Happy Meal Frodo-hobbit with Glow-in-the-Dark Sting?

[Inoldonil]

My dad (who's in the restaurant business) read in a Restaurant News Magazine that Burger King has a struck a deal with whomever and are going to make toys based on the Fellowship of the Ring movie, if the first movie does well (gee, I wonder how it's going to do), they'll do toys for the other two.

This is just sad, and cheapening. We're in for battle-mode Legolases, shooting plastic arrows at little green goblins, and hack&slash Gimlis with kung-fu Khazad whacks. Oh well.

[Perisil]

Well just a warning to them they better make the Balrog with the detachable wings option or else all hells gonna break out of the likes of wich has never been seen .

Hey by the way my dads in the restaraunt biz to where does your dad work?

[webwizard333]

Come on guys lighten up, the toys would hopefully be loads of fun. It will maybe cheapen the books for others, but for those who really like the books it shouldn't make a difference.
I agree on detachable wings though, if only we could bring Tolkien back to life then we could solve the second greatest question, "Do Balrogs have wings?". The first is unknown, but the answer is 42.

[Darth Tater]

What's 7x6? oh wait, i'm an earthling decended from aliens, so my answer doesn't work, oh well

[Inoldonil]

I didn't say it would cheapen the books, you can't do that. It cheapens the idea. When you start selling toys at Burger King, less serious respect and wonder is in the movies, and given to the Lord of the Rings as a whole. I don't mean less respect and wonder can be gotten from the books because of it.

Also from what I've read and seen little kids (who will enjoy happy meal toys probably more than older collectors) shouldn't see the movie. Too terrifying and un-kiddish. The battles* aren't Braveheartish, but they're still bloody, nasty battles, the Orcs are absolutely revolting and The Balrog is demonically terrible, I heard someone screamed at a private showing when the Nazgul were riding across the screen. Long term nightmare material. Should this be marketed to children?

Perisil, my dad works at a place called Mimi's Cafe.


*Come to think of it there's no large scale battles in the first movie, however.

[Perisil]

Wowie! Mimis Cafe my dad works there too what a small world, whats his name maybe my dad knows him.

And I think i am being pretty light here im only kiddin around i dont realy care if they make toys at all it doesnt bother me any. And the movie is definatly not for kids in my opinnion i mean Shelob c'mon like i said before kids who intend on seeing that should bring a extra pair of undys cause theres gonna be some major pants creamage.

[Inoldonil]

Wow. That is weird. Where do you live? My Dad's name is Steve.

[Perisil]

:eek:
My dads name is Steve also! I live in Rancho Cucamunga, whats his last name?

[Inoldonil]

This is insane. So do I! I know there's more than one Steve here, but our last name is Standlea ... what's yours?

[Darth Tater]

hmm, i'm lookinga the ip addresses now, but i won't say anything, i think our other visitors have enough brains anyways ;)

[gdl96]

Yeah, I heard about toys for LOTR on ign.

Interesting situation here. I thought I was the only joker!

[webwizard333]

Know what would be funny? McDonalds having a Balrog toy with wings, and Burger King having one without, then they'd fight each other in ads saying that the other isn't true enough to the stories! :lol:

[Darth Tater]

that would be the first intelligent fight between the two! (cept it had wings)

[IronParrot]

"kung fu Khazad whacks"

Now that's funny. :lol:

[Inoldonil]

Thanks.

Give Burger King the one with the wings, they have better food ;)

[GlaurungTheGold]

well they do have better food, which is why burger king should get the one without wings ;)

i can just see a bunch of little kids walking around with a plastic One Ring on a string around their neck...

[Perisil]

Wait a minut your dads name is steve standlea he woks at mimis and you live in Rancho Cucamunga!

*a single tear rolls down his cheek*

Dylan? Brother?

[Inoldonil]

*cries*

Oh my God! Chad! Dude, we live in the same house! How are ya?



:mad: You used my toothbrush yesterday.

[Darth Tater]

i'm leaving

[anduin]

LOL....I didn't want to say anthing because I wanted to see how this was going to play out...even though I knew what was going on. You guys are funny. Don't mind T ater....he is have admin. power withdrawal. ;)

[GlaurungTheGold]

As the Tolkien Trail Turns...

