Beautiful Miniature Food Toys for kids Is there anything greater exemplifying late-stage capitalism than this? A plastic sphere named 5 Surprise Mini Brands is one of the trendiest toys right now. Children buy it (for $5 to $15) and peel it apart to uncover five small copies of branded supermarket items from multinational corporations like Unilever, Hormel, and Kikkoman. There are 70 different brands to collect, some of which are quite uncommon, such as a Mentos bottle with a gold wrapper; all are approximately 1 or 2 inches tall — and one of the surprises may be a plastic shopping cart or shopping basket to practice “shopping” and store your…