Monday, August 30, 2021

McDonalds Green Lantern and Squinkies Happy Meal Toys 2012

McDonalds Green Lantern and Squinkies happy meal toys were promoted at McDonalds restaurants in Australia and New Zealand during December 2012 as a tie-in with the Green Lantern animated series. The happy meal Green Lantern themed toys were aimed at boys while the Squinkies theme was oriented to girls. One Green Lantern or Squinkies happy meal toy was available with each happy meal sold.
McDonalds Green Lantern and Squinkies Happy Meal Toys 2012 Promotion Australia and New Zealand

Collectors Note 
The set of 8 McDonalds Green Lantern Animated Series happy meal toys is the same as that promoted in the USA in 2012.
McDonalds Green Lantern Happy Meal Toys 2012 Hal Jordan, Razer and Kilowog

McDonalds Green Lantern Happy Meal Toys

The Australia and New Zealand McDonalds Green Lantern happy meal toys promotion for 2012 is made up of 8 plastic toys featuring Green Lantern characters and gadgets from the animated series. The #greenlantern happy meal figures have some articulation particularly in the arms although Grapplin' Kilowog's head swivels too. The finish is ok on these toys but don't expect too much they are fast food toys after all.

The McDonalds Green Lantern set is compromised of the following toys:

  • Hal Jordan Mask (wearable green glasses)

  • Hal Jordan Spinning Construct (on switch and push extended arm spins)

  • Hal Jordan Takes Flight (push and go toy)

  • Grapplin' Kilowog (on switch hand opens and closes)

  • Razer Powers Up (red, on switch torso lights up)

  • The Interceptor (on push fires a disk)

  • Hal Jordan Powers Up (on switch torso lights up)

  • Power Ring (on switch ring lights up)

McDonalds Green Lantern Happy Meal Toys 2012 Hal Jordan Mask

McDonalds Squinkies Happy Meal Toys

The release of the McDonalds Squinkies happy meal toys in 2012 included 16 toys in the set. The #squinkies toys are divided into four distinct themes: pets, ocean, zoo and fantasy. Each McDonalds Squinkies toy comes with its own colour coded capsule to make identification easier: purple for pets, green for zoo, blue for ocean and pink for fantasy.
McDonalds Squinkies Happy Meal Toys 2012 16 to Collect
The following McDonalds Squinkies toys were included in the promotion:

  • Polar Bear, Lion, Monkey, Elephant (zoo theme)

  • Mermaid, Fish, Seahorse, Crab (ocean theme)

  • Unicorn, fairy, dragon, pegasus (fantasy theme)

  • Kitty, puppy, bunny, frog (purple theme)

McDonalds Squinkies Happy Meal Toy 2012 - Kitty with Purple Capsule (Pet Theme)

Summary

In December 2012 McDonalds promoted Green Lantern Animated Series themed happy meal toys for boys and Squinkies toys for girls throughout McDonalds restaurants in Australia and New Zealand. There are 8 hard plastic character and gadget toys in the Green Lantern set and 16 different characters in the Squinkies set. Now that the promotion is over the Green Lantern and Squinkies toys are only available from collectors and online auction sites like ebay, Gumtree and Trademe.


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Wednesday, August 25, 2021

McDonalds Space Jam Toys 2021 - A New Legacy Happy Meal

McDonalds Space Jam: A New Legacy happy meal toys 2021 were promoted at McDonalds restaurants around the world and in Australia and New Zealand during August and early September 2021. This collection of McDonalds Space Jam toys was part of a global tie-in with the recent animated movie - Space Jam: A New Legacy featuring Looney Tunes characters and basketball legend LeBron James. There are 14 different toys Looney Tunes themed toys to collect including two exclusive toys not promoted in many other regions around the world.
McDonalds Space Jam: A New Legacy 2021 Happy meal toys Australia and NZ release 14 Collectible Character toys

McDonalds Space Jam Toys 2021

The McDonalds Space Jam toys 2021 were available worldwide but not all countries got the plastic variety. This article is detailed look at the plastic McDonalds Space Jam toys with a few notes about the fiber/paper/plush toys that were given away in the UK and some European countries.

McDonalds Space Jam: A New Legacy Happy Meal Toys Promotion August 2021 Australia and New Zealand

Space Jam McDonalds Toys Australia and New Zealand

The last time Space Jam McDonalds toys were promoted at McDonalds was way back in 1996 as a tie-in with the original Space Jam movie featuring Michael Jordan. These were promoted in the US but sadly McDonalds never released the 1996 Space Jam toys in Australia and New Zealand. Fortunately collectors did not miss out completely as that same year KFC released a set of 5 Space Jam themed character toys based on the original movie.

