There I was, innocently Christmas shopping, when a candy display in the drugstore caught my eye.
Kinder had a line of Kinder Surprise eggs with DC Comics Playmobil figurines inside, on sale for the holidays.
Now, I am a big fan of DC Comics; have been for almost all my life. If you’ve been reading my online writings for any length of time, you may know this about me. What you may not know is that I also really like Playmobil. This goes back to when I was little. I had a friend who had a big huge Playmobil setup in his basement or playroom or whatever. And I wasn’t allowed to play with it. I wasn’t allowed to look at it! I don’t think he was allowed to play with it! Because this was one of those homes where everything had to be just so. Anyway, I wasn’t able to indulge my Playmobil cravings until I was a grownup.
They just look so neat. Cheerful, colourful, clean, vaguely European, the figures ready to have a medieval adventure or work on a horse farm. I find the Playmobil aesthetic endlessly appealing.
So anyway I snapped up the Kinder eggs. Eight boxes, three eggs each, twenty-four figures. I couldn’t tell which ones I was getting; it turns out there were sixteen different characters available and I got twelve of them and twelve doubles. (Lots of Aquamans.) They aren’t full-sized Playmobil figures. They’re scaled down to about half size, and don’t have full mobility. Anyway, here are the little petants:
Still missing four characters: Harley Quinn, Supergirl, Robin, and Black Adam. I may not get them; there may be no more on the shelves around here. I’d like to have Supergirl and Robin, at least. You may be sure that I’ll keep you up to date on these important matters.
Matthew Elmslie 
i have dupes of all of them except flash, robin and riddler!
Okay, so, let us communicate clearly here. Are you saying a) you have all of them, including duplicates of all of them, except only one each of Flash, Robin, and Riddler, or b) you have all of them, duplicated, except you don’t have any of Flash, Robin, or Riddler? I ask because there seems to be the possibility of a trade floating in the air.
Possibly up for a trade! I don’t have Robin, a friend has the flash and Riddler for me. They have some other duplicates as well.
I have duplicates of aquaman, batgirl, cat woman, supergirl, black adam and superman.
Ah, okay. I don’t think I have anything for you then. I don’t have Robin and you’ve got everything else covered; I would be interested in Supergirl and Black Adam. I do have duplicates of Cyborg, Aquaman, Catwoman, Batman, Joker, Green Lantern, and Batgirl. (Lots of Aquaman.) So I don’t think there’s really a way we line up.
But they’re cool! Look at the little jamokes.
I have 7 aquaman, it feels like every egg I open has either him or batgirl in it!
Trying to think about what to do with all of the duplicates, it has been a fun journey trying to get the whole set. My friend purchased 48 eggs and got the whole set!
It’s pretty neat. I’d like some Legionnaires in there, but, baby steps.