[anduin]

Hehe. Even though most think that toys at fast food places are an abomination (well that is what I am assuming....), will anyone here still try to collect them? Or at least get some of them?

[Inoldonil]

*shrugs* I might buy one, if only for material to use when I want something to complain about.

[webwizard333]

I might get them, but then again I might not. I wonder if they'll do toys for each of the movies, or just give them all out at once.

[Comic Book Guy 2001]

For each movie I guess, more money to be made. Thats what its all about. They don't care about Wings or anysuch things.

[Darth Tater]

There will be wings, since the balrog is that of the genious we know as John Howe

[Inoldonil]

webwizard, they're doing it for each movie. Or if the first does well they're doing the others as well.

[ladyisme]

I can't say that I'm shocked by all of this. After all, fast food toys are a simple fact of life for a sure hit movie and with so many LOTR fans willing show up in theaters just to be sure that the story isn't to badly butchered how could the movie be anything but a hit.

"The road goes ever on and on down from the door where it began."

[SauronDL]

:rollin: :lol: :rollin:
:lol: :rollin: :lol:

[EZ Board Nomad]

WARNING: THE FOLLOWING POST MAY BE DEEMED SOMEWHAT DISTASTEFUL BY SOME. DO NOT READ FURTHER IF YOU MIGHT BE ONE OF THEM.














Yes,
Balrogs with detachable wings,
Saruman with detachable palantir,
Frodo with detachable finger,
Liv Tyler with detachable... eh... dress?

What? Based on the movie! the movie! c'mon...
Sorry, it was too funny in my head, I just had to post it. :)

[Manwe Sulimo]

:lol: I'd buy them... :p

Anyways, I thought it was only gonna be McD that had the figures in the Happy Meals? I don't want Happy Meals, Sad, Depressing Meals would be more up my lane, but I might have to buy some just to get the bloody figures... They should sell them without a "Happy" Meal, for half the price or something... I'm almost willing to pay full price for it, as long as I don't have to get the "Happy" Meal... Hmm... buy a couple, throw away the food, take the figures, go home and play with them?

[Shanamir Duntak]

That's what I'll have to do.... think of that, I didn't set foot in a McD for something like 5 years now.

[Darth Tater]

Would someone mind stitching up my split sides after reading Nomad's post? :rollin:

[webwizard333]

Nomad is too funny!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Samwise of the shire]

Happy Meal toys are too breakable,but you know what's gonna be worse?The COMMERCIALS eesshh, you know those really tacky coms where this guy with this really deep voice comes on the television while these little boys are playing with these cars that turn into these power heroes and then they say something that make your eyebrows go passed your hair line?
Yeah imagine THOSE.This little toy Aragorn on Weathertop with this flaming brand(plasitc of course) then there's this Nazgul.You push a little button on Aragorns back he throws the firebrand and then you push another little button on the Nazguls back and FWOOOM he bursts into flame.Now THAT is enought to give me nightmares Brrrr.Or what if they come out with Arwen Barbies?Oh my goodness I think my Bunny slippers just ran for cover.
Sam

[Shanamir Duntak]

Oh yeah... Most of us have been having nightmares of this for months... :p

But hey... LOTR toys! Even if they're cheap... I wish I had some when I was kid....

And LOTR legos would be soooooooooooooo cool! :D

[Manwe Sulimo]

Wow... Imagine being able to build the Barad-Dür and Orthanc and Minas Tirith and all the other places in Lego!!! I agree, that would Rock!!!

[webwizard333]

Lego would be awsome, I know that I would get a few sets :) . Let's make a list of possible sets...:The Shire (or just Frodo's home), maybe the Prancing Pony, The Last Homely House/Rivendell, the Mines of Moria, Orthanc, Minas Tirith, Barad-Dür, Mount Doom, and a big maybe Rohan. Did I miss anything?

[Manwe Sulimo]

We could perhaps get Edoras, and maybe Mundburg, but all of Edoras... well...
Lothlorien would be a possibility...

[Darth Tater]

Um, I was building LOTR sets in Legos when I was ten despite the lack of kits. I'm creative

[Shanamir Duntak]

I didn't even know LOTR when I was 10... I first read it at 15...
But we did Lots of RobinHood sets... with only some knights and a green dude.

