Kinder Surprise: Monster Hotel
You know the drill. Supermarket. New limited edition food product. Buy, take photos, write about it.
Words can’t describe how awesome it is to see the standard Kinder Surprise red-and-white packaging all pimped out in Halloween get-up. I don’t think I’ve ever seen the Kinder Surprise visuals fucked with before, so hopefully this will lead to all kinds of seasonal and promotional shit in the future.
I’m a bit confused as to why this is coming out now. It’s nowhere near Halloween. At first I thought it might be a tie-in with that new Monster House movie, but then I realised there’s a difference between a house and a hotel. Maybe they’re trying to ride on the coat-tails of Monster House, although I don’t see it being a huge Shrek-or-Nemo-like success.
I like how the words ‘Value 3 Pack’ are done in a suitably scary font. I like to imagine Vincent Price saying it.
There’s our dramatis personae (click so you can actually see it). I remember as a kid getting the free catalogue with the new Kinder Surprise line-up each year. I wasn’t even that into the toys (except the gnomes… god, those gnomes were good), but getting a free glossy magazine was right up my alley.
‘Yo-yeti’? ‘Dracool’? ’DRAGOGATOR’?!?! The only explanation I can offer is that some Kinder employee fished a list of rejected Pokemon names outta the trash behind Nintendo HQ.
Aww. I was kinda hoping the eggs would be Thriller-ised too.
Hard to believe that all that came outta three little eggs. I bet those Germans would be real good at Tetris.
And three frustrating hours later, the fruit of my labours! The thing that was hardest to put together wasn’t even a damn Monster Hotel toy, but a Mexican bandmember. What is it with Mexicans lately?
I’m glad I actually was ”lucky enough to find one today” (see the boxfront), cos otherwise there woulda been some pain at Kinder HQ.
I don’t get what’s supposed to be so scary about this Doublesam character. And I find it very hard to believe that they’re both named Sam.
Probably the only redeeming factor about this whole affair is the kick-ass mini-poster above.
I think they all look so happy because they have their own hotel. Monster Hotel is like the only place these poor guys can go without being harassed by regular folk. Just look at the pure glee on Dragogator’s face! He can’t fucking wait to get his key and just go chill up in his room. Eat a couple of Toblerones, maybe catch a flick on hotel cable.
About the only guy who doesn’t look happy to be there is Yo-yeti. I think that’s because everyone is so enamoured of his silly name that they’ll just call out “Yo! Yeti!” all day, and he’ll turn around to see who it is but they’ll have disappeared or flown away or something. That shit could get old real quick.
I could write twenty-thousand words on that picture, but I won’t.
I’ll leave you with an animation of our mariachi band member. Enjoy.
Cool, This stuff reminds of the Real Ghostbusters toys from the 80’s. I’m 24 years old, But if I ever saw this kind of shit in stores I so buy it no matter how the chick was at the check out line.
As 1/4 Mexican myself, I hope they spare me in the upcoming advertising revolution. I bow to my south of the border slavemasters and will gladly round up the weaker ones from society as fodder for the all night Mariachi concerts and soccer games!
Viva Revolucion!
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can u give me a photo of a kinder surprize eggs where they put the monster fron the monster hotle pleaz cuz i havent got any yet and im poor. we hav no house so plz.
By Angus
Uhh.. I don’t know what you’re asking there exactly, Angus. Wish I could help, though. Get well soon. I mean, get a house soon. You know.
oh wow, they’re fantastic. i am a very serious 40yr young, i love these characters, i would like them all, they depict human behaviour and immediately on seeing them, they reminded me of people i know.
I didn’t know that they had box sets from the monster hotel series. In witch country did you get these?
I have a blog just about the kinder toys. And you can see more about the Monster Hotel series here http://www.chokoegg.com/?cat=8
These are my favorite toys from Kinder Surprise. There’s also a second series with these figures in the same set where they’re all driving bizarre vehicles. Mummyboo rides a motor scooter!
George: Australia.
Joachim: I must have Dragogator on whatever he’s riding. I love monsters on vehicles, it reminds me of old hotrod art.
i think u should only put monster hotel things on this page i mean , like it is a monster hotel page isant it well i , think so.i think u should put all the monster hotel toys in here like u know what i mean it is like i , said a monster hotel page.i would like to know ur name im 7 if u wanna know.i have got heaps of kinder supises like kids like kinder surpises dont they, i think so.id like to know ur emai-adress on msn and all that.u have made this web fantstic with ur mind and thats what i like thanku for talking with me by
hello my name is matthew i am asking about my mummy on are moterbike he flying of.
why you should to collect and why you insist to have complet collection .it s just hobby or its a kind of obssision .
l collect kinder toys for 5 years ago
l feel satisfaction every time l find new toy
l like idea that there is allways in this life something new that make me happy
l don t think that l ll feel so satisfaction if l can
got all the new toys imediatelly without to looking for them
hello from romania,
i’m trully a kinder toy collector ….. i have quite plenty (i my opinion) ….. arround 500 hundred ….. and it is a really fun hobby
if there is anyone from romania so we can make trades …. i know it sounds funny
bye bye