McDonalds Space Jam Happy Meal Toys 2021 - Sylvester, Wile E Coyote and LeBron James

The Australia and New Zealand Space Jam McDonalds toys promotion for 2021 consists of 14 hard plastic toys and feature some of the most popular Looney Tunes characters including Road Runner, Lola Bunny and Daffy Duck. Collectively these guys are known as the Tune Squad.
McDonalds Space Jam: A New Legacy 2021 Happy meal toys: Marvin the Martian, Yosemite Sam and Daffy Duck

The whole Space Jam McDonalds toys set consists of the following happy meal toys:

  • Daffy Duck

  • Bugs Bunny and LeBron James

  • LeBron James

  • Marvin the Martian

  • Sylvester

  • Road Runner

  • Yosemite Sam

  • Tasmanian Devil

  • Bugs Bunny

  • Wile E Coyote

  • Elmer Fudd

  • LeBron James Dunk

  • Lola Bunny

  • Goon Squad

McDonalds Space Jam: A New Legacy 2021 Happy meal toys: Road Runner

McDonalds Space Jam: A New Legacy 2021 Happy meal toys: Elmer Fudd


For those McDonalds patrons who didn't want a happy meal toy it was possible to receive a book instead of a toy. Currently on offer is the McDonalds Tiny Detectives series by Cressida Cowell.


McDonalds Space Jam Toys 2021 International Promotions


USA

The 12 McDonalds Space Jam happy meal toys promoted in the USA in July and August 2021 are identical to the Australia and NZ set. The only difference is that the Australia and NZ set includes an additional toy: Bugs Bunny and LeBron James (see picture below) which was omitted from the lineup for most other countries apart from Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Promotion started on 6 July 2021.

McDonalds Space Jam - A New Legacy Happy Meal Toys 2021 Bugs Bunny and LeBron James toy Canada and Australasian Exclusive
Extra Space Jam McDonalds toy in Australia & NZ set

Canada

Canada along with Australia and New Zealand also had 14 Space Jam happy meal toys in total in its McDonalds Space Jam promotion. The extra toys over the US set are: Bugs Bunny and LeBron James and the Goon Squad toy which is a basketball hoop that features all the Tunes Squad rather than a single character.

Singapore, Philippines and Indonesia

Singapore had 12 Space Jam toys too during the promotion period (8 July to 4 August 2021). The same Space Jam a new legacy McDonalds toys were also promoted in Philippines during 9 July and 5 August 2021 and in Indonesia around the same time.

McDonalds Space Jam Toys 2021 Singapore a new legacy in happy meal
McDonalds Space Jam 2021 Singapore

McDonalds Space Jam Toys 2021 Philippines a new legacy in happy meal
McDonalds Space Jam 2021 Philippines

Brazil

Kids in Brazil had 10 McDonalds Space Jam toys (Space Jam in McLanche Feliz) a new legacy (um novo legado). There is no LeBron James Dunk and no Marvin the Martian in the set. The Looney Tunes characters are called different names in Portuguese too eg Sylvester is known as Frajola and Road Runner as Papa-léguas.
McDonalds Space Jam Toys 2021 Brazil Set of 10
McDonalds Space Jam Toys 2021 - Brazil


UK

The McDonalds Space Jam toys in the UK promotion (21 July - 7 September 2021) are different toys altogether from the countries that got the plastic Space Jam toys. The UK release has toys made from a mix of fibre and plush. The line-up includes: 4 pop-up skill games, 4 plush basket balls, 2 card games, and 2 activity sets. There are also two Space Jam Looney Tunes books to collect: The 24 Carat Rabbit and The Kidnap of Tweety.

Cyprus

Cyprus McDonalds is already underway with reducing waste so Space Jam toys came in character-themed cardboard boxes as seen in the picture below.
Space Jam toys 2021 came in character themed boxes in from McDonalds Cyprus



#mcdonaldstoys #happymealtoys #spacejam #looneytunes

Summary

McDonalds Space Jam: A New Legacy happy meal toys are being promoted at McDonalds restaurants in Australia and New Zealand end of August and most of September 2021. The promotion consists of 13 different Space Jam themed toys featuring Looney Tunes characters and LeBron James. The complete set of Space Jam McDonalds toys 2021 has two extra toys included compared to the US set.





