Dinosaurs at Taco Bell

Trust me, it’s not as exciting as the title suggests.  Taco Bell is currently giving away dinosaur toys with their kids meal. There a 4 to collect.  I’m sure some kids will love it, but this is pretty much a snoozefest for me.  I know it’s not as easy as I make it sound, but Taco Bell really needs to hook up with some big name company to pump some life into their kids meal toy offerings a la Burger King working with Nickelodeon.  Their chalupas are good though…

No Pitch Problems Here

This is so cool!  From now until May 8, you can go to your local McDonald’s and pick up a super-cool American Idol toy, as well as vote for your favorite idol toy here.  Inspired by the hit show, McDonald’s has 8 cute American Idol-ish character toys (each representing a music genre) for us to collect.  Each toy plays a song from his or her music genre. 

( Disco Dave )

( Rockin’ Riley )

( Soulful Selma )

( Country Clay )

( Lil Hip Hop )

( Punky Pete )

( New Wave Nigel )

( Hippie Harmony )

As of this post, Rockin’ Riley is in the lead and is set to become the next American Idol toy!!!  It’s definitely the hair!

As for me, I’m voting for Ms. Hippie Harmony and that’s only because she looks like the girl from Little Twin Stars.

McDonald’s and Disney Still Friends

Even though McDonald’s and Disney announced that they were ending their long-running Happy Meal partnership in 2006 (for more details read this), McDonald’s current Happy Meal promotion proves that they obviously kept each other’s phone numbers. 

Until the 10th of April, Disney Princess and Pirates of the Caribbean toys are available at McDonald’s.

Disney stated in 2006 that despite their contract ending with McDonald’s, they “look forward to a more flexible, non-exclusive relationship” where they will work with them every now and then. Let’s hope more often than not. 

Current Promotions (Issue One)

Some noteworthy promotions currently going on at fast food places:

Fans of Spongebob Squarepants can thank Burger King once more for releasing another awesome set of Spongebob Squarepants toys.  These Wild West themed Spongebob toys are being issued by Burger King to promote the new Spongebob movie “Pest of the West” airing on Nickelodeon on April 11, 2008.  Collect all 8!

If you head on over to Hardee’s, you can get your hands on four fun “Bee Movie” toys.  These toys are to promote the “Bee Movie” being released on DVD.

Of course, if you want your toys to come with that all-important interactive factor, look no further than your local Sonic.  Sonic currently has a set of toys called Bionics – neat gadgets.  Collect all five!