Vivid Imaginations Moshi Monsters Moshling Lucky Dip Bags > Reviews (1)

For anyone that have children of a certain age (ie from 3 onwards), they may well have heard of one of the many fads or crazes that are currently about, with this one being “Moshi monsters”.

Or those who have never heard of them (you lucky, lucky people!), they started life as a internet site, where children could safely (and to start off with for free!), create and design their own “monster”, and then treat it like a virtual pet, creating a bedroom for them, then a house, and collecting any other things available at that time (ie posters, beds, clocks….), to personalise the rooms for the child’s monster.

Alongside the main monster there are also smaller creatures called “moshlings”, which are the main things used within the advertising and merchandising campaign that has suddenly erupted from the site, my children have been members of this site for a couple of years now, and only recently has there been a boom in awareness of it.

Out of all the different pieces of merchandise available my children have found one that means that they can potentially buy two or three packets of afore mentioned “moshlings“, without it taking up all of their hard earned pocket money.

The packs I am now reviewing are what are called “lucky dip” bags, which as you may have surmised are bags that contain two indeterminate moshlings to collect, with these particular bags containing moshings from series 2 (there is of course series 1 moshlings to collect, and now unfortunately also series 3!).

Alongside the two figures there is also a collectors card (which I am now reliably informed an be used in the latest piece of merchandise, a car swapping and collecting game with folder!), and finally the main reason many children want to buy merchandise in the first pace, and that is the online code, which enables the child to claim a certain item for their monsters room, that is not available to purchase with the site’s form of currency (rocks), these range from small things like limited edition wall coverings through to a new and limited edition moshling (the most sot after being Lady Goo-goo and Dustin Beaver!).

Within each pack it is of course very rare to get two limited edition moshlings, so I have been found on numerous occasions standing in the toy aisle in Asda massaging and trying to determine if they are indeed moshlings my children haven’t currently got (difficult as they both have in excess of 30 each!), or in fact 2 “glumps” which are gelatinous round balls with faces, again these can be highly collectable, but are rubbish in my children’s eyes!

There are literally hundreds of characters to be collected, with some of my favourites being Lady Goo-Goo (as she sounds but actually a world famous singing baby!), and also Roxy (a large coloured diamond, they are a girls best friend after all!), and everything inbetween, and the same goes for the collectors cards, but I have (so far!) drawn a ine under the card swapping game, we currently have more footballers and wrestlers residing in my house than the FA and WWE put together!

Price wise these are actually quite reasonable (for the brand name anyway), with a pack setting you bag £1.97 (Asda), and £2.97 if you wish to buy the lucky dip that has the collectors bag in too (I have to say a must have item, nothing worse than standing a sharp one that has been left on the stairs with bare feet!).

I would say these are fun, but should be restricted to the 3-4 years and over, as they could be considered a choking hazard (each figure is self standing but only around 20cm in height).

All in all these are an ok pocket money toy, that even though many may think have a reduced playability factor, are actually well loved and surprisingly well looked after in my house, recommended!

For more information on products and the site itself visit - www.moshimonsters.com

Thanks for reading x