Kinder Surprise eggs

[Spey_Phantom]

i guess everyone knows the famous Kinder Surprise chocolat eggs right 
if you havent, then you've been living in a cave 

i remember everytime we had a good reportcard from school, mom and dad would buy us each an egg,.....
let me just skip the nostalgia and get straight to the point.
i remember that some of the eggs had these little kitplanes in them (Beech baron, cessna's,...) and roughly they were about 1/144 to 1/200 scale (C-130's were about 1/400 i think)

has anyone ever thought of the whiff pottential of these little childrens toys (if i can call it that)
for the ridiculously low price, some spare parts and a bit of modeling knowhow, i think they can be a nice alternative to resinkits, that is if your lucky enough to find the right egg, and if not, the canisters can be great fodder for eggplanes and HOGG memorial builds 

here's a few exsamples, im gonna let you guys do the math.
im gonna try to look for cessna kits on rummage sales, they make great 1/144 trainer aircraft 

what are you waiting for, get out your rusty small change and get some 

[Jschmus]

I've never heard of these.  I was surprised to read that they're banned from being imported to this country, because of a law against putting "non-nutritive" items inside of candy confections.  Apparently a woman was driving back into the States from Canada last year and had one seized, lest she face a $300 fine.  She had no idea there was a ban on the things.

[Thiel]

I've always found it funny that they made number 4 on Cracked's list of The Least Surprising Toy Recalls of All Time.

[rallymodeller]

They're just about everywhere here. There's a huge rack of them next to nearly every cash register in town, seems like.

BTW, anyone notice that in the last pic, the blue "S-6B"-looking floatplane has Air Canada roundels? Heh.