[Manwe Sulimo]

Wow, cool... I never heard of the LoTR unntill I was like 15 or something either, so I've never played LoTRlego... I want special kits though, even if we can be creative and make out of the ones that exist....

[hiku747]

i think that some of lotr merchandise would be fun.... i wish i could get my hands on shirts that were made back in the 70's.. this girl i know has a blue shirt and it has Gandalf on it, and at the bottom in tiny letters it says, "Gandalf". so vintage, but that's the kinda stuff i would like. :) and sorry if i am always behind on these posts, but alas i just started posting here, so please forgive me. :)

[Fat middle]

no problem, hiku . we're delighted to hear your opinions.

Besides, I happen to agree with you in this. i'd like to see that sort of stuff: t-shirts and so, but NOT dolls or action figures :mad: :)

[Erewe]

Burger King does *not* have better food. I have been to Burger King twice in the last year and both times (both at different locations) I have gotten hair in my burger.

Anyhow, I actually had a bad dream about a Lord of the Rings "Onion Rings" tie in a week before the news broke. It was scary seeing that same "Lord of the Onion Rings" as a headline.

*shudders*

--Erewë

[Idril Celebrindal]

that was the title of an incredibly unfunny thing I heard on the radio once. I switched off after a couple of minutes. even my father's leonard cohen tape was preferable.

just to go off on a complete tangent...

[Selwythe]

That Burger King thing is true. I read about it in the papers about 2 weeks ago and it was headlined "Lord of the Onion Rings" and all those non-LoTR readers were laughing.

[thephantomcat]

Tolkien himself refered to the creature having wings. Yes, he did. When he first describes the creature, he refers to them as a shadow or darkness like wings. Then on the next page he flat out refers to them as wings. Not "like" wings, his wings. Reread that part of the book.

[ryan]

Anyone know exactly when the burger king promotions will start?

[samwise of the shire]

No idea but I wont be stepping one fooot inside Burger King after it begins. I mean some little kid on TV zooming Frodo across the table or having him chop at a Nazgul is going to make me sick:b. I dont think Balrogs had wings,the way Howe paints his Balrogs is totally amazing(cant say that for the Hobbits.*winces*)but the wings looks like a skimpy bats or something like that and what would be the use of wings if you could'nt use em so why have them if you cant? Just my view of things. Sam

[Sakata]

I think lotr action figuers are inevitable, but if they have barbie anything that even slightly resembles a lotr character, barbie is going down!!! Such an abomination is unfathomable! Tolkin would be rolling over in his grave!:mad:

[Galadriel2002]

Originally posted by Inoldonil
My dad (who's in the restaurant business) read in a Restaurant News Magazine that Burger King has a struck a deal with whomever and are going to make toys based on the Fellowship of the Ring movie, if the first movie does well (gee, I wonder how it's going to do), they'll do toys for the other two.

This is just sad, and cheapening. We're in for battle-mode Legolases, shooting plastic arrows at little green goblins, and hack&slash Gimlis with kung-fu Khazad whacks. Oh well.




how many little kids ever even heard of tolkien :rolleyes:

(im 12 btw and i would probally geta kids meal just for the toys, i've done it b4:) )

[Tessar]

kung-fu-kazard-whacks? id buy sompthing with a move like that :D

[thephantomcat]

I'm going to buy every single Kid's Meal it takes for me to have EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM TOYS!!!!!!!!!!!! Making the movies cheapen it. Making the cartoons cheapens it. Heck, illustrating the movie cheapens it. Everything cheapens it! If you want to be negative. I don't. I like the illustrations of Middle-Earth. I like the idea of the movies being made. I hate the cartoons. I will buy the Kid's Meals, the action figures, and any merchandise that looks cool. Besides, this merger isn't simply to cash in, its to help keep New Line from going broke before the movies get released. Somebody's got to pay for this expensive set of films. Tesseract12, I like you name. Someone's Madeline L'Engle is showing. Is that how you spell you name? It's been awhile since I read her books. I read most of the Wrinkle in Time books.

[Comic Book Guy]

I found this pic on TOrn.

[ArwenEvenstar]

that's almost as disgusting as a barbie LotR character
:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :eek: :eek:

[Captain Stern]

That poster is hillarious! :D However I doubt it's genuine

[ladyisme]

Pace yourselves, remember this is going to get a lot worse before it gets better so save some jokes for later.

