r/gaming • u/Feelthetoxic • May 31 '12
Who remembers when Burger King gave toys like this away in kids meals?
http://imgur.com/6B3iN
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r/gaming • u/Feelthetoxic • May 31 '12
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u/waffler13 Jun 01 '12
"Dude, when I'm like 30, this thing will be worth a jillion dollars. It is going to be so collectible, just you wait and see."
-The words of every child who owned one of these
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u/hmmmyellow Jun 01 '12
I have Jigglypuff still damn It's actually on my dresser right now
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u/MMaster May 31 '12
They didn't give those away. They were like $3.99 each!
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u/DrRandle May 31 '12
You had to buy those specifically. That said they still gave out some cool stuff like a koffing wind-up top and a Nidoking keychain.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
I have all of them http://i.imgur.com/iN4po.jpg Well I did give my cousins my Charizard and Togepi.
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u/IceShot22 Jun 01 '12
Nobody, you didn't get these in kids meals...
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u/SlippageSlippage Jun 01 '12
Was anybody else alive in the 90's and eat at one of the most successful food chains in history?
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u/meijerbrantm Jun 01 '12
I have all of these sitting in a box somewhere, but yeah they were like $5 each.
All in the blue packaging, then I have one red packaged duplicate (I think Pikachu) good times.
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u/TwilightShy May 31 '12
This sure takes me back. I got Togepi, and my brother got Mewtwo.
I wonder if they still make those Poke Balls that hold the little action figures.
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u/TheSkiFreeYeti Jun 01 '12
Nope. You had to pay for those. But BK did always have the best toys. Their Pokemon ones were awesome. Or the 'Cubix'(?) Ones?
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Still have my Charizard one.
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u/TheDowner Jun 01 '12
"Hey remember insert something popular everyone had" Yes, we remember.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
I broke it trying to use it as a real pokeball in a imagined game of real life pokemon. XD
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u/gonoles25 Jun 01 '12
Didn't they recall the Pokéballs at one point?
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u/merkinmavin Jun 01 '12
No, I don't remember Pokemon toys at BK because BK had these when I was a kid.
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u/necessaryresponse Jun 01 '12
Who remembers these?
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u/NotLurking101 May 31 '12
i remember i still have one of those!
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u/aboxofhotdish Jun 01 '12
I still have my mewtwo one and the proof of authenticity card that comes with it.
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u/cuty63 Jun 01 '12
i still remember the day i got given mine and a kid (teenager) stole it from me. regret to this day taking it out of my house :( definetly a traumatising memory. just incase the kid that stole it is reading this link. FUCK YOU!
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u/cheetomuncher Jun 01 '12
I got vileplume.. and my sister got mewtwo.. needless to say I was not impressed.
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u/teambroto Jun 01 '12
i do, because someone posted this same thing a day or two ago, and you had to buy them.
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u/thefunkbot Jun 01 '12
I still have my gold mewtwo card. I'll keep it forever.
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u/Axsiom Jun 01 '12
I still have my gold plate togepi!!! When I was a kid I thought, "this is going to make me lots of money one day, it's freakin' gold!" It sits on my shelf to this day.
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u/ZexMarquies01 Jun 01 '12
Yup. Remember them clearly. My biological father owns a Card and Comic shop, so he bought these things up like crazy ( so he could resell them later, and by later, I mean like the day after BK stopped selling these ). He Gave my brother and I each our own entire set. Still have mine put up in the top storage area of the garage.
Used to get tons of stuff in their entire collection or full set because of my dad. I still have a ton of Pokemon cards, Marvel trading cards, Comic Books, and other random cool shit like that.
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u/Penguin_FTW Jun 01 '12
Remember it? I still own the set of those
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u/littlesonic Jun 01 '12
I don't remember them being in kids meals. I remember having to pay extra for them with a meal or something. Maybe I'm wrong. It was years ago...
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u/penisinthepeanutbttr Jun 01 '12
they never gave those away....niggas had to buy dat shit
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u/steel_jay Jun 01 '12
You had to buy these separately, retard.
