Well let me fill you in. A blind bag is a semi expensive, and even less useful small toy such as My Little Pony or Littlest Pet Shop that comes in a "mystery" bag. Yes that's right its a mystery.
It does however come with lots of pictures on the outside, so that way your child gets really excited, and can pick out the one they want. Then they can get equally upset, when they get Snail Squirm My Little Pony instead of Rainbow Dash.
Then comes the meltdown, on your part and the small little person, who is now kicking and screaming for the purple little pony with the rainbow on her butt, and you haven't even left the parking lot yet.
Here's the real kicker, they have thousands of videos on youtube devoted entirely to the opening of said bags. As well as prize eggs, which are pretty much the same thing, only they come in a plastic egg and sometimes have chocolate or play doh as well as a toy and cost more.
Now my daughter is only four, and
she already has a good size collection of these characters which she likes to put in a zip lock baggie and take everywhere we go.
Sounds cute right?
That is until you go to try a pair of shoes on her at the local Target, and she gets up and leaves a small fortune behind.
Can you guess what happens next? World War Three, that's what happens next.
My only advice if your child asks if they can have a prize egg, or blind bag for the first time (if you already gave in there is no hope for you) next time you go to the store is to back away slowly and run for the nearest exit!
I can relate to your story as I fell down the must have the bag of prized toys rabbit hole. I feel your pain when one goes missing. Now I only buy two of the same to avoid the dreaded four year olds meltdown that i experience with my son. And yes the best advice you gave here is run as fast as you can fir the nearest exit. :-)
ReplyDelete