P.S. I wouldn't worry over Barbi after all Ken is much to tall to pass for a hobbit.

:p :rolleyes: :D

"The road goes ever on and on down from the door where it began."

[Renille]

Hmm...Barbie figures, this sets off a train of thought.


Maybe "Aragorn" Ken and "Arwen" Barbie???


Yuck...I'm feeling kinda sick already. Never mind.

[Tessar]

im 12 as well but id be to imbarased to get a kids meal (though i might want the toys deeprnding on how good they are)

parshaly id be to imbaresed to get one because im about 5'8 or taller and most peeps seem to think im probly like 14 or older :) :(

mixed emotions about my hight. (sniff) i wana be a gymnist but im gona bee to tall (sob) lol

[Renille]

Well at least you're not almost 14 and 5'2" like I am! I think it would be a million times better to be tall than short, like me. :rolleyes: (Doesn't that show you; the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence!)

[Tessar]

well not to be too "grass always greener on the other side" but....... the grass is always greener on the other side of the highte wall chart lol ;) :p :D :rolleyes:

[Renille]

haha. very funny. :rolleyes: :) :p

[Bradistic]

That poster makes me sick (throwing up noises). But on a lighter note I sure would like to be 5'8". I'm 17 and only 5'6.5" but I suppose I can't complain too much cause I am taller than my dad, Yay. :D

[Renille]

That was such a dumb ad..."one burger to rule them all..." how cheap can you get???

I wonder if I'm the shortest person on this board?? (That would be very depressing...) Anyone 5' 2" or shorter?? Anyone??

[Ñólendil]

I do believe there is an Ent who is not altogether Ent sized. As he has not visited this forum in weeks, I can exclusively reveal that his name is ... *cough, cough, Ben, cough, cough*, ooh, sorry about that, terrible cold, rather unfortunate *cough, cough, more like a HOBBIT, cough, cough*. I gotta work on that *wink, wink, elbow nudge*

[Comic Book Guy]

I found this funny post from another board

I'll have a 3 portions of Frodo Fries, 2 Melkor Milkshakes, 2 Moria Meals, 3 Samwise Sundaes (with lembas wafers), One Onion Ring, a Saruman Surprise, 7 Feanor Flamers, 3 Sauron Specials, 5 Triple Treebeard meals and 4 Boromir Burgers please. oh, and a McStrider Sandwich topped with Maiannaise...

:D:p :D :p :D :p

[Miriel Stormrider]

:p I hope all that wasn't for just one person!:p

[Tessar]

lol comic book guy

[ladyisme]

I'm glad to see that you haven't been scared totally wittless by this topic.:D

"The road goes ever on and on down from the door where it began."

[Serena]

I read an article in the newspaper a few days ago, talking about this. Apparently, if there is any action-figure merchandise created, it will be at least half-decent. Because LOTR has such a big following, they have to at least try and make the merchandise appeal to the fans -- so it can't just be stupid and shiny.

Personally, I agree with that.

[Gimli son of Gloin]

I walked in to a BK three days ago and I saw *finally* on those paper things on the tray a lotr thingie. They have a contest called "Search for the castle" contest where you go online and answer a question of something to win a prize. Kinda lame..

Oh by the way... I'm 5'7 and I'm 13 turning 14 in three months. :p

[Wayfarer]

A friend told me today... or was it yesterday?... that burger king (where he works) has light up Lord of the Rings mugs/glasses.

Huh.

[fireworks19]

I'd buy the Happy Meals or whatever, although McD is nasty.

I saw a Frodo action figure about 2 weeks ago at the electronics store in our mall...It wasn't really very good. And it came with a person-sized 'One Ring.' That kinda disgusted me...I'm not sure why...

I'll be 16 on Saturday...I'm 5'8" now.

[Renille]

Fireworks, do you mean as big as a normal person or a ring as big as the action figure??

Burger king is selling "light up glass goblets." I saw the ad driving past in a couple of days ago. That's just weird.

[Tessar]

Oh ya!

I forgot to tell yalls that a few days ago my siss' and I saw a add for the LOTR action figs.

we almost puked "but dont worry! Legolas the mighty elf warrior will save him with his super powerful bow and awsome aim!"