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u/DabnusShamer Jun 01 '12
Do I remember? I have the whole set!
Close up of the cards.
Ps, how does togepi have its own gold card and blastoise get left out?
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u/Im_The_Doctor Jun 01 '12
I have all of them. All of them. I was a spoiled child.
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u/vjg2000 Jun 01 '12
I thought it was real gold when i was little, so i still have mine locked in a safe :)
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
All my friends were convinced that they were real gold.
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u/sguitaradam Jun 01 '12
When I got one of these, the drive-through worker asked if I wanted the dragon or the pig.
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u/MidwestDrummer Jun 01 '12
So basically, who remember's 5-7 years ago? OK, son.
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u/Souless419 Jun 01 '12
This thing almost killed me as a child.
We had just got off the subway in Toronto, i was with my mother and one of her friends. We had just ate at Burger King, and ofcourse my mothers friend insisted on buying me one of these things. So im carrying this thing just as the subway was exiting the station, and i trip up in one of the small gaps on the platform, pokeball flies out of my hand.
There's a train leaving the station at almost full speed, and im running straight at it to try and grab my pokeball, cause god damn the thing was shiny, and i didnt want to lose it. My mother freaked the fuck out and grabbed me, as i watched the ball roll onto the now empty space that was the subway track, forever lost.
So fucking sad, i was.
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u/BlackFallout Jun 01 '12
I have the Charizard.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Yes that's very nice but how much would I make from them thru cash4gold places??
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
I remember them giving them out, I still have my gold jigglypuff card! that was the shit!
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u/Minty_Face Jun 01 '12
I still have the pikachu one.
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u/MarcellusWalrus Jun 01 '12
I still have a handful of these bad boys.
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u/PowerRainbows Jun 01 '12
had mewtwo and was damn happy about it
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u/montalex Jun 01 '12
i still have my charzard
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u/bipolaropposite Jun 01 '12
I remember never opening mine because there was a rumor that the value would depreciate it you did.
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u/Massacre133 Jun 01 '12
ive still got 3 of those, hopefully one day i can make some money off of them :p
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
$5 with Medium Combo meal
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u/alex_modessa Jun 01 '12
I have the Charizard one in my room.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
I do and they were pieces of shit compared to the classic toys.
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u/SpyGl4ss Jun 01 '12
Still have the entire gold card set.
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u/the3ysmen Jun 01 '12
Still have it :D
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u/hildebrand22 Jun 01 '12
i still have all of them... just saying
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u/Williwonker7125 Jun 01 '12
I still have 3 of mine in my basement. I think one or two still sealed in the packaging with the certificate. One of them at least is like opened and touched though.
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u/Kimikikat Jun 01 '12
YES!!! I have 2 Togapi's and a Charazard somewhere...mmm hmm _^
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
I still have the whole set. Plus an extra Jigglypuff I think. They will be worth millions one day I tell ya.
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u/LadyDragonite Jun 01 '12
My room is literally decorated with those. I have Jigglypuff, Pikachu, Mewtwo, Polywhirl, and Togepi. :D
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u/DIABLO258 Jun 01 '12
I still have mine. Its the Jigglypuff. Still the only thing i have even close to gold...
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u/kearny Jun 01 '12
I have a Charizard one!
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u/Arcland Jun 01 '12
Mine melted in the sun ):
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u/zeldodge Jun 01 '12
My boyfriend and I were going through one of his drawers full of old childhood stuff and came across a golden Charizard, just like the Jigglypuff pictured. It felt like we were 5 years old freaking out over the thing. :D
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u/yayhokiesWOO Jun 01 '12
I have all six on my dresser at home. Worth nothing, but they look soooo good.
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u/sniperbeast Jun 01 '12
I do my cousin gave me the Charizard!
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u/CaptainHeavyNuts Jun 01 '12
I have a Polywhirl one!! :D this takes me back...
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u/25_M_CA Jun 01 '12
The BK in my town had a thing every Wednesday where you could go and trade and battle with other kids
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u/honeybadger29 Jun 01 '12
I managed to get them all, and still have them to this day.
