The German candy company, Kinder (meaning child) had an extensive license for all three Lord of the Rings movies, producing several different series of promotions. While chocolate wafers came with a series of very nice stickers, by far the most popular were the Kinderegg figure series.

Kindereggs are hollow, foil wrapped chocolate eggs. Inside each specially marked egg was a yellow capsule, inside of which was a randomly inserted movie figure, in pieces. When assembled, figures ranged from about an inch to two inches tall, although the elaborate Treebeard and Shadowfax figures were several inches tall. One version of Saruman came with a Palantir that actually lit up.

Figures came with a tiny, full colour "BPZ", a small paper which described the character and gave instructions to put the figure together. The tiny figures were detailed enough that I ran into several costumers who got ahold of the figures to help model their costumes.

I spent a very happy afternoon at RingCon, munching my way through a pile of Kindereggs, courtesy of my roommate. Not only were the figures a blast, but the chocolate is excellent.

There is so much Kinder material, that I have divided it all down by movie. This page also includes Kinder material from Brazil, France, and Japan. Although not available (and thus not well known) in the USA, Kinder products are widely available worldwide, and the company has brand recognition and as positive a "feel good" reputation as our own Coca-Cola.

Kinder items are widely collected as their own separate discipline, making some items quite sought after.

Fellowship of the Ring / Herr der Ringe die Gefahrten

Trilogy Card Set Rarest of all Kinder LOTR items, this deck of playing cards has photos from all the movies
Diorama Box Set Limited edition, "best" of the painted figures chosen, very hard to obtain, these seldom went under $100 on Ebay. Boxes are cigar style, tie with a ribbon, and have a demi-slipcover.
Germany Sticker Set These were packed with one sticker inserted per chocolate wafer
Mini Book Also inserted in eggs, this HFT book is about the size of a postage stamp, comes with a tiny display stand, and is full of color movie photos
German Box contained three eggs, but only one had a LOTR figure
French Box contained three eggs, but only one had a LOTR figure
Japanese Box
Poster sticker album and map, distributed at retailers
BPZ samples (front & back of each shown)
Aragorn Strider
Arwen
Bilbo
Boromir - nicely detailed down to the shield on his back
Frodo
Galadriel and mirror
Gandalf the Grey
Legolas
Merry & Pippin
Samwise
PAH aka Paletenhanger or Pallet hanger These hung on huge pallets of Kinder eggs
French marketing material
Countertop Holder

Book giveaway display
Flyer distributed to retailers
3rd Party Diorama These heavy paper, punchout scenes are licensed by a third party to Kinder, and kind of semi-replicate scenes from the movies

The Two Towers / Die zwie Turme

Diorama Box Set Limited edition, "best" of the painted figures chosen, very hard to obtain, these seldom went under $100 on Ebay. Boxes are cigar style, tie with a ribbon, and have a demi-slipcover.
Special Diorama Set Not limited edition
Poster calendar and sticker album. distributed at retailers
Stickers these were packed with chocolate wafers. Photos are much enlarged. Actual sticker is not much larger than a postage stamp.
Special Box Set and Gameboard for figures This is where you got the light up Saruman and/or the Treebeard
Eowyn Shieldmaiden
Faramir
Frodo
Legolas
Gandalf the White on rock. He could later be seated on Shadowfax, if you were lucky enough to get one!
Shadowfax
Wormtongue
Orc Overseer
Samwise
Saruman with light up palantir Button is on his back
King Theoden
Stickers samples: these stickers came packed in chocolate wafers candy (photos enlarged)
PAH aka Paletenhanger or Pallet hanger These hung on huge pallets of Kinder eggs
Marketing Campaign Note the photos of the cases, and the special holiday boxes (not the same as the dioramas) Photos include Kinder Riegel (chocolate wafers) and Kinder Eggs.

Return of the King / Die Ruckkehr Des Konigs

ROTK Diorama Set Limited edition, "best" of the painted figures chosen, very hard to obtain, these seldom went under $100 on Ebay. Boxes are cigar style, tie with a ribbon, and have a demi-slipcover. Note the serial number on the bottom of the box
Brazil box with sticker inside
German Box contained 3 eggs, only one had LOTR figure in it
Poster Calendar distributed free at retailers
Special Shadowfax set with puzzle lid Shaker style box had jigsaw puzzle
BPZ
Arwen with BPZ (back and front sides shown)
Elrond with BPZ (front side shown)
Frodo
Treebeard (special figure) Treebeard comes in fivepieces, and stands about 3.5 to 4 inches tall. Yes, he was packed in an egg.
Denethor
Aragorn Elessar
Eomer
Eowyn as Dernhelm
Gandalf the White
Gimli
Gollum
Troll
Stickers (englarged) These stickers, not much larger than postage stamps, were inserted one to a package of chocolate wafers
PAH aka Paletenhanger or Pallet hanger These hung on huge pallets of Kinder eggs
PAH aka Paletenhanger or Pallet hanger These hung on huge pallets of Kinder eggs
PAH aka Paletenhanger or Pallet hanger These hung on huge pallets of Kinder eggs
Point of Sale
Point of Sale Flyer
Countertop Display
Case I think this held one gross (although Hobbits prefer not to use that term)