Comments on: A Haiku and a Happy Meal toy! http://www.scary-crayon.com/blog/07-29-2008/lugnut-hk81/ It's Scary-Crayon's blog, baby. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:59:02 +0000 hourly 1 By: Wes http://www.scary-crayon.com/blog/07-29-2008/lugnut-hk81/#comment-36708 Wes Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:14:56 +0000 http://www.scary-crayon.com/?p=758#comment-36708 Ah, but he is! That Batman's actually appeared on the site before, btw -- I used him back in <a href="http://www.scary-crayon.com/dphell/halloween05/" rel="nofollow">the 2005 Dusty Plastic HELL Halloween comic</a>. The Dracula in that comic was a kids' meal toy (albeit one from Burger King) as well! :mrgreen: Ah, but he is! That Batman's actually appeared on the site before, btw -- I used him back in the 2005 Dusty Plastic HELL Halloween comic. The Dracula in that comic was a kids' meal toy (albeit one from Burger King) as well! :mrgreen:

]]> By: Albert http://www.scary-crayon.com/blog/07-29-2008/lugnut-hk81/#comment-36704 Albert Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:56:47 +0000 http://www.scary-crayon.com/?p=758#comment-36704 That Batman looks too good to be a Happy Meal toy. That Batman looks too good to be a Happy Meal toy.

]]> By: Wes http://www.scary-crayon.com/blog/07-29-2008/lugnut-hk81/#comment-36565 Wes Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:03:46 +0000 http://www.scary-crayon.com/?p=758#comment-36565 We did the same thing with the Tiny Toons cars -- I think I did end up with two of each so that the entire gang (or at least the ones that got Happy Meal toys) could be present at any given time. :) As far as the promotion goes, it apparently started on July 5th... so it looks like it got three weeks, tops. That's totally lame! And yep, that's the Bumblebee I'm waiting for! I usually don't go for legends figures at all (I do have one of the movie 2-packs, but that was really just to satisfy my curiosity), but the size totally makes sense for Bumblebee. And if he's good, I may end up with a tiny Cliffjumper as well! Not to mention Waspinator... Of course, it's entirely possible that my enthusiasm will have waned by the time they're released. :) We did the same thing with the Tiny Toons cars -- I think I did end up with two of each so that the entire gang (or at least the ones that got Happy Meal toys) could be present at any given time. :) As far as the promotion goes, it apparently started on July 5th... so it looks like it got three weeks, tops. That's totally lame!

And yep, that's the Bumblebee I'm waiting for! I usually don't go for legends figures at all (I do have one of the movie 2-packs, but that was really just to satisfy my curiosity), but the size totally makes sense for Bumblebee. And if he's good, I may end up with a tiny Cliffjumper as well! Not to mention Waspinator...

Of course, it's entirely possible that my enthusiasm will have waned by the time they're released. :)

]]> By: Clown Prince of Crime http://www.scary-crayon.com/blog/07-29-2008/lugnut-hk81/#comment-36564 Clown Prince of Crime Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:38:27 +0000 http://www.scary-crayon.com/?p=758#comment-36564 Woah, Lugnut is barely recognizable in robot form. Anywho, nice review, Wes! Ah, I remember those Tiny Toon Adventure cars! It was pretty cool how they were essentially, like, two toys in one. I think I tried to get extras of some of them so that I could have characters interact that otherwise couldn't due to sharing the same car. And I totally missed the boat on this Transformers Happy Meal. Seriously, how long did it last and how come I haven't seen any commercials for it on TV? When you said that you remember these promotions lasting longer when you were a kid... I got to thinking that I remember them lasting longer, too. Though even when I was a kid, they didn't last long enough for me to snag a complete set. When I was little, it was mostly because of how much of a hassle it was to convince my parents to buy me a Happy Meal. Nowadays, the hassle is the promotions don't last long enough and I can't find a McDonald's that actually has ALL of the toys that I want. I specifically said McDonald's, but in reality I mean this with all fast food chains that do the Kid's Meal thing (like Burger King, Wendy's, Jack in the Box, etc.). On a slightly different tangent, I've seen pictures of Legends Class Bumblebee. He, indeed, looks pretty sweet. As seen in the following link: http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/9165/1214517132toylegendstfacj7.jpg Woah, Lugnut is barely recognizable in robot form. Anywho, nice review, Wes! Ah, I remember those Tiny Toon Adventure cars! It was pretty cool how they were essentially, like, two toys in one. I think I tried to get extras of some of them so that I could have characters interact that otherwise couldn't due to sharing the same car.

And I totally missed the boat on this Transformers Happy Meal. Seriously, how long did it last and how come I haven't seen any commercials for it on TV? When you said that you remember these promotions lasting longer when you were a kid... I got to thinking that I remember them lasting longer, too. Though even when I was a kid, they didn't last long enough for me to snag a complete set. When I was little, it was mostly because of how much of a hassle it was to convince my parents to buy me a Happy Meal. Nowadays, the hassle is the promotions don't last long enough and I can't find a McDonald's that actually has ALL of the toys that I want.

I specifically said McDonald's, but in reality I mean this with all fast food chains that do the Kid's Meal thing (like Burger King, Wendy's, Jack in the Box, etc.).

On a slightly different tangent, I've seen pictures of Legends Class Bumblebee. He, indeed, looks pretty sweet. As seen in the following link: http://img145.imageshack.us/im.....tfacj7.jpg

]]> By: Wes http://www.scary-crayon.com/blog/07-29-2008/lugnut-hk81/#comment-36550 Wes Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:49:15 +0000 http://www.scary-crayon.com/?p=758#comment-36550 86, eh? That explains it -- I was in Germany at the time! We got lots of Kinder Eggs over there, but not so much with the Happy Meals. Anyway, those boats rock! Few things in this world are as cool as tiny boats with Grimace and McNugget people molded into their decks. 86, eh? That explains it -- I was in Germany at the time! We got lots of Kinder Eggs over there, but not so much with the Happy Meals. Anyway, those boats rock! Few things in this world are as cool as tiny boats with Grimace and McNugget people molded into their decks.

