12-year-old Addy Randall is happy to give away his Mr Incredible tile. Photo / Supplied
12-year-old Addy Randall is happy to give away his Mr Incredible tile. Photo / Supplied
Mr Incredible really does exist - at least his tile does, in a set of 36 Disney tiles being given away by Countdown supermarkets.
Herald readers have responded in droves after Newstalk ZB head of talk Jason Winstanley said he and a workmate had collected more than 300 tiles between them but couldn't find Mr Incredible.
Remuera Intermediate student Addy Randall, 12, said he was not collecting the tiles but had a Mr Incredible tile that he would be happy to give away.
"I read the Herald every morning and I saw the story. I was just thinking it would be good to help someone because I don't mind giving them away," he said.
"I'll be the superhero and rescue him," she said. "I'd love him to have it because I really know how frustrating it can be."
Spiers, whose own children are now 29 and 27, said she was trying to find another tile for a 5-year-old girl who was "a friend of a friend of a friend".
The Countdown promotion offers one tile for every $30 spent in its stores.
"I was in there and I spent $27 or $28, and I said to the lady, 'Do you think I can have one tile?'" Spiers said.
"She said, 'No, you can only get one if you spend $30.'
"But the next time I was in there I got a different lady and she gave me a massive big handful. I took them home and opened them and the one that I was looking for was there, and so was Mr Incredible."
Disgruntled dad Jason Winstanley couldn't find Mr Incredible. Photo / Dean Purcell
Spiers said she had seen a lot of people asking for particular tiles on social media and people were "very happy to help out and jump in".
"I don't need a swap, I just want to make someone's day," she said.
"I love to do good turns for people, that's the reason I do the job I do. It's very gratifying - why wouldn't you do someone a good turn? It doesn't cost me anything making someone else's day.
Papamoa woman Serena Spiers found two Countdown supermarket Mr Incredible tiles. Photo / Alan Gibson
"As one of the senior teachers said to me the other day, it's not hard to be kind, is it?