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Man, I got those things for years as gifts from my (Swiss) Godmother. Always wondered why it stopped, but never asked. Maybe she heard about the ban?

I’ve got a drawer full of dozens of the toys. They were awesome!

Well, to be fair, Kinder Eggs kind of suck.
As the comedian Bill Bailey says, you know it’s a crap toy covered in crap chocolate, and they are, indeed, Eggs of Numbing Inevitability.

Hey, when I was eight, having too colors of chocolate layered together was a pretty neat novelty, and getting to put together those toys was a blast. And taking them apart and putting them back together and so on, which is exactly what I wanted out of a toy (so many of my action figures ended up with swapped limbs/heads for that reason…). It was about the perfect little package of fun, for me.

I’m only surprised that the CPSC hasn’t banned Faberge Eggs.

Occasionally I’ve been able to find Kinder Eggs at a local store that stocks many imported items. Haven’t seen them the last few times I was there however. The store does stock a lot of that manufacturer’s products.

Oh, and the little toy is encased in a plastic cylinder inside the relatively thin chocolate “egg”. It’s not really probable that a kid would bite in and swallow the toy and its enclosure, but I guess it is possible and the gubmint has to save those poor souls from their own selves.

Won’t somebody please think of the children?

Strange restrictions can work both ways of course, here’s one I remember where it’s the Canadian laws that cause the trouble.

http://www.actsofgord.com/Chronicles/chapter39.php