Comments on: McDonald’s “Totally Toy Holiday” Happy Meal!

By: Annette

Annette — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 02:21:04 +0000

I was…12 in 1995, although I’m pretty sure I had that Barbie. Don’t recognize any of the other toys, though.

By: Jade

Jade — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:48:39 +0000

I had that barbie.. and my little brother had the knight+dragon. Hell, I think he’s still got it somewhere.

By: Zesty Cactus

Zesty Cactus — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 05:29:14 +0000

Yeah, I totally would have shot for the Barbie when I was little, and I actually remember owning it, too. Smooth.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:40:28 +0000

Ahh so many memories, loved and had the car w/ ramp and the knight doesnt get any better than the knight!

By: Cutie Kitsune

Cutie Kitsune — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:40:52 +0000

Oh my…I remember these…I was 11 1/2 at the time, and had a very small appitite, so I got a happy meal. I got the “Once Upon A Dream” Princess Figurine (which I think is still bouncing around in a box in my basement) and my brother got the Fisher-Price Great Adventures “Knight Figurine”.

I also happen to remember they didn’t sell well in my city, and two years later, they used them as ‘Mystery Toys’ in Happy Meals between themes (in other words, between the good toys)
I was sitting in Mcdonalds, enjoying my Big Mac, and a kid two tables over let out an almighty shriek, because she had already collected the whole set, and here they were popping up again, and why wasn’t she getting a GOOD prize for once?!

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Kids…

By: DJ D

DJ D — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:34:52 +0000

I agree, Happy Meals toys today are lame compared to what they used to be. I was about 17 in 1995 so I was a little past the Happy Meals phase of my life, but probably could have appreciated them had they been a little cooler. I remember one particular one when I was a kid that was really cool though. My cousins and I all got them at once. They were little trucks that had big tires on them for offroading. The little “house boxes” that they came in were the cool kind that were all interactive. You unfolded them and laid them out and they became the terrain that the trucks drove on. You could bend it so you could create all kinds of hills and things, and there were pictures of all kinds of roads for them to drive on. It was a perfect way to combine the toy with the box it came in.

Anyone else remember the 2 coolest fast food toy giveaways of all time?

1)The Hardees Shirtails toys

2)The king of all of them–The Gremlins record books, that told the story of the movie. I saw a lot of those on E-Bay not too long ago and came so close to getting them again. If only I had a turntable to listen to them with.

By: Metal Misfit

Metal Misfit — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:51:56 +0000

Geez, Matt, how much did you pay for THIS stuff to make this article? ;p