]]> By: Rha http://www.scary-crayon.com/blog/07-29-2008/lugnut-hk81/#comment-36536 Rha Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:43:15 +0000 http://www.scary-crayon.com/?p=758#comment-36536 I feel I really need to share with you the awesomeness of the happy meal boats. apparently they were from 86. I don't know how old you are. maybe that was before your time. anyways... <a href="http://thefwoosh.com/pics/albums/userpics/12330/hmealboat.jpg" rel="lightbox[758]" rel="nofollow">linky</a> <a href="http://thefwoosh.com/pics/albums/userpics/12330/hmealboat2.jpg" rel="lightbox[758]" rel="nofollow">linky</a> <a href="http://thefwoosh.com/pics/albums/userpics/12330/hmealboat3.jpg" rel="lightbox[758]" rel="nofollow">linky</a> I feel I really need to share with you the awesomeness of the happy meal boats. apparently they were from 86. I don't know how old you are. maybe that was before your time. anyways...

linky

linky

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]]> By: Wes http://www.scary-crayon.com/blog/07-29-2008/lugnut-hk81/#comment-36528 Wes Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:01:29 +0000 http://www.scary-crayon.com/?p=758#comment-36528 Those Happy Meal transforming toys were definitely among the best kids' meal toys ever -- if not among the best transforming robots period. Certainly not in terms of size or complexity, but there's something just awesomely wacky (or wackily awesome) about robots transforming into food items! The only thing comparable is robots transforming into dinosaurs, so I can see why McDonald's thought it might be cool to have dinosaurs transforming into food. I admittedly thought it was pretty cool too, though you're right that it didn't make a whole lot of sense. Perhaps the food items gained life through contact with the Allspark and tried to transform into the most threatening things they could think of to avoid being eaten? And I must have missed the boat promotion! I don't recall that at all -- the closest things I can think of are the beach pails and shovels and Halloween treat buckets. The boat thing does sound awesome, though... even if I would never have taken my toys to the pool. Glad you approve of the Shadowbox setup, but I'm not sure you should be wishing for my stubbornness and obsessive persistence when it comes to relatively trivial things! Would you believe I'm <i>still</i> tinkering with it? Ugh. Those Happy Meal transforming toys were definitely among the best kids' meal toys ever -- if not among the best transforming robots period. Certainly not in terms of size or complexity, but there's something just awesomely wacky (or wackily awesome) about robots transforming into food items! The only thing comparable is robots transforming into dinosaurs, so I can see why McDonald's thought it might be cool to have dinosaurs transforming into food. I admittedly thought it was pretty cool too, though you're right that it didn't make a whole lot of sense. Perhaps the food items gained life through contact with the Allspark and tried to transform into the most threatening things they could think of to avoid being eaten?

And I must have missed the boat promotion! I don't recall that at all -- the closest things I can think of are the beach pails and shovels and Halloween treat buckets. The boat thing does sound awesome, though... even if I would never have taken my toys to the pool.

Glad you approve of the Shadowbox setup, but I'm not sure you should be wishing for my stubbornness and obsessive persistence when it comes to relatively trivial things! Would you believe I'm still tinkering with it? Ugh.

]]> By: Rha http://www.scary-crayon.com/blog/07-29-2008/lugnut-hk81/#comment-36479 Rha Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:27:17 +0000 http://www.scary-crayon.com/?p=758#comment-36479 and, oh yeah, shadowbox is looking tight. way better than my own half-assed installation of it. i wish i had your stick-to-it-tiveness. and, oh yeah, shadowbox is looking tight. way better than my own half-assed installation of it. i wish i had your stick-to-it-tiveness.

]]> By: Rha http://www.scary-crayon.com/blog/07-29-2008/lugnut-hk81/#comment-36478 Rha Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:25:02 +0000 http://www.scary-crayon.com/?p=758#comment-36478 Wow... If I had known MickeyD's was putting craptastic transformers in their happy meals i would have run right out and snagged a few! I have almost every one of those old-school transformable menu item figs in your pic. Man I loved those things as a kid! I liked the later dinosaur ones too, but they made little sense to me. The backyard fights between my mcdonalds transformers and my battle beasts were epic. do you remember the summer when they did boats? like, the happy meal box itself was a plastic boat that snapped open to reveal your burger and fries and chicken nuggets and what-not. those were the best ever. because you could stash your other happy meal toys and gi joes and the aforementioned battle beasts inside and send them off on harrowing adventures at sea (in the pool). Inevitably great waves would capsize the boats and then underwater chaos would ensue... I'm rambling. I have not idea what my point is. Other than that happy meal toys pull out the geeky nostalgia in me. Wow... If I had known MickeyD's was putting craptastic transformers in their happy meals i would have run right out and snagged a few!

I have almost every one of those old-school transformable menu item figs in your pic. Man I loved those things as a kid! I liked the later dinosaur ones too, but they made little sense to me. The backyard fights between my mcdonalds transformers and my battle beasts were epic.

do you remember the summer when they did boats? like, the happy meal box itself was a plastic boat that snapped open to reveal your burger and fries and chicken nuggets and what-not. those were the best ever. because you could stash your other happy meal toys and gi joes and the aforementioned battle beasts inside and send them off on harrowing adventures at sea (in the pool). Inevitably great waves would capsize the boats and then underwater chaos would ensue... I'm rambling. I have not idea what my point is. Other than that happy meal toys pull out the geeky nostalgia in me.

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