Edited by author 06-26-2002 12:26 PM
from doing a little looking around, it appears the popularity is due to adults that collect the toys. i couldn't access the kinder-eggs.com site, but i found a page that has pictures of the eggs and toys:

picture

there is also a cute canadian flash site for children:

kinder surprise

what bugs me is that mcdonalds and burger king and other fast food joints are able to lure kids in with their little plastic toys and months later the toys are found to be dangerous and recalled. it happens over and over again. how did they find out the toys are dangerous? the hard way?