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Flying Tiger Everyone Surprise Bag Review

Flying Tiger Everyone Surprise Bag Review

A bundle of joy or overstock tat?

If you haven’t been to a Flying Tiger store, you really should. Unless you hate stores where you are made to walk the entire way around, in which case you probably shouldn’t. Like a mini-Ikea-esque experience, Flying Tiger sees you following the slalom of shelves laden with toys, homeware and crafting goods all the way from the entrance to the tills. Everything is own branded, and pretty reasonably priced, meaning you are very unlikely to come out empty-handed (my boring purchase of the trip – a weighted cello tape dispenser for £3. Tape included. I'm such an adult now).

But what happens to the stock that doesn’t sell? From my own travels to town, I have seen that overstock is sometimes donated to local charity shops (where sadly, they are labelled up at a higher price than you probably would have paid in Tiger in the first place). Sales are also infrequently held instore where all store stock is £1 for one day only (but never on a day I can make it to the shops, *sadface*). Whatever is left from that, it appears, is bundled into a mystery bag and sold off as a low price lucky dip.

At a low price of £3, these bags come in variations suitable for kids or adults (as pictured, the bag I picked was labelled “For Everyone”, although I had no intentions of sharing my goodie bag with anyone). After seeing the holographic pattern in the front window, I had to pick this bag up to find out more.

So, what did I get for my £3? In a pleasant surprise, I got 7 items, making the value of this lucky bag 43p per item. Ranking from my least to most favourite items:

Flying Tiger Mystery Surprise Bag Review Contents 7 items
Surprise Bag Contents

7) Some Christmas socks in size 1.5. Too small for me, too big for the kids for at least the next 5 years.

6) A felt tip pen shaped like a fairy. This isn’t even weighted to stand up on its end, so kind of wibble wobbles about like me after hitting the Christmas Gin. An OK filler to puy away for the Xmas Eve box (if I can still find it by then).

Flying Tiger Mystery Surprise Bag Review Wibbly Wobbly Fairy Pen

5) DIY bottles. These are, erm, tiny empty bottles? That you can put things in? I am crafty, but I’m not yet sure what to do with these. Or if I would have paid 43p for them.

4) A golden mirror. This is a nice little mirror, well made, normal on one side and magnifying on the other so you can sufficiently terrify yourself first thing in the morning, every morning.

Flying Tiger Mystery Surprise Bag Review Glass Bottles Mirror
Small Mirror. Smaller Bottles. Art...?

3) Some metallic marker pens. These are the type you shake and prime, and from my brief testing leave a lovely pigmented paint on paper and a variety of other surfaces. Good value and a nice fine nib compared to others I’ve purchased in the past.

Flying Tiger Mystery Surprise Bag Review Metallic Markers
Nice Nibs

2) A holographic folder. Basic, functional, holographic. I will put paper in these. Or something. But I LIKE.

Flying Tiger Mystery Surprise Bag Review Holographic Folder
This is the pattern that suckered me into this surprise bag. I like.

1) A cute little man you can hook over your door. I've popped my little man to work on the hallway cupboard, holding my coat and rucksack for all eternity (well, for the foreseeable future). The best bit is I didn’t have to get the drill out, as it sits on top of the door itself (it didn't fit on any of our other doors, unfortunately, so your mileage may vary).

Flying Tiger Mystery Surprise Bag Review Man Hook
Hey, Mr. Hookman, what ya doin'? Are you... HANGING AROUND!!!!!

The conclusion? I definitely would purchase the Flying Tiger surprise bag again. There was a lot in there for your money (compared to some of the blind bag tat on marketed at kids these days – I’m looking at you LOL Surprise!), and the product is all good quality. Bear in mind if you buy one of these in January as I did, it is highly likely you’ll end up with unsold Christmas stock, so might be worth picking some up to put away as stocking fillers.

Have you bought a bag? If so, what did you get in it? Let us know in the comments below. To find your nearest Flying Tiger Store, click here.
Be sure to check out our other Flying Tiger Surprise Bag Reviews; the Kids Bag, and the Adults/Teen Bag.

Flying Tiger Mystery Surprise Bag Review
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  1. HV

    September 17, 2019 at 9:50 pm

    My daughter brought a child’s surprise bag. One of its dubious content was a large, long, spongy, brown poo.
    Tacky beyond belief. Totally useless and, in my opinion, unsuitable for a 4 year old.

    Reply
    • Charlotte Cook

      January 10, 2020 at 11:04 am

      Oh my! I do think the "for kids" can be misleading, as it doesn't give a good indication on the ages they're aimed at

      Reply
  2. kim hadleigh

    December 26, 2019 at 11:14 pm

    The fist time me or my family ever had or saw one of these surprise bags. We received them as Christmas presents. Several of us got Halloween themed gifts inside which was a bit strange for Christmas. Obviously old stock from October. What a waste of money and very disappointing!

    Reply
    • Charlotte Cook

      January 10, 2020 at 11:02 am

      That's a shame! They seem hit and miss as to what you can get. I have 2 more articles going up this week with my latest 2 Tiger surprise bags

      Reply

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