Zuru 5 Surprise Mini Brands *and other small stuff

[DollyKim]

Guess what I got today! And more extras I'll be processing later.

I still want cupcakes but having Twinkies and Spam makes me feel lots better.

[maywong]

Congrats on getting them. I am still looking for them at Walmart.

[DollyKim]

Thanks. Mine was out for the longest time too so obviously they're reordering to meet the demand.

The surprise and capsule toys were all lumped together and these were at floor level. The box is while based if that helps. If yours locks up some of them check there.

[maywong]

I am hoping they will restock these. I only found some at just 1 Walmart by me.

[Kattriella]

My store finally restocked. I bought 5 of them (left 5 more for the next person this time). I found some new stuff, like the Twinkies and two of the shaving cream/gels. I have 23 different items now according to my checklist (with a LOT of doubles), plus 3 baskets, 2 carts, and a shelf, so technically 26 different items. I've opened a total of 15 balls so far, from two different batches, and it looks like each batch has a different likelihood of different multiples. The first batch had a LOT of the Ponds wrinkle cream (4 out of 10 balls) and 3 Axe deodorants, 3 of the Cherry Blossom Suave, and 4 of the Vaseline Intensive Care with aloe, but this time the main thing I got multiples of was the bags of Dum Dum suckers, which I found in 3 of 5 balls. (I got a few doubles of items I'd gotten one of in. The previous batch.) I think I'm going to wait a couple weeks until the next shipment comes in and grab 4-6 more balls to see if my theory about certain ones being more common in certain batches is true or if this was just a fluke. (Also, I still need the Tresemme conditioner to go with the shampoo, so I need to keep searching out of sheer principal. I could just buy it as a single on eBay, but this way is so much more fun!)

Also, random til if you're looking for certain ones: If you're looking for more of the cardboard or soft plastic ones (like bags of candy or boxes of soap/tea) shake the balls. The more they rattle, the more of the hard plastic toys are inside. I got a that was all hard plastic toys (bottles, mainly), and it sounded like a bottle of vitamins it rattle so much. (Obviously, if you're looking for mainly the toiletries, like I am, you want to look for the really rattlely ones.) This is just my casual observation I thought I'd pass on in case anyone hasn't thought of/realized this yet.

[DollyKim]

Okay, now we need a craft or some other practical use for all those empty balls.

Did the shaking test and a less rattly one had a shelf in it.

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Listen for a rolling noise for Mentos.

I have a decent amount of stuff for trade, still looking for cupcakes and some of the commons.

[DollyKim]

In related news if you can get some of the Shopkins life brands, there's 2 sets, their containers and bags open. Some of it feels like the "club sizes" like the Zuru but then again Shopkins has Circus Animals cookies.

[maywong]

I wish that they would restock these.

[DollyKim]

I've only found them in the Sprawl Mart wild when I'm up early at the bill pay. Sometimes you have to think when would fixed income people get their checks- usually on the first of if that's a weekend or holiday the weekday before and beat them to it. Gotta figure some people buy and flip stuff online.

[maywong]

I see that they added more new stuff to their common list.