Please and thank you is such a lost art of communication in the world of sneaking in and running out with a guilt ridden face. More so when picking through the lucky dip which is not exactly a lucky dip to pick and run out with.



Homer Simpson, greeting those who enter this Easter lead up period, decked out in sun hat and BBQ apron, holds onto a basket of big plastic eggs.

Inside those eggs, chocolate eggs that people find melts in their mouth. Or in their hand. Or in the back pocket after having forgotten the fact that it has been left there in the first place.

One week remains to the Easter period, where the Comic Shop will be closed over the public holidays of Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Monday.

Would be nice to see the basket at hold onto at least one egg come the end of said period. It's looking thin right now.

 

Contents of the Spider-Man Backpack Bag showbag at the Royal Easter Show at Olympic Park spill out as thus:

• 1 Spiderman Spatter Ball and Catcher $6.95
• 1 Spiderman 2" YoYo $1.95
• 1 Spiderman 2" Kickball $1.95
• 1 Spiderman 6.5" Doll $7.95
• 1 Spiderman Hi Bounce Ball $2.95
• 1 Choice of: Spiderman Backpack or 9" Regulation Basketball $16.95

All with a supposed total retail value of $38.70 against the stall prices of $20.

This, like everything else at the show, does not include anything edible for that price point. The splat balls in the balls and catcher set are just too gelatinous to make any real meal out of. Considering that Chinatown sells croquettes for a rate of $1.70, that's some tough chewing. Of course, there may be cheaper croquettes to be had, but thems paths be crossed by other people.

Add to this the paralysed state of the Spider-Man doll and the locked in string of the super light weight yoyo, and there really isn't much to get out of this. The footsack and the bounceball are perhaps the only two redeeming features of the entire showbag from an entertainment stand point.

Still, the look of Spider-Man frozen in that one pose does look good despite not being good to play with. Much like the state of action figures from McFarlane Toys actually.