Zizzlingers from Zizzle - The Zizzlingers Guide

Zizzlingers are essentially small collectible plastic figures (two inches tall), but packaged with a gimmick that ups the fun factor substantially.  A Zizzlinger packet contains two or three different figures, but the buyer doesn't know which ones.  The figures are revealed only after the buyer drops the packet into hot water. 

Once in the hot water, the bag the figures come in melts away; the water bubbles and fizzes and turns blue or pink, and the figures are revealed.  There are two basic series of Zizzlingers figures: Marvel Heroes and Disney Princesses. Each series contains 24 different figures. 

Since each packet contains only two or three figures (called game pieces by Zizzle, the company that makes them), and since you never know which game pieces you're going to get, collecting a full set can take awhile and involve a number of duplicates.  As a fun touch, the bubbling water turns pink for the Disney Princesses, blue for the Marvel Heroes.

One additional element of Zizzlingers is an included paper/rock/scissors type game.  Each game piece has a symbol on the bottom for a certain animal.  Each animal can defeat some of the other animals and is defeated by others.  Since collectors naturally want to get a complete set, a market has sprung up for the game pieces. In other words, if you haven't been able to get that Marvel Heroes Iceman game piece you've been wanting, another collector may sell you one.  By the same token, you may be able to sell your duplicate Ariel game pieces.