ISLANDERS flocked to a beach after thousands of toy capsules washed up.

The plastic cases carpeted German North Sea island Langeoog.

4 Eggs-static ... crowds gather to make most of the bounty that washed up on the beach Credit: AP:Associated Press

The toys are thought to be used in chocolate eggs and contain instructions in the Cyrillic alphabet, commonly used for Slavic languages such as Russian and Bulgarian.

4 The plastic cases carpeted the North Sea island of Langeoog Credit: EPA

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4 Treat in store ... the toys are thought to be used in chocolate eggs Credit: EPA

4 Tots treats ... a local nursery will collect the beached bounty Credit: EPA

The items appear to have come from a container lost by a cargo ship en route for the German port of Bremerhaven.

A local nursery will collect the bounty.