But why doesn' t the UK exist? (Kinder Surprise)

Member Name: cdsmiler81

Product:	Kinder Surprise
Date:	14/10/09 (39 review reads)
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Advantages: Yummy chocolate, great for all ages, fun little toy.

Disadvantages: The supporting website doesn't have a UK section!

Well I've been naughty. I'm 28 years old and I've just bought myself a Kinder Surprise - for no other reason than I fancied one! I've always been a fan of Kinder chocolate, and it was one of those mornings!

Anyway, I'd like to review this current Kinder Surprise bit by bit. I remember Kinder Surprises from when I was young, and I thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing - the yummy chocolate, the little toy you had to put together or fashionable figure, and the annoying plastic egg thing inside that my parents always had to open for me.

The chocolate itself hasn't changed through the years. It's still sweet, and lovely. I do think that the mix of the milk and white chocolate in kinder chocolate products is lovely. Ideal for younger pallets as well as those of us with a sweet tooth. It's a shame there's not more of it! But that opinion comes from someone who's just being a pig!

The plastic container within has, to my surprise, changed! No longer do you struggle quite so much separating the two parts - it's now a hinge system, and with a careful squeeze in the right place, the top flips off. Now that probably sounds quite different to how it actually is, but just trust me that it's easier! Easier whether you're a child (although younger ones may still find it difficult) or whether you're an adult trying to open it as quickly as possible for an over excited child stood next to you ...or for your own enjoyment!

This particular egg didn't have a little plastic toy for me to put together, but had a small strange female fox figure. On closer inspection of the paperwork within, she's apparently a character from Ice Age 3 (I haven't seen it, so didn't recognise her!). She's quite a nicely made little plastic figure, and can see why children would want to collect the range. The 'paperwork' that comes with her points you in the direction of the Kinder website - www.magic-kinder.com - and gives you a little code, which you'd assume you have to input to the website someehere.

Now, I'd say I'm pretty computer savvy. I work with computers and the internet on a daily basis. However, on the opening screen of the website where you see a world map and two lines of flags representing different parts of the world - and you have to click on yours to access your 'local' site - I am stunned to find that there's no UK! My first reaction is that maybe this particular Kinder Egg was originally destined for another country, so I switch on good ol' Google and do a search for "Kinder UK", but all I get is a page telling me that the domain of kinder.co.uk is owned by a company, and that's it!

What a disappointment. Children are very computer confident nowadays, and I'm sure would have loved to have logged online to enter their unique special code to see what fun awaits them. But without a UK site? It's not as if Kinder Eggs are new to the UK afterall! What's going on?

Summary: Kinder Eggs haven't changed - the plastic container is easier to open, but website is poor!