Burger King Indy Toys and Whopper

Viper said:
My neighbor said she got something for me at a garage sale. It was an old 80s Indy toy, still in the freaking wrapper! It was just a pin with a picture of Indy and it said "McDonalds" at the bottom, but man that's old.

I don't think that's from the 80s. I'm pretty sure that it's from the early 90s when McDonalds was doing the videos for sale. I was working there at the time, but I didn't keep anything.

I don't know what to do about the toys at BK. I don't eat fast food any more, see working at McDonalds, so I don't know how I'll get them. Maybe they will just sell them like we used to do. Or I'll just have to buy something and throw it away.
 

JimmyPSHayes

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Back a few years ago, when McDonalds had the beanie baby craze going, they let you buy the happy meal, but donate it to a charity and keep the toy. That would be a nice alternative.
 

IndyJr.

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Lon said:
I'm guessing they won't since it's something they've done already. I liked what they did with their Fantastic Four 2 figures and hope they do something similar to that.

Or do collector's glasses. I would love to see those make a comeback. McDonald's just did some for Shrek the Third.

Keep in mind, Burger King doesn't necessarily have to do toys. I believe for Attack of the Clones they did watches.

they won't just because they did it already? pfft... they did that for StarWars 2 and 3 (2 didn't they?) and for Spider-Man 3... possibly even more... so that doesn't mean anything... it's like a BK trademark...
 

iLUVINDY

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Burger King Promotion

Hey, im new here, and pumped for the new Indy flick,

I've heard here and there that Burger King will be included in the promotion for KOTCS, What do u think theyre planning and when it starts??? I wonder if its going to be like the Star Wars ROTS line. I hope they have toys, crowns, cups etc. I love collecting burger king toys. What do u all think???
 

Uki

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I think it'd be pretty nifty and somewhat likely that BK would get the SD toys going for Indy, possibly a collection spanning the entire series of films as the SW toys did a few years ago.
 

Arab Swordsman

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The King is gearing up for adventure

I thought this was pretty funny...

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This saddens me.

Godamned marketing. We're a world defined by our symbols rather than one where we define our symbols. You know? Whatever happened to creativity and artistic expression? The value of expression. Now there's no value unless it can be plastered with a Burger King logo.

Meh. (n)
 

spiralout

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ResidentAlien said:
This saddens me.

Godamned marketing. We're a world defined by our symbols rather than one where we define our symbols. You know? Whatever happened to creativity and artistic expression? The value of expression. Now there's no value unless it can be plastered with a Burger King logo.

Meh. (n)

Indiana Jones is such a SERIOUS artistic expression. :rolleyes:
 

torao

Moderator Emeritus
ResidentAlien said:
This saddens me.

Godamned marketing. We're a world defined by our symbols rather than one where we define our symbols. You know? Whatever happened to creativity and artistic expression? The value of expression. Now there's no value unless it can be plastered with a Burger King logo.

Meh. (n)

Nicely put. Unfortunately, I share your sentiments. I've decided to adopt moedred's logic of legitimation, though. It's much easier that way:
moedred said:
Indy's humble origins, cliffhanger serials, did whatever they could to bring you back next week for more newsreels. They cheated heavily between installments. The filmmakers must have been quite cynical. Certain death was always given a reprieve. So, consider it all homage.

I merged the "King" with the rest of fluff news.
 

crowmagnumman

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torao said:
Nicely put. Unfortunately, I share your sentiments. I've decided to adopt moedred's logic of legitimation, though. It's much easier that way:

This moedred seems wise. I admit that I feel the same way about the surge of commercialism. I tend to like things that aren't so commercial. But if Indy 4 is good I'm going to have to like it anyway and just ignore all this commercialism.
 

Moedred

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crowmagnumman said:
This moedred seems wise.
Wit limitless composition time, the wisdom of King Solomon or Burger is achievable! I'm pleased with the marketing onslaught. Notice how these promotions all say "only in theaters" below the movie title. Licensees could learn a thing or two from Lucasfilm about herding people like cattle into theaters. If this repels a few, fine, more bacon and pepper jack Indy Whoppers for me!
 
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