Friday, May 22, 2009
Night at the Museum 2 McDonalds Toys 2009
Night at the Museum 2 McDonalds happy meal toys are the latest giveaway at McDonalds. 8 collectible toys make up the Night at the Museum set beginning 22 May 2009 including such favorites as Larry, Rexy and Octavius. The McDonalds release of the Happy Meal collection entitled Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian coincides with the release of the Night at the Museum 2 movie and is part of a global partnership between 20th Century Fox and McDonalds.
In some parts of the world extra Night at the Museum toys are being promoted. For example there are 10 toys in the Night at Museum 2 Australia and New Zealand sets with the addition of Napoleon sitting on a horse and Larry on a motorbike.
Additional collectible McDonalds Night at the Museum happy meal toys available in foreign sets include:
The toys are made of durable plastic and depict 8 different characters from the movie. Each toy figure comes with its own unique gimmick which is activated with the card that comes with it, much like the tablet in the movie. For instance by placing the card in the slot for the Easter Island toy the sound chip gets activated. Plugging the card into the Larry toy gets him racing around. Pull it out and he stops.
The happy meal toys included in the McDonalds Night at the Museum 2 toys set are:
- #1 Easter Island
Says "You can't let me go go". Turn on switch on the back and place card in the slot.- #2 Larry and the Giant Squid
Pull back toy. Pull back to lock into place and then load card in the slot and watch Larry take off. He moves straignt and then makes a u-turn.- #3 Rexy
Dinosaur. Wind up and then place card in the slot and he will start walking.- #4 Able the Space Monkey
Able speeds away in a straight line when the card is inserted.- #5 Octavius
Roman soldier rides a squirrel that trots when card inserted.- #6 Amelia Earhart
Pull back to lock toy then insert card and Amelia takes off in a straight line.- #7 Einstein
Insert card and neck pops up and bobbles around.- #8 General Custer
Rides a motorcycle. Pull back to lock. When card inserted he travels in a straight line.
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Star Trek Toys at Burger King 2009
New for 2009 at Burger King comes the Star Trek Kids Meal Toy Promotion - a toy tie-in with the latest Star Trek movie. There are 16 toys in this promotion doing justice to the long tradition that is Star Trek. Every week 4 toys will be released over a period of 4 weeks. Each toy has its own sound effect and comes with a small booklet describing the line up of toys included in the promotion.
Burger King Star Trek Toys 2009
The Star Trek set of 16 kids meal toys includes the following toys which are divided into Star Trek Officer in the first group and Ships, Vehicles and Gadgets in the second group. Each Star Trek character's signature phrase from the movie is listed beside the figure.
Star Trek Officers
- Captain Kirk - Phrase: “Kirk to enterprise”
- Bones - Phrase: “I’m a doctor, not a physicist”
- Scotty - Phrase: “I’m giving it all she’s got, Captain”
- Uhura - Phrase: “Captain, we’re being hailed”
- Chekov - Phrase: “Ensign Chekov Pavel Andreivich, sir”
- Sulu - Phrase: “Warp 3, sir”
- Spock Prime (Original Spock) - Phrase: “Live long and prosper”
Not only do the Star Trek crew have sound, each vehicle, ship or piece of equipment also has a sound chip which adds to the fun. The list below itemizes the Burger King Star Trek gadgets and ships and the phrase that comes with it.
Ships, Vehicles and Equipment
- USS Enterprise - “Whoosh”
- USS Kelvin - “Red Alert!”
- Warbird - “Zoom”
- Spock's Ship (Jellyfish) - “You’re gonna be able to fly this thing, right?”
- Shuttle - “Approaching Drop Zone”
- Tricorder - Stardate 2248.42
- Communicator - “Beam me up”
- Hover Bike - “Vroom”
16 Star Trek themed promotional toys from Burger King released in February 2009. Each character toy comes complete with sound effects. Watch the video to hear the toys speak:
Watch the Burger King Commercial - 31 secs
Also included in the promotion by Burger King are 4 quality Star Trek frosted glasses which are available for purchase at the rate of one per week over the 4 weeks. Each glass is nicely packaged in a box featuring a Star Trek ship and a checklist on the box. The Burger King Star Trek glasses collection features:
- Kirk and the Enterprise
- Uhura and the Enterprise
- Nero and the Narada
- Spock and the Original Spock with Jellfish Ship
This article has provided a rundown of the toys and glasses being promoted by Burger King in 2009 as part of a tie-in with the latest Star Trek movie. Images of the toys and information about their sound effects is included. Live long and prosper!!!
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