McDonalds FurReal Friends and El Tigre Toys 2008 Happy Meal

McDonalds FurReal Friends were included in happy meals during January and February 2008 along with El Tigre happy meal toys. The set includes four El Tigre happy meal toys and four FurReal toys. The El Tigre toys are based on Nickelodeon animated TV series about Manny Rivera, a 12 year old superhero while FurReal is a toybrand division of Hasbro.

McDonalds FurReal Friends

McDonalds FurReal Friends set is a targeted happy meal option for girls. The set of four includes cute plush animals with an accessory attached. At the time McDonalds guests could visit the website and create an adoption certificate for their FurReal Friends pet.

Included in the 2008 McDonalds FurReal Friends set are:

1. Bear with Bottle Accessory - Upright brown bear with pinky red bottle accessory attached.
   


2. Puppy with a Bone Accessory - Brown puppy with yellow bone.
   
   


3. Kitten with Bottle Accesssory - Black and white cat with light purple bottle accessory.
   


4. Bunny with Carrot Accessory - White bunny with orange carrot with green top.
   

Note: In Brazil the toys are similar but not identical. The kitten (Gatinho) is gray and the bear (Ursinho Panda) is a panda bear with a blue bottle accessory instead. The dog (Cachorrinho) has a red bone instead of yellow one. The rabbit (Coelhinho) appears to be identical.

El Tigre McDonalds Toys 2008

El Tigre is a four piece toy set that features El Tigre and other cast of the animated series. Each toy has a pretty fun gimmick with the hat missile launcher Señor Siniestro and Grandpapi spinning hat the two standout toys. The McDonald's toys were on promotion from January 18 to February 14, 2008.

1. El Tigre - Action figure with brown boots and red bandana. T on his forehead.
   
   Push the lever on the back to activate the spinning claw hand.


2. White Pantera - Action figure wearing white shirt, black pants, yellow boots. Red head.
   
   Move right arm to activate kick action of right leg.


3. Señor Siniestro - Action figure in black outfit. Wears two bandoliers of bullets with an x in the middle as per Mexican bandit. Red head with a flat top
   
   Detachable hat accessory which when inserted becomes a missile launched by pressing the skull on his back. Legs have articulation.


4. Grandpapi - Wears yellow Mexican hat (sombrero) with one legged green bird Señor Chapi sitting on it.
   
   Press button on back of toy to make his hat spin around.

McDonalds El Tigre and FurReal Friends Happy Meal Bag

There is a specially themed happy meal bag from 2008 for the El Tigre and FurReal promotion. One one side are graphics from the El Tigre TV series with the Adventures of Manny Rivera highlighted. Also hightlighted are "Bienvenedos! Welcome to Miracle City. I am El Tigre. Beware my claws of silver! Can you find my churros? They are delicious."

On the reverse side of the McDonalds bag is FurReal Friends featuring Kitty which has an unravel Kitty's ball of wool challenge. Fun animal facts about collective names for animals are included with a did you know section. Bears - sleuth, : rabbits - colony, dogs - pack, and cats - clowder.

El Tigre and FurReal Friends is the first promotion of 2008. The promotion falls between Lego Bionicle and Strawberry Shortcake in December 2007 and January 2008 and The Spiderwick Chronicles in February and March 2008. If you want El Tigre or the McDonalds FurReal Friends for your happy meal collection you can still buy these on eBay.



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What do McDonalds Madagascar 2 Happy Meal Toys 2008 Say?

McDonalds Madagascar 2 Toys 2008 were distributed in happy meals in the USA in November and December of 2008 as a tie-in to the Dreamworks Madagascar 2 Escape to Africa movie. The Madagascar 2 toys are part of a global promotion with toys being released around the world to coincide with the movie arriving in theaters in November 2008.

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How Many McDonalds Madagascar 2 Happy Meal Toys are There?

Escape to Africa happy meal toy promotion is a set of 8 plastic character inspired toys from the Madagascar Escape 2 Africa movie. The promotion ran at McDonalds restaurants within the US from November 6 to December 3, 2008.

There are eight toys included in the McDonalds Madagascar Escape 2 Africa happy meal toys set are:

• Alex - the lion
• Melman - the giraffe
• Gloria - the hippo
• Moto Moto - the hippo
• Skipper - the penguin
• Mason - the chimp
• Julien - the lemur
• Marty - the zebra

What Do Madagascar 2 Escape to Africa Happy Meal Toys Say

The McDonalds Madagascar 2 toys each come with a sound chip activated by a switch on the back of the toy and tilting the happy meal toy. Each character toy says up to three phrases from the Madagascar 2 movie.

So many people keep asking me what do the McDonalds Madagascar Escape 2 Africa happy meal toys say as you do have to listen quite hard to get what they are saying.

Gloria the Hippo says:

• “Alrighty boys,”
• “Let’s go”
• “I know that’s right!”




Moto Moto the Hippo says:

• “I know I’m every hippo’s dream”
• “Wow.”

For a complete list of what each toy says and more details about this set please visit toycollectornz.blogspot.com

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UK (November 26, 2008 - January 6, 2009)

Although there were 8 McDonalds Madagascar Escape 2 Africa toys released in the UK the set is not entirely the same as the US set.

• Gloria and (Nov 26 - Dec 2 2008)
• Julien (Dec 3 - Dec 9, 2008)
• Alex and Skipper (Dec 10 - Dec 16 2008)
• Moto Moto (Dec 17 - Dec 23 2008)
• Marty (Dec 24 - Dec 30 2008)
• Phil and Mason (Dec 31 2008 - Jan 6 2009

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Happy Meal Set of 8 Toys UK and Europe

Notice that the Mason toy that is in the US release has been replaced by the Phil and Mason toy in the UK version. I understand this was also true for sets in various European countries.

Phil and Mason is a plastic wind-up toy happy meal toy approximately 4 inches tall.

McDonalds Madagascar 2 Toys UK Phil and Mason Toy

There was also a special Madagscar Escape 2 Africa themed happy meal box released in the UK featuring Marty prominently on the front.

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Australia and New Zealand (Release December 22, 2008)

For more information on this release please visit McDonalds Madagascar Toys 2008 Australia

Mexico, Brazil, Latin America and Rest of South America

There were 9-10 plush (peluches) McDonalds Madagascar 2 happy meal toys released depending on location. The Madagascar 2 toys are quite large, for example, Melman stands at 9 inches or 23 cms. The Madagscar 2 set from Uruguay had 10 plush toys (juguetes) including Gloria, Moto Moto, Alex, Baby Alex, Jason, Julien, Maurice, Marty, Skipper and Melman. #cajitafeliz #mclanchefeliz

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While no longer available at McDonalds it is still possible to buy these toys on auction sites like EBay and Etsy. Why not take a moment now to browse what McDonalds Madagascar Escape 2 Africa toys 2008 are currently available for purchase.

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