Kinder Surprise
From Tolkien Gateway
Kinder Surprise is a chocolate egg with a toy inside. Prior to the release of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, they included mini-figures based on the movie.
History
Though Kinder Surprise is available in all countries except the United States,[1] this promotion was only for sale in Germany. [2] Sale started on May 11th, 2001, and was one of the first officially licensed Movie Trilogy merchandise. Inside the chocolate egg were ten minifigures, handpainted on plastic.
- Aragorn
- Arwen
- Boromir (with Great Horn)
- Frodo (with the One Ring)
- Galadriel (with Mirror of Galadriel)
- Gandalf
- Gimli
- Legolas
- Merry & Pippin
- Samwise Gamgee
With each statuette came a code with which a lottery on the Kinder website could be entered. A special collector's case was also available.[2]