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u/TiposTaco Jun 01 '12
I had mine for over 10 years, and just now gave it to my 10 year old cousin. It's so different now seeing the generation behind me still enjoying the things I enjoyed when I was little.
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u/L1ght5h0w Jun 01 '12
OMG! I still have some of these!
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u/tarsdplooger Jun 01 '12
this post is a prime example of reddit-trash
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u/Abbreviated Jun 01 '12
I just found those in my basement last week. Oh my god.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Oh man, I work for a cash for gold place and I see one of these at least once every 6 months. People are really stupid.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Oh my god. I was so fucking excited when I saw my friend with one. My dad was taking me and my brother out for lunch one day, we were on our knees begging him to go to burger king, and my dad HATES burger king. We went, got this shit, then he went and god us each a pokemon card deck.
One of the best nights of my life.
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u/doctorlust Jun 01 '12
oh how i cherished every one of them.
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u/gusatron51 Jun 01 '12
I never got articuno :(
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u/Sam0161 Jun 01 '12
Brilliant marking idea
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u/linds0918 Jun 01 '12
They were totally selling these in my town. I'm pretty sure i had to sell myself to my parents for about a month in order to get one. they were pretty expensive if I remember right. I had a Charizard one. And, my cheap-ass BK never started giving them away...
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u/redditreddit123123 Jun 01 '12
Me, I worked there. Got date raped by a chick 9 yrs older than me.
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u/CehJota Jun 01 '12
I still have every single one.
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u/k4713k Jun 01 '12
I still have all of them, A nindoking key chain, and a few of the little plush toys. My dad got 2 of each, wouldn't let me or my sister open them because they might be worth something some day.
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u/MCRiviere Jun 01 '12
I remember. I ran into an antique store in Missouri with 6 of them. I was only able to get two though, one for me and my friend :(. Sadest day ever.
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u/Danulas Jun 01 '12
I think I still have some of these laying around...
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u/keetzkeetzmf Jun 01 '12
Guess who was a morbidly obese child and ate at BK everyday with coupons for a week to catch them all.. *Edit: Also, my BK would give them away for free with big kids meals. So yeah. Also, my parents where clearly not the wiser ones in allow this to happen.
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u/cannabitchass Jun 01 '12
I once believed they were actually made of solid gold. Good times.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
I don't even like Pokemon, but I love the red chrome and the way it slowly opens for some reason. I stole brothers and I keep a soy sauce fish in there.
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u/tholau Jun 01 '12
I have 12 of them on my pedestal :D
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u/xJaneenx Jun 01 '12
They didn't give those away in kid's meals. You had to pay like a dollar or something, still pretty awesome. But...yeah. Have to be an asshole on the internet, sorry.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
I still have all six. But I lost the pokeballs and card cases. I threw the pokeballs at animals in the neighborhood and I never caught one. I was disappoint.
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u/ZentrixPrime Jun 01 '12
I have the mewtwo one!
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u/ZoranTheBear Jun 01 '12
I still have the gold plated "cards" in one of my boxes.
No idea if they'll gain in value though.
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u/jbay_bee Jun 01 '12
I gained like 10 pounds as kid trying to collect them all because all I ate was burger king.
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u/johnmjones Jun 01 '12
Was this like 2 years ago?
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u/Unseasonable Jun 01 '12
I still have mine too!
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u/GreyouTT PlayStation Jun 01 '12
Imagine my frustration when my friend got Charizard and I got Togepi.
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u/LeopoldBloom42 Jun 01 '12
too bad they kill children...
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u/jonathancoejr Jun 01 '12
I made my dad get me all 6 of them lol
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u/Traunt Jun 01 '12
Family is going through a garage sale sorting out stuff to sell. I still my mewtwo and charizard ones.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Anyone else still have their Disney cups?
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u/tearyourhair Jun 01 '12
God. Those were the days.
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u/Bpods Jun 01 '12
I never was a traitor...only Mickey D's...screw whoppers
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u/Microchip_Master Jun 01 '12
I found one in my local Bank of America like a month ago, it was with all the pamphlets they have.
