Use the Credit Card Luke..

Bit of an update on the last post..so, its not really so much about the chocolate, as its about the hunting of the chocolate.

Case in point, everyone remembers those Simpsons figures, well I had Simon in Darwin trying to hunt them down for me for godsake. And don't think that M&M's where the only company I have harased via e-mail...

Hi Paul,

Thank you for your email.

Kmart does stock a Simpsons 25 piece figurine set, which was featured in our toy catalogue ended yesterday. They retail for $44.94. In NSW, the following stores might still have some stock location: Broadway, Casula, Warriewood, Sylvania, Bankstown and Castle Hill. I hope you find some luck.

Thank you again and we look forward to seeing you at kmart soon.

Sana Mostafa
Kmart customer relations.


Well, I hunted and searched and ended up driving to the Northern Beaches of Sydney looking for those little yellow bits of plastic. Once hunted, and killed, the desire was gone.

Speaking of hunting...

So I brought my first 'Star Wars' figure since 1978, thats for personal use mind you, not counting gifts.

I was giddy from working for the first time since March and I had a credit card, goddamit.

So it was limited edition, only available for a short time, so I brought 2, one for me and one for ebay. Thinking I could sell one to pay for the shipping, and perhaps the purchase price, of the other. Kinda like having a baby to provide bone marrow for its brother with Leukemia.

Although ebay is having a hard time getting them from me.


And if you think I'm taking it out of the box your surely mistaken, and I'm looking at you, unborn child of mine, Go play with your Lego's or Dolls and leave daddy's toys alone. (I'm sure Uncle Syme will let you play with HIS Star Wars figures)

Come to the dark side

A few years ago M&M's in the USA released a dark chocolate M&M to coincide with the release of 'Revenge Of The Sith'. Well, I was pretty exited and waited, and waited and waited for the product to hit the Australian shelves.

Well Australia did get a 'Come to the dark side' campaign, but it featured just the ordinary milk chocolate M&M's dressed as some sort of Sith lord, go figure, so I waited some more.

I finally wrote to M&M's Australian pleading and begging to them to release the product in Australia. But to no avail. Chalk it up to another product line I can get only in the US of A.

So I then started to frequent those overpriced 'foreign' candy stores you find in the center isle of the mall, and you know what, still couldn't find them. I ranted and raved and ranted some more, but no dice. If I wanted a Snifter, a Twisler or a Yourkie bar, no problems, Dark chocolate M&M's? No sir, cant help.

So.. earlier this year the Dark M&M's became a 'permanent menu item' in the states, so it was just a matter of time.. jump cut to last Sunday, having a cup of tea with an old friend who said in passing, hey O like those dark chocolite M&M's. Half an hour latter, after paying off my wife to look the other way, I had in my over exited hands, 10 packets of overpriced dark chocolate M&M's.

Was it all worth it?

Oh yes it was..