From the title, I bet you're not certain if I'm writing about my vintage father or a vintage gift! Vintage Thingies Thursday is falling very close to Father's Day, and I won't be seeing my dad, the famous hoarder, from whom I get most of my VTT treasures. I thought I would share something fun, and taunt my dad at the same time. This week's items DID NOT come from his basement. They came from my friend Paul's basement! He wanted me to give them to my father, but I didn't! HA!My dad used to collect McDonald's Happy Meal toys. When the toys all started being part of movie promotions he pretty much stopped, unless it's something really special. Remember the Inspector Gadget where all the small toys could be put together to make Inspector Gadget? That was a really good one. Dad prefers the McDonald's-themed toys, such as the McNuggets that come with Halloween costumes that can come off. So this batch of stuff is a gold mine, and I don't think he owns any of these. They are all transformer-type foods, manufactured from 1987-1990.
I know my mom will bring my father over to the computer so he can see this post. He's probably laughing and complaining that I didn't give him the toys, and thinking about running down to the infamous basement to see if he has any of these. He'll be riled up all day reminiscing about the good toys and telling my mother all about them.
Have a great Father's Day weekend, and be sure to visit all of the other Vintage Thingies Thursday participants that are listed at ColoradoLady!
For those who are too young, or who have forgotten, here's the Big Mac commercial!
Oh, how fun!!! I have MANY of the Halloween mcnugget toys....love them! I think this is a cute post, I remember some of these toys, I think my kids had some...and boy, I'd love to visit that basement of your dads!! How fun would that be!! Have a great VTT!
ReplyDeleteCute post... these are the sweet memories, which help us go a long way ahead.
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couponboa
I don't remember any of these. They are kind of fun....I think I may have been too busy get rid of the toys my kids collected to notice.
ReplyDeleteI love the McDonald's toys and things, but I am not a big fast food eater. I like Mcdonald's dollar menu. I always get the McDouble. The last time I tried to eat a Big Mac, it had so much sauce that I couldn't keep it from sliding apart.
ReplyDeleteHa, the hubs and I were just talking the other day about "remember when McDonalds had styrofoam boxes?" Neither of us can eat there anymore, but boy did we buy the Happy Meals when our daughter was little. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
ReplyDeleteHow on earth did you find that ad, it's a hoot. I don't remember those toys but maybe they were before I came to the USA.
ReplyDeleteoh Elizabeth.. I remember these toys.. I still have some of them i.e. the burger and the fries.. aren't they remind us the good old McD's time.. and till now I still love McD.. who doesn't?!
ReplyDeleteHappy VTT & have a great day!
LOL! Love this post! I don't remember those terrific transformer toys but I do love my Big Mac! Seeing the commercial again was a hoot! Loved the hairdos!
ReplyDeleteThose toys are so fun! I didn't go to McDonald's a lot as a child so I had never seen them.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the ride back in time :)
Those little toys are so neat. I have not seen some of them. Glad you featured them to day. I bet McDonald's would appreciate your post today as well.
ReplyDeleteHow fun. I don't remember any of those toys, but my children had plenty when they came along.
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What FUN vintage goodies :)
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Gail
Such a sweet fun post.My husband collects all the fast food toys..or he used to when the grandchildren were small. They always insisted on bringing their toys from their meals to their Papa to add to the collection.Such sweet wonderful memories..Happy VTT Elizaberh.., and have a lovely weekend.
ReplyDeleteThank you, that was so much fun! I can remember my first Big Mac in 1970.
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Sally
Oh my gosh, those toys are hilarious! I think I just missed out on them- I was too "cool" as a teen to buy a happy meal and my oldest is only 13, so too young to have been around when those toys were given out. Most of the toys today are useless and don't do anything. Just figurines. These are really adorable. Happy VTT!
ReplyDeleteI don't remember seeing any of those toys, only the movie related ones. Some of your toys are quite funny.
ReplyDeleteOK I love these finds! I would have loved that french fry toy, its adorable! And Ok so I'm as old as the hills and do remember that jingle:)
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Terry
That is quite a collection. I don't remember any of these. I think we collected some glasses for a while in the 70's? Fun post!
ReplyDeleteI love the vintage toys.
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