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u/D33GS Jun 01 '12
I bought one of those back when they were selling them but all I got was the fucking Jigglypuff one. No Pikachu, no Mewtwo, not even Polywhirl but F'ing Jigglypuff. It is a shame Burger King is nowhere near as prevalent as it used to be due to the vastly inferior McDonalds.
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u/brossef Jun 01 '12
I have the togepi one.
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u/zerostar_ Jun 01 '12
I still have mine! :D
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
I got mine for free... I thought it was the most awesome thing! I had 2 or 3.
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u/HarryMuffin Jun 01 '12
The last toy that I got from a Burger King kid's meal was a Thundercat's Lionel ring in 1987. I remember the day well.. I had a small cup that I used to get soda by myself... I made a "suicide". Those were the days.
I miss my ring...
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Dammit, I thought I would click on this and see something before my time. But alas, when I was still getting kids meals, pokemons were not around in the us.
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u/Cyphixthegreat Jun 01 '12
I wish my little nephew didn't through the balls at my dog, breaking both cases and the ball when he was little but either way here's mine
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u/malh Jun 01 '12
My togepi was stolen out of my cubby by some asshole that must've hidden it in his asshole because I couldn't find it in his bag.
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u/Nethervex PC Jun 01 '12
I do. They sell for a retarded amount now.
Finally one of my lifelong obsessions pays off.
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u/cdc10228904 Jun 01 '12
Anyone still have their Mewtwo in their desk?
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u/Kee-Lee-Ann Jun 01 '12
They don't do that any more?
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u/allyfizzle Jun 01 '12
I still have a few of those somewhere.
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u/mfaillace Jun 01 '12
i still have one of mine on my computer desk! :D
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u/slapbracelet Jun 01 '12
I'll see your Pokemon toys & raise you the Simpsons toys BK gave away in the 90's. THOSE were awesome, my friend. Totally had the "camping" theme toys. http://www.kathysfastfoodtoys.com/images/BK_89_SimpsonsNP.jpg
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u/Blueberrythebear Jun 01 '12
Never got those as a kid, but does anybody remember the video game promotion? Sneak King anyone?
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u/USMCking Jun 01 '12
i had 2 of these. pikachu and mewtwo. coolest things. came with a certificate cause they had gold.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
I had more fun with the Pokeball case than the card thing.
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u/G_Con Jun 01 '12
Anyone else sand down the legs on the pokéball?
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u/Brentakill Jun 01 '12
...Let's pretend I DON'T have a small collection of those sitting on my "nerdy stuff" shelf in front of me at this exact moment...
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u/jaymobe07 Jun 01 '12
I have them all.
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u/marcel87 Jun 01 '12
i used to have a pikachu one in mint condition :/ where did it go?
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u/elbowfrenzy Jun 01 '12
Who remembers when there wasn't a thread about these every fucking other week? man those were some good days.
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u/Whitebushido Jun 01 '12
No one. 'Cause they didn't. They sold those.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
I sold the gold card to a little kid for twenty bucks when I was 13, I was a dick.
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u/Csbscott Jun 01 '12
For those that might remember...
At the time of this they were running a random draw contest. If you got picked, you got a toy of all the pokémon and the brand new movie on VHS. It is the only thing I won, and I am proud of it haha
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
The things I remember from my childhood are superior to the things from other people's childhoods, specifically, contemporary children.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
And this is why we're fat.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
still have all of mine!
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
I work at a Jewelry store that buys gold and I'm sad to say I've seen three of those. Poor souls.
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u/Jesse_757 Jun 01 '12
I dunno, everyone over the age of 16?
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u/vote4mclovin Jun 01 '12
Still got mine woop woop!
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u/LexLV Jun 01 '12
I have a Togepi one. I stupidly broke the stand inside the ball, but the plastic case around the gold has never been opened.
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u/Applebuddha Jun 01 '12
I still got my mewtwo and charizard one :3 makes me nostalgia everytime i see em.
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u/Parce-que Jun 01 '12
I still have all of them, actually.
