary rant!
Don't get me wrong, I'm no prude, and the
Turd Salahi Family in Southpark are very funny, but they
are a parody of American society, a poor immigrant, 'coloured' family, satire,
while this one is just shit . . . and a Southpark
clone!
To the egg . . .
. . . and it's teasing me with a very colorful wrap,
Brians got a pirate, will I get a pirate? There's a pirate on the wrap . . .
"com'mon sucker, unwrap me, you know
you want to, will I have a pirate toooo?"
We have looked at Choco Treasure before I think? Non-emoji? Imported by Candy Treasure LLC of Lebanon, New
Jersey and - like the Toto eggs - there
is no sickly white-chocolate layer, so they are to my taste - nicer chocolate!
And while the design is slightly different
with the capsule having a shelf running pole-to-pole, this would seem to have
more to do with placing the egg halves than any swallowing hazard, so the question-mark
about how these get in [to the 'States] while Kinder don't - still stands?
Awwww! I didn't get a Pirate, but if I was
to get any other it would have to be the devil figurine, or 'Mr. Angry' and I
got Mr. Angry, how very apt! But the real point of the post is that this Mr.
Angry is a bendy angry.
I must say though that he's also very hard
to manipulate, whether this is due to the short length of the arms, or because
he's made with a heavy-gauge armature I don't know (without cutting him open),
but I'd bet a week's ages on the later!
Other items available, I had a 1:34 chance
of getting the one I did . . . and a 2-in-34 chance of being gifted a poop . .
. just call me Lucky! Thanks Brian!
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