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If you’ve followed my page for a while, you will know that my girls are massive fans of plush and collectable mystery real toys and having reviewed a number of products from the Cutetitos range before, we know that the combination of a mystery reveal and a soft and cosy friend to cuddle is guaranteed to be a big hit!
We were recently sent some products from the new Cutetitos Islanditos range, a range of 10 new adorable surprise reveal toys that based on previous experiences of Cutetitos Partyitos, I just knew the girls would love.
New themes are regularly being added to the Cutetitos range, so you can be confident that there will always be lots of fun new characters to reveal and collect.
What are Cutetitos Islanditos?
If you aren’t familiar with Cutetitos already then here’s what you need to know?
These super soft collectable toys come in a surprise mystery bag with a difference. Inside children will reveal a soft, cosy blanket, which they can unroll to reveal a super cute 7.5-inch plush toy.
Each Cutetitos range has a different theme, with some of the blankets looking like burritos and pizzas and in this particular Islanditos range, with a beach vibe, decorated in scenes just like the ocean or beach.
To reveal one of ten new characters, children imply release the velcro seal on the blanket and unroll it to find one of 10 characters. The blanket can also be resealed, so children can wrap the characters back up to tuck them in at night if they wish.
What did the girls love about Cutetitos Islanditos?
Having had a few of the Cutetitos products in the past (Pizzatitos, Unicorntitos and Partyitos), the girls were really excited to check out what the Cutetitos Islanditos range had in store.
As with other Cutetitos ranges, the anticipation of opening them up is super exciting, with the girls looking at the packaging in excitement to see the kind of characters they may discover inside.
After ripping over the mystery bag (which is easy enough for younger children to do without assistance) you could smell the beautiful scents almost immediately – the girls thought they smelled amazing – a fresh, fruity scent, without being too strong or overpowering. For the Islanditos, the scents include coconut, banana or tropical.
The first step to revealing the character involves unwrapping a sparkly piece of shiny hologram paper that was holding the blanket in place.
This step was a little bit like unwrapping a birthday present or indulging in a game of pass the parcel where you are guaranteed to win a prize. Let’s be honest here, I am yet to meet a child who wouldn’t enjoy that!
Once the paper has been ripped away, it reveals the island-themed blanket design underneath, with the surprise character safely snuggled up inside. Neve did this so quickly I barely had chance to take a picture!
To reveal the whole character, you simply peel away the velcro holding the blanket in place and roll it open to reveal the full design of the brightly coloured island theme blankets (We had one covered in a bright blue water design and the other in what looked like a swimming pool with inflatable). Inside you find the super cute character and a collectors card which helps children get to know their character.
There are 10 different characters to collect and we received Cotton Candito the Blue Lobstertito and Mutleyito the Puppito.
Mutleyito came with a bright yellow snorkel, whilst Cottom Candito had a beautiful pink flower on her head and shiny claws!
As with most surprise collectable toys, some of the Cutetitos Islanditos characters are more common than others – ranging from Tutti Frutti to Super Tutti Fruity and Extra Tutti Frutty. The girls were excited to learn that they had found two of the slightly rarer characters inside theirs.
The girls also loved reading facts about their new friend on the included collector card, including their character’s name, birthday and ‘Tutti Fruity’ rating.
Whilst some surprise toys are all about the opening, these toys are just as much fun once the packaging has all been discarded. Super soft to the touch, the plush toys are great to cuddle and slightly weighted. They also include a unique little tutti fruity symbol/cutie mark embroidered on their side.
OVERALL VERDICT
Overall, as expected, the Cutetitos Islanditos, apart from being incredibly difficult to pronounce and spell, went down really well with the girls, who are now understandably keen to try and collect the rest of the set! Some of the other designs are like mermaids, so I know that Neve will be super keen to find those.
At £10 each, I actually think these are relatively good value for money, especially when compared to other surprise reveal toys, it definitely feels like you get more to show for your money once all the packaging has been put away.
You can get your hands on Cutetitos Islanditos at Smyths Toys here.