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Friday, August 20, 2021

Sanitarium Weet-Bix Cards List of All Blacks Rugby Cards from 2000

Weet-Bix cards from Sanitarium Health Food Company have been a traditional gift with purchase in cereal boxes in Australia and New Zealand for around eighty years. While the glory days of the release of multiple cereal cards series to collect each year has dwindled to just one promotion a year, the Weet-Bix cards themselves remain a firm favourite with collectors and retain their value as a collectible.

Sanitarium Weet-Bix All Blacks Rugby Cards List of Collectible Cards

Weetbix cards these day focus exclusively on a rugby union theme where as previously promotions were not just sport oriented. For more on Weetbix cards on general themes check out this page of Weetbix cards prior to 2000.

Weetbix cards are still highly collectible both in Australia and New Zealand. In Australia Weetbix cards featuring the Wallabies sell for around AU $20 each on Ebay for cards signed by players. In New Zealand prices for full sets of mint Weetbix All Blacks cards vary from set to set but overall sell in the range of NZ $20 to $60. Usually the current years cards are in high demand as collectors scramble to complete full sets while the promotion is on which often inflates the price.

This article focuses on Weet-bix card promotions that have featured the New Zealand All Blacks since 2000. Below is a handy and complete list of the Weet-bix card promotions featuring all your favourite rugby players over the last two decades along with a link to a detailed article where you can learn more about the cards that make up each set. (Please note that only some promotions have not been covered at this point but more will be added over time).


Weet-Bix Cards 2023

Weetbix Cards 2023 Stat Attack All Blacks and Black Ferns

Weet-Bix Cards 2022

Weet-Bix Rugby Cards All Blacks Stat Attack 2022

Sanitarium Weet-Bix Cards 2021

Weet-Bix All Blacks Stat Attack Rugby Cards 2021
Weetbix Stat Attack 2021 All Blacks Rugby Cards featuring cards #1 Aaron Smith #2 Akira Ioane #3 Angus Ta'avao

Sanitarium Weet-Bix Cards 2019

Weet-Bix Stat Attack All Blacks Rugby Cards

Sanitarium Weet-Bix Cards 2018

Weet-Bix All Blacks Play Big Rugby Cards

Sanitarium Weet-Bix Cards 2017

Weet-Bix Dare to Dream All Blacks Rugby Cards

Sanitarium Weet-Bix Cards 2016

Weet-Bix All Blacks Champions Rugby Cards

Sanitarium Weet-Bix Cards 2015

Weet-Bix All Blacks Holograms Rugby Cards

Sanitarium Weet-Bix Cards 2014

Weet-Bix All Blacks Fuel Your Dreams Rugby Cards

Sanitarium Weet-Bix Cards 2013

Weet-Bix Rugby Cards All Blacks Code Black Cards

Sanitarium Weet-Bix Cards 2012

Weet-Bix All Blacks Access Rugby Cards

Sanitarium Weet-Bix Cards 2011

Weet-Bix Cards 100% All Black Rugby Cards


Sanitarium Weet-Bix Cards 2010

Weet-Bix Rebel Sport Super 14 Super Flyers All Blacks Rugby Cards

Sanitarium Weet-Bix Cards 2009

Weet-Bix All Blacks Power Plays Rugby Cards

Sanitarium Weet-Bix Cards 2008

Weet-Bix Stat Attack 2 All Black Rugby Cards

Sanitarium Weet-Bix Cards 2007

Weet-Bix All Blacks Stat Attack Rugby Cards

Sanitarium Weet-Bix Cards 2006

Weet-Bix All Blacks Rugby Cards

Sanitarium Weet-Bix Cards 2005

Weet-Bix All Blacks Rugby Cards

Sanitarium Weet-Bix Cards 2004

Weet-Bix All Blacks Collector Series Rugby Cards

Sanitarium Weet-Bix Cards 2003

Weet-Bix All Blacks Rugby Cards: 100 years of New Zealand Test Rugby

Sanitarium Weet-Bix Cards 2002

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#weetbixcards #allblacks #rugbycards



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Saturday, August 7, 2021

McDonalds Spongebob Toys 2021 in Happy Meals

McDonalds Spongebob toys 2021 were promoted in happy meals at McDonalds restaurants in Australia and New Zealand during March 2021 and in other parts of the world between February and May 2021 and in South America in 2022. This is a fun set of Spongebob Squarepants themed toys featuring all your favourite characters from the Spongebob TV Show on Nickleodeon and is a tie-in with the new Spongebob Squarepants Sponge on the Run movie.
Spongebob Squarepants Happy Meal Toys 2021 Australia and New Zealand Set of 10 toys
Spongebob McDonalds Toys 2021 Australia and New Zealand