McDonalds' Endangered Animals

McDonalds' Happy Meal in New Zealand currently features Endangered Animals with the cooperation of the Australia Zoo. The toys themselves are part of a bigger effort for kids to learn more about these animals that need our protection. The happy meal site (happymeal.co.nz) shares fascinating information about the featured animals.

I am not happy with the toy, though. We had the red-tailed black cockatoo. It was a small stuffed toy. Not much you can do with it. Jo-Lo has also set it aside after just a few minutes of holding on to it.

Jollibee's Justirisers and Lil' Bratz

The Justirisers is composed of three characters with special powers akin to the Power Rangers.  Essentially, this is Japanese concept is being bought by a US company for rights to produce and air these Japanese-inspired costumed heroes.  I have seen a couple of episodes of Justirisers from Cartoon Network, and it is reminiscent of the Masked Riders.

I assume the Lil' Bratz are fashion accessories for girls.  The Bratz franchise comes from a line of dolls that are radically different from the Barbies with their perfect figures and dainty clothes.

McDonald's Madagascar 2

These toys are coming out in celebration of Madagascar 2's release in theaters in the Philippines.

Eight toys are featured in this set:
1. Alex
2. Marty
3. Gloria
4. Melman
5. King Julien
6. Skipper
7. Mason
8. Moto-moto

McDonald's Ben10 and PowerPuff Girls

McDonald's is currently offering Ben10 action figures. There are three to choose from, each with a solid color (red, blue, or yellow). I'm not familiar with the transformations Ben makes but I can recognize the one with four arms.

The figures are made of translucent plastic and are rather sturdily built. But there are only three points of articulation: the head and the arms but I guess kids don't care much for articulation. :-). The toys look nice and detailed though, with a photo of Ben inside.

I think the toys for the girls look nicer. They're the lovable PowerPuff Girls! I just might try to buy some for collecting purposes.

Burger King's iDog

Burger King currently has an iDog toy offering with a chance to win an iDog, which is basically an mp3 speaker in the form of a...um... dog.

The toys themselves come in dfferent colors and shapes, not just dogs. We actually have a turtle and a cat now. The toys are quite simple, really. Push a button and it toggles on a series of lights. Simplicity aside, the toys are sturdily-built and nice display items.

McDonald's Transformers Animated

McDonald's has come up with toys from Transformers Animated featuring Optimus Prime, Megatron, Ratchet, and Bumblebee. The toys feature simple transformation features; just parts of the vehicle stretching out to form fused legs, sides branching out to form arms, and a swiveling head. But hey, they're for kids and Jo-Lo likes his Bumblebee. Solidly- built toys.


There are also Littlest Pet Shop toys for the girls.

Happy Meal New Zealand's website is at www.happymeal.co.nz

McDonald's The Clone Wars toys

This set of toys were available last month in celebration of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars showing in theatres. I celebrated by buying six Happy Meals to get all six toys at once! It cost me 601 pesos. The toys are now in safekeeping with my other collection back in Baguio...