Saturday, December 2, 2017

MGA Releases Crate Creatures Surprise Toys

MGA Crate Creatures Surprise toys
If you are a part of any groups on Facebook with parents scrambling around toy stores looking to grab the hottest holiday gifts for their kids, you'll notice one refrain. WHAT DO I GET MY LITTLE BOY??!! Now, while you might think this is the ideal time for a lesson in gender equality in the toy aisles...it is not, as the mini human (boy OR girl) who isn't fond of sparkles and pastel colors is woefully under-served this season. Yes, there are plenty of Marvel Comics goodies, Transformers, Justice League and Star Wars characters to be consumed, but where is the original idea that leaves play largely to the imagination of your little kid? MGA steps up to solve the problem.

Crate Creatures hit Target stores this week (thanks to Rebecca Logan Pagano for the image and the heads up!) with little fanfare and ZERO pre-promotion at any of the toy events of 2017 Building on the blind bag opening craze that evolved into larger toys being broken out or breaking themselves out (in the case of last year's mega-hit Hatchimals), MGA offers up a selection of monsters you free from a crate to unleash laughs, scares and the obligatory fart noises on an unsuspecting public. While still in the crate, MGA make a try-me feature of the creature's stretchy, ready-to-grab tongue that activates a bevy of sound effects (much like Mattel's Slimer toy from the 2015 mass retail Ghostbusters line). Check out the trailer that is, no doubt, hypnotizing your children as we speak...



"Break into the crate to unbox your new beast friend. Pull their tongues for monstrously fun sounds and gross noises. Record and yak back phrases with your Crate Creatures Surprise! Blizz and Sizzle come in their own crates equipped with a crowbar to unleash the beast. Pull their tongues and they will vibrate and make gross and funny noises. Turn them upside down or tip them over for unique creature sounds. They flap their arms when you shake their tails and make chomping noises when you feed them their treats. Put them back in their crates and unleash them over and over."

MGA Crate Creatures Surprise toysMGA Crate Creatures Surprise toys

MGA Crate Creatures Surprise toysMGA Crate Creatures Surprise toys
MGA Crate Creatures Surprise toys

No telling if this one will hold a kid's attention past noon on any given day, but do any of them? At least Crate Creatures has given thought to replay power (ie; putting the creature back in the crate to release all over again) and the record feature will keep most little boys I know amused for at least a whole half hour!

MGA Crate Creatures Surprise toys
MGA Crate Creatures Surprise toys
MGA Crate Creatures Surprise toys
MGA Crate Creatures Surprise toys

MGA says Crate Creatures will be available via Target stores, Toys R Us and Amazon.com, but we've not seen any listings for the product on any of those retailer's websites, so I suppose we are left to scramble into the holiday shopping fray to score one before your family's chosen holiday celebration. Using Brickseek might make things a little easier
The DCPI for each character are as follows:

Blizz - 087-02-0060
Sizzle - 087-02-0073

For now, it seems the two characters are the initial release, but as seen in the commercial, there's also Snort Hog and Pudge on the way, the latter which may spark the interest of My Pet Monster collectors.

MGA Crate Creatures Surprise toys

MGA Crate Creatures Surprise toys


Happy Hunting!!

3 comments :

  1. When will the other 2 come out my son wants all he already has sizzle and blizz but really really wants pudge

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  2. i have sizzle but pudge is better so i want pudge but he won't come out for like 5 or 6 months and i really want him he's better snort hog is gonna be the worst one and i want the best one and pudge is the best one and i wanna know when pudge will come out

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  3. When will snort hog be released?

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