Tuxedo Ducky from Empire Theatre

Name: Tuxedo Ducky
Interests: Watching movies, especially trailers. Dressing up and dining in formal restaurants (since I love wearing my tux out).
Where to Find: Toy machine at Empire Theatre (I have also seen the machine at Taco Bell)
Brand: Eye Poppers by Krazy Town
Price: $2.00 Cdn

There is a world outside my plastic bubble!

Oh no, the plastic bubble in front of me just went down the shoot! Good Luck Ducky probably just plummeted to his death. Wait a minute. I am next in line for the shoot. Now it’s dark. No duckies plummet down the shoot when it’s dark.

What is that sound? “Ahh I am falling help me. Noooooo.” Wait I am still alive. What is this place. I smell popcorn and pretzels and I haven’t eaten in forever. My plastic bubble is opening. I can move. I am free.

“Tuxedo Ducky! I am so lucky that with one toonie I received the second last ducky in the set. Now I just need the Dracula Ducky. Does anyone have it? Does anyone want to trade?”

Who is this man and this woman? My owners I guess. Ahh plush red seats in a movie theatre. Taken 2. Good choice.I have wanted to see this movie for a while. It should be a good night.

Fire Ducky from Edmonton

Name: Fire Ducky
Interests: Racing any type of vehicle.
Where to Find: Vending Machine at Cineplex Odeon North Edmonton
Brand: Eye Poppers by Krazy Town
Price: $2.00 Cdn

Faster than fire.

Fire Ducky has a base colour (spelled the Canadian way even on an American holiday) of black and has white eyes and a white beak. His wings are in the shape of fire and are orange, red and yellow.

In addition to racing cars, bike, quads and snowmobiles, this ducky is a bit of a pyromaniac. He always has a set of matches in his pocket and has set too many things on fire to count.

High Roller Ducky from Edmonton

Name: High Roller Ducky
Interests: Bringing in the dough any way I can.
Where to Find: Vending Machine at Cineplex Odeon North Edmonton
Brand: Eye Poppers by Krazy Town
Price: $2.00 Cdn

Show me the money.

Since the Eye Popper ducks are so hard to open, I decided I must share my strategy for opening the little egg shaped containers:

1. Get a hammer.
2. Place the egg on the floor or better yet-outside.
3. Smash the hammer onto the seam of the egg (exact middle) a few times.

Note: If the shell is breaking, continue to hammer at the shell until it is completely broken and you can safely remove the duck

4. Pick up the egg and pull it apart or unscrew it apart.

High Roller Ducky is all grey except for his 24kt gold beak (no it’s not real gold of course) and the 18kt gold “$”sign necklace hanging around his neck. The High Roller Ducky that I got has a worn off “$”sign necklace. It wasn’t painted thick enough.

8 Ball Ducky from Edmonton

Name: 8 Ball Ducky
Interests: Playing pool
Where to Find: Vending Machine at Cineplex Odeon North Edmonton
Brand: Eye Poppers by Krazy Town
Price: $2.00 Cdn

Don’t sink me.

Yesterday we took my daughter to see Brave. It was a very cute movie and we saw it at the North side Cineplex Odeon so that I could buy a few Eye Popper duckies after the movie. My daughter loves carrying around the little capsules of duckies. Since the containers are almost impossible to turn, twist and pull apart, I knew they weren’t choking hazards.

I spent $30.00 trying to get the complete set of ducks (toy machines bring randomness and rarity to trying to complete a collection). I received many duplicates and have a new set of 5 for my friend who also collects rubber ducks.

8 Ball Ducky is unique out of the 11 eye popper ducks because he is the only duck that has googly eyes like cookie monster. One eye is looking up to the right and the other is looking down to the left. He is all black including his beak and he has an 8 ball on his belly. Shake him to find out if he is a magic 8 ball.

Does anyone want to trade me? I still need the dracula ducky and the ducky in the suit (these are probably the rarest and only 7 were made or something).

Zombie Rubber Duck from Edmonton

Name: Zombie Ducky
Interests: Popping out my pupil-less eyes at people
Where to Find: Vending Machine at Cineplex Odeon North Edmonton
Brand: Eye Poppers by Krazy Town
Price: $2.00 Cdn

I can still see you.

Anytime a collector of anything hears “collect all...” she is usually enticed to collect the entire set. This was how I felt at Cineplex Odoen on the Northside. I was there to see The Hunger Games and I spotted a ducky vending machine. This is the third ducky vending machine that I have seen in Edmonton. I waited in line at the concession for 10 minutes to try to get change for toonies. However, they didn’t have any. Don’t waste your time. Go straight to the box office for change. Anyway, I purchased 9 duckies and 3 of them were repeats, but I ended up with 6 of the 11. Not bad.


Zombie Ducky was the third duck that shot out of the vending machine. He is squishy, has no pupils, has a pink bill and the outline of an X-Ray on his chest. Stay tuned to learn about the other Eye Popper ducks.