Day Five
Alright folks, back again, and this time, let’s talk Fizz ‘n Find’s Trick-Or-Treat Surprise! I’m sure none of you out there have ever heard of Fizz ‘n Find, or their fine, mysterious product, but it’s basically one of those ‘mystery toys hidden inside something that dissolves in warm water’. Back in the eighties, we girls had those Magic Nursery dolls, where you’d dip the bib in water and find out if the doll was a girl or boy (and God help you if it was a boy. A lavender onesie? Sorry little girl, your kid’s full-blown gay!). Later on, there were figurines that came blind-boxed in a dissolvable garbage bag. Sewer Warriors or something. Those could lead to some heated exchanges with siblings, since some bags came with two figures in them instead of one. They were the kind of figures where you’d stand in the store and kind of weigh the package by hand before figuring, yeah, this thing is definitely heavy enough to have two guys in it. And oh, the soul-crushing sense of defeat when you would wind up with not only one figure, but one that you already had to boot.
So, the old dissolvable-mystery item is back in Halloween style, with the Trick-Or-Treat Surprise. This time, though, your figure is encased in a fizzing stone, wrapped to look like a Pumpkin. This was found in Target’s mysterious aisle endcap of Halloween goods, where anything and everything is $4.99. Our good buddy Starsong from a few entries back? $4.99. Will this fizzy bauble of mystery be worth that much? Doubtful. But they had me at ‘Glow-In-The-Dark’.
You have a chance of one of four different spooks. Boo, the ghost. Trick, the vampire. Treat, the hang-dog downtrodden Frankenstein’s monster. And finally, Wartsy, the witch. Since Boo is on the front of the package, he looks like the prize pig of the lot. Dear God please, don’t give me Wartsy.
And here it is, in its festive pumpkin shrink wrap. See that face? Thing’s just as expectant as we are to see what’s inside. So let’s get our warm water and satisfy our curiosity.
But first! Place your bets, guys. And no cheating to just look at the end of the article to see what I ended up with. Write it down or something. Boo, Trick, Treat, or Wartsy? The answer may astound you.
Aaaaaaand, we’re off! The stone smells like fruity soap, which may not be far from the truth. I remember getting a huge ball like this fizz-stone one Christmas from an aunt, and it was some sort of bath fizzy. Smelled very similar to this thing, but it didn’t bubble in such a sinister fashion. This fizz action is probably worth a buck in itself.
Just remember to leave plenty of room in your container for the hot, hot fizz-action to take place. Trust me on this one.
Here’s the figure emerging from his tomb. I see glow-in-the dark! Could it be…?
Ten minutes after first dropping this bad boy in the measuring cup, we have a winnah!
It’s Boo! Up yours, Wartsy.
He’s even articulated. He can swivel both arms, his head, and waist. Nice. We got the pick of the litter, and he can be put in a small variety of ‘spooky-arms’ poses. He’s a few inches tall, and looks like something out of a high-end Monster In My Pocket type dealie. And speaking of MIMP, I was going to make an entry about them, though I’m certain much better Halloween bloggers than I have already beaten me to the punch. Alas, it was not meant to be. A search turned up ours had been thrown out years ago. Though I did uncover a lone survivor, hidden amongst a box of my old Barbies. Oh, the indignity!
Check it. The blue one there is apparently called ‘Dryad’ (at least according to an extensive MIMP fansite). Despite his astounding tenacity of being the last MIMP to survive the depths of the basement, his measly 10 point value is no match for the fact Boo will glow after being left under a lamp for a while. Up yours, Dryad. Boo even does a better YMCA.
All in all, Boo’s just your run of the mill glowing figurine. All the excitement to be had rests in watching the thing fizz and dissolve, and the agonizing wait to see which one it is you’ve ended up with. Lots of people are suckers for an air of mystery around something. I know I am, anyway. Oh! And about the glowing…
Aww yeah. (God, what a terrible picture. Glow in the dark things are hard to photograph. Just like all ghosts)
So, the old dissolvable-mystery item is back in Halloween style, with the Trick-Or-Treat Surprise. This time, though, your figure is encased in a fizzing stone, wrapped to look like a Pumpkin. This was found in Target’s mysterious aisle endcap of Halloween goods, where anything and everything is $4.99. Our good buddy Starsong from a few entries back? $4.99. Will this fizzy bauble of mystery be worth that much? Doubtful. But they had me at ‘Glow-In-The-Dark’.
You have a chance of one of four different spooks. Boo, the ghost. Trick, the vampire. Treat, the hang-dog downtrodden Frankenstein’s monster. And finally, Wartsy, the witch. Since Boo is on the front of the package, he looks like the prize pig of the lot. Dear God please, don’t give me Wartsy.
And here it is, in its festive pumpkin shrink wrap. See that face? Thing’s just as expectant as we are to see what’s inside. So let’s get our warm water and satisfy our curiosity.
But first! Place your bets, guys. And no cheating to just look at the end of the article to see what I ended up with. Write it down or something. Boo, Trick, Treat, or Wartsy? The answer may astound you.
Aaaaaaand, we’re off! The stone smells like fruity soap, which may not be far from the truth. I remember getting a huge ball like this fizz-stone one Christmas from an aunt, and it was some sort of bath fizzy. Smelled very similar to this thing, but it didn’t bubble in such a sinister fashion. This fizz action is probably worth a buck in itself.
Just remember to leave plenty of room in your container for the hot, hot fizz-action to take place. Trust me on this one.
Here’s the figure emerging from his tomb. I see glow-in-the dark! Could it be…?
Ten minutes after first dropping this bad boy in the measuring cup, we have a winnah!
It’s Boo! Up yours, Wartsy.
He’s even articulated. He can swivel both arms, his head, and waist. Nice. We got the pick of the litter, and he can be put in a small variety of ‘spooky-arms’ poses. He’s a few inches tall, and looks like something out of a high-end Monster In My Pocket type dealie. And speaking of MIMP, I was going to make an entry about them, though I’m certain much better Halloween bloggers than I have already beaten me to the punch. Alas, it was not meant to be. A search turned up ours had been thrown out years ago. Though I did uncover a lone survivor, hidden amongst a box of my old Barbies. Oh, the indignity!
Check it. The blue one there is apparently called ‘Dryad’ (at least according to an extensive MIMP fansite). Despite his astounding tenacity of being the last MIMP to survive the depths of the basement, his measly 10 point value is no match for the fact Boo will glow after being left under a lamp for a while. Up yours, Dryad. Boo even does a better YMCA.
All in all, Boo’s just your run of the mill glowing figurine. All the excitement to be had rests in watching the thing fizz and dissolve, and the agonizing wait to see which one it is you’ve ended up with. Lots of people are suckers for an air of mystery around something. I know I am, anyway. Oh! And about the glowing…
Aww yeah. (God, what a terrible picture. Glow in the dark things are hard to photograph. Just like all ghosts)
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