McDonald's is at it again

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 6:48 pm

I've never understood why any gal (or guy) would want to swallow in the first place.

It's a belief among certain New Guinea horticulturalist tribes that in order to develop semen, it must be ingested. S'true.

Protodude · Post by **Protodude** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 6:53 pm

I wonder what age they start at then....

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 6:54 pm

Planning a trip now, Protodude?

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 7:00 pm

I wonder what age they start at then....

A couple years before puberty, apparently. It's their belief that the development of masculine features is a direct result of the jizz guzzling.

I bet the missionaries started that shit.

Locit · Post by **Locit** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 10:29 pm

Our McDonalds used to have pizza!

You forget yourself, sir!

chriscaffee · Post by **chriscaffee** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 12:03 am

I think I remember a large McDonald's in Florida called "Mickey D's" that had pizza and an arcade and all sorts of crap. There's an Arbies in Virginia with a real hot meat counter and a sort of market type thing too. I should make a fast food website devoted to obscure facts.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 8:03 am

I remember Burger King had a pizza promotion a while back, but I don't remember McDonald's ever doing such a thing...

Am I the only one who finds it a bit unnerving that you can get buffalo wings from pizza places but not from fried chicken places?

Post by **Esrever** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 11:20 am

It was a Canadian-only thing, though I have no idea why. There may have been a couple American McDonalds' that had it, but every one in Canada had McPizzas for about two years. They even wrote the z's in "pizza" with little sideways golden arches. The gimmick to make you want to buy your pizza there instead of at, say, Pizza hut, was that it could be made in under five minutes. Or your money back!

Locit · Post by **Locit** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 2:07 pm

How could one lose?

Spazz · Post by **Spazz** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 3:36 pm

By it tasting like the rest of McD's food. But if I remember correctly, the McD's pizza I had actually wasn't that bad.

Post by **Esrever** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 4:00 pm

It was pretty good! The thing was pretty much sopping wet with grease. I mean, we all joke about all McDonalds food being greasy but I'm talking REALLY greasy here. The crust was practically a liquid. I think the pizza it self was translucent.

Spazz · Post by **Spazz** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 3:37 pm

Green Gibbon! wrote:Are they gonna come with their own boxes?

I don't know why I didn't realize this this earlier, but maybe they will because of the whole "find the silver game" thing. Maybe they finally got some sense and instead of making the bags opaque, they'll put them in boxes so you can't see what's in the box, but it'll make it easier on collectors to know which game they got. I guess we'll find out tomorrow.

Ngangbius · Post by **Ngangbius** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 3:42 pm

Special thanks to Nik from the Moogle Cavern for pointing this out. This comes from a CNN article.

The fast-food giant said Thursday that each Happy Meal purchased between Dec. 3 and Dec. 27 will come with a handheld gaming device -- based on one of Sega's video characters.

The promotion is the second time that McDonald's has cooperated with video game maker Sega. The two teamed up with a similar promotion in the spring of 2003. "That promotion was extremely popular," said Jonni Hegenderfer, a spokeswoman for McDonald's.

McDonald's also is trying to sweeten the deal.

McDonald's said that 2,500 lucky children will find a silver-colored handheld device in their Happy Meal bag. Twenty-five of those will be given $2,500 to purchase a video gaming system of their choice. The other 2,475 who received a silver-colored device will win a Sega video game -- either Sonic Heroes or Sonic Mega Collection Plus.

And here is the picture of the American LCD games.

Note the difference in design between the American and the Asian ones Spazz posted a while ago.

Source: http://money.cnn.com/2004/12/02/news/fo ... /index.htm

Spazz · Post by **Spazz** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 3:48 pm

<a href="http://www.mcdonalds.com/usa/ronald/hap ... ml">Here's a close up of the complete list of games.</a>

<a href="http://www.mcdonalds.com/content/usa/ro ... swf">Sonic The Hedgehog Extreme Boarding</a> (Click to Play)
Tails' Sky Adventure
Knuckles' Treasure Hint
<a href="http://www.mcdonalds.com/usa/ronald/hap ... l.swf">Amy and Rouge Volleyball</a> (Click to Play)
Big's Fishing
Shadow's Hockey
Cream Flower Catch
Billy's Giant Egg

Ngangbius · Post by **Ngangbius** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 4:05 pm

Interesting that not only the design differs from the Asian versions but the characters' games are different also. The only characters whose game mode doesn't change are Sonic's and Cream's. Big and for some reason Billy Hatcher gets a game of their own also.

Post by **Segaholic2** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 4:05 pm

Dangit. Time to start eating at McDonald's again.

Spazz · Post by **Spazz** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 4:12 pm

<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 971438">Eh, screw it. I just bought the set on eBay.</a> It beats spending $25+ buying meals and getting a random toy more than once.

<img src="upload/files/sonicmcdad.gif">
Sadly, I've discovered that they don't come in boxes. Craptacular.

Ngangbius · Post by **Ngangbius** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 4:17 pm

^Dang, that was quick.

Post by **Segaholic2** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 4:48 pm

*buys other set*

Thanks, Spazz. No going to McDonald's for me!

Double-S- · Post by **Double-S-** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 4:50 pm

Yeah, but no chance at $2500!

Spazz · Post by **Spazz** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 4:52 pm

Unless you...*gulp*...open...them... >_<

Double-S- · Post by **Double-S-** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 4:59 pm

Obviously the solution is to develop an X-Ray vision device and stealth suit, then sneak into every McDonalds and search through the bins of toys.

Spazz · Post by **Spazz** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 5:00 pm

Or steal some other kid's silver game.

plasticwingsband · Post by **plasticwingsband** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 6:15 pm

During the last promotion I just bought the toys themselves. It's not like it's difficult or anything.

Spazz · Post by **Spazz** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 6:17 pm

I tried that, but it costs more if the McD's you go to makes you buy something with it, and then you may not even get one you need.

And besides, that requires effort.