:eek: (barf)

ughhhhh.

It was awful, I may need tharapy if i see it again. (shudder)

[Renille]

His "super-powerful bow and awesome aim??"
Noooooo! They're turning LOTR into "Toy Story!!"

:rolleyes: :p :eek:

[fireworks19]

It was human being sized, like it would fit my finger...

I had a feeling LOTR would get commericalized to this point. I'm not sure I approve.

[HOBBIT]

We just got our first Burger King toys: Legolas, Arwen, Merry, Frodo, and an Uruk-hui. The Arwen doesn't light up reliably, but they're nice. The counter people didn't know the difference between Merry and Frodo and told us they were the same, so we didn't get two of them. We intend to get a whole set.

[Bradistic]

I'm soooo sorry Darth Tater if I messed up your perfect LOTR forum, but I still would like to know what makes the Burger King cups light up and what do you have to buy to get one?

[Bacchus]

The goblets are $1.99 with any purchase. There is a little battery/light thingy in the base that you can remove to wash the glass(or if you just don't want a glowing goblet.)

[arynetrek]

my Tolkien-fan mother has already threatened me with a light-up Arwen goblet for Xmas if i'm bad...

and that burger poster is just despicable.

i'd be OK with the idea of LotR toys, "collectible figures," or anything else if i was sure they'd do a good job on them - but too many times i've seen the bad things they do to Star Wars characters when making them into toys. (my high school's SF club used to have contests for who could find the worst-looking, worst-represented SW toy - i think the TOTALLY out-of-proportion Boba Fett from a Happy Meal during the rereleases of IV-VI won once...)

it's hard enough to think of those dear Hobbits & Men & Elves as being ONSCREEN, i can't handle the idea of them as toys yet.

<speech style="Wednesday Addams"> Boromir burgers? are they made from real Gondorim? </speech>

whoever (Renille?) suggested T-shirts, that IMO would be a better way of accomplishing the inevitable merchandising. i'd wear a Gandalf shirt!

besides, the toys seem like a ploy to get little kids into the movie - they're obviously (based on rating) not meant for little kids. IMO if you're not old enough to enjoy the book, don't see the movie. and not just for the terrifying scenes (kids are more resilient than Society gives them credit for)

how ironic - a light-up goblet commercial is playing as i write this...

and i think at 5'0 (& 19 years old), i could compete for "Shortest on the Board"

aryne *

[sracer]

I stumbled across this and thought that some would find it amusing:

Three drinks for the Burger Kings under the sky,
Seven burgers for the Dwarves who are stoned,
Ninety million consumers doomed to buy,
One cut for the Dark Lord, the franchise he owns.
In the land of Mordor where the Whoppers lie.
Onion ring to rule them all, onion ring to dine them,
Onion ring to bring them all and in the deep-fryer bind them
In the land of Mordor where the Whoppers lie.

[Renille]

Ah...beloved insanity. :D That was funny, scracer.

At least I'm not the shortest-shortest! (Oh yes, I got my own age wrong...I'm 5'2" at 15 ...not 14.)

[Alec]

I found this pic on TOrn.


Hmm...Barbie figures, this sets off a train of thought.


Maybe "Aragorn" Ken and "Arwen" Barbie???


Yuck...I'm feeling kinda sick already. Never mind.
I found this funny post from another board
I'll have a 3 portions of Frodo Fries, 2 Melkor Milkshakes, 2 Moria Meals, 3 Samwise Sundaes (with lembas wafers), One Onion Ring, a Saruman Surprise, 7 Feanor Flamers, 3 Sauron Specials, 5 Triple Treebeard meals and 4 Boromir Burgers please. oh, and a McStrider Sandwich topped with Maiannaise...

I stumbled across this and thought that some would find it amusing:

Three drinks for the Burger Kings under the sky,
Seven burgers for the Dwarves who are stoned,
Ninety million consumers doomed to buy,
One cut for the Dark Lord, the franchise he owns.
In the land of Mordor where the Whoppers lie.
Onion ring to rule them all, onion ring to dine them,
Onion ring to bring them all and in the deep-fryer bind them
In the land of Mordor where the Whoppers lie.
:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
You destroyed my mind!!!