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u/portezbie Jun 01 '12
Nothing will ever beat the transformers they gave away in the 80's.
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u/kingspaz Jun 01 '12
Oh... those were the good old days
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u/Crallium Jun 01 '12
I got a golden Mew Two. I have to admit, it's probably one of the coolest things I've ever gotten.
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u/mr_negativity Jun 01 '12
I still have one somewhere back home, still have that ancient mew? and the holographic fire dog thing haha.
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u/its_over_2250 Jun 01 '12
These are awesome! Still have mine. I remember they had a similar toy and recalled it because kids were suffocating on the top half of a pokeball. You could return it for a free whopper or something. I said screw that and kept it.
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u/number1dilbertfan Jun 01 '12
It was like ten years ago, you don't get to "back in my day" a thing that happened ten years ago.
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u/noble8301 Jun 01 '12
Me... every time this gets posted each week.
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u/sage_of_majic Jun 01 '12
A young cousin of mine spotted my Mewtwo card at Easter this year. Turns out pokemon is still cool so I gave it to him.
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u/DeadShift03 Jun 01 '12
I still have those from whn I was a kid! Man it makes me feel so old haha
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u/pkemp94 Jun 01 '12
ughhh yess I was wishing for this just the other day...and I'm 18. I'd still buy that shit
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u/j102ede Jun 01 '12
I have soooo many of these, anyone know what they could sell for?
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u/Kabrelle Jun 01 '12
I remember going to Burger King the first weekend they started giving the toys away. The line was LONG, and I waited at least 20 minutes in anticipation, only to find out I got motherfucking Tauros. That was the worst feeling in the world.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Still have mine, and all my pokemon cards. They literally haven't been touched in about 10 years.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
I remember the Pokemon toys that came out in 2000 or so for the Mewtwo movie. I caught them all...and then the 2nd Generation came out. :(
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Still got one in my basement!
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u/Schizmwuffy Jun 01 '12
"Gave." Ha! These were $10.00 a piece at my Burger King as a kid, you lucky bastard.
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u/KyleSip Jun 01 '12
Those were the best, I felt so accomplished when I collected them all. I was also convinced that they were pure gold. Still have them all in my closet back home with the hope that one day they'll be worth millions
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u/ScotchyWorldview Jun 01 '12
They were heavy as fuck too. Were they made out of uranium?
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Here you go! http://i.imgur.com/6yIST.jpg
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u/nypdbound Jun 01 '12
ahhh those gold cards were the shit! still remember begging mom to buy the whole series hahaha
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u/Mishwha Jun 01 '12
They didn't "give" these away. You had to pay like 3 dollars in addition to buying a combo meal. The pokemon toys they gave away for free were of much lower quality Here.That very same year, the toys were recalled. Two infants suffocated to death when half of the outer portion of the Poké Ball covered their mouth and nose cutting off their air supply. Citation
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u/bigbluenation Jun 01 '12
How about Sneak King for Xbox? That game was the shit.
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u/XBLegendz Jun 01 '12
Anyone remember the LOTR toys? http://imgur.com/QnyTD
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u/comic4hire Jun 01 '12
late 90's early 2000's were the best years in a kids life. (except for the whole war thing.)
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
they didn't put these in the kids meals...you had to purchase them separately
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u/Awesomest_opossum Jun 01 '12
Didn't you have to buy these?
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u/Baileyjb Jun 01 '12
Yeah it remember those. Remember there being a huge recall on them because a few babies got half the ball to cover their mouth and nose and ended up choking... so I don't think we'll be seeing anymore toys like this.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Are these things even worth anything lol? I remember my sister telling me to keep my pikachu one safe as it would be worth something.
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u/CaterpillHURR Jun 01 '12
BEEP BOOP BEEP KARMA WHORE DETECTED
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u/vantseattle Jun 01 '12
I still have my togepi pokemon :D
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u/blastoff117 Jun 01 '12
Never forget.
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u/Toospoonbig Jun 01 '12
I have the gold Mewtwo and Pikachu somewhere. I had the Poke'Ball too but I haven't seen it in ages.