For the past several weeks I have been captivated by videos of adults opening Kinder eggs. “Today I’m going to show you 55 surprises,” a mellow man’s voice promises. The surprises are foil-wrapped ...

An enthusiastic male voice announces the new haul – a dozen fresh Disney-themed Kinder Eggs – while a disembodied hand rotates a fully wrapped chocolate treat for the camera. The hand slowly peels the ...

Unboxing videos are pretty common on YouTube, where tech aficionados unsheathe the latest iPhone, tablet and similar gadgets from their packaging. But there's another type of unboxing that has taken ...

Kids like weird things: Yellow sponge-boys, talking doe-eyed ponies, ruddy-cheeked rodents that say only “pika pika,” and, especially in the past few years, unboxing videos. Kids’ unboxing videos are ...