Even more Sonic fast food! While McDonalds in the USA seemed to be toning down promotions, the rest of the world doesn't seem to be slowing down. Give-aways can turn out to be surprisingly collectible--especially where Sonic is concerned. Promotional items used in the actual restaurants appear here too, though they're harder to get.

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This set of toys has been released in the summer/fall of 2007, in Europe. The photo is from Finland McDonalds. These are half of the promotion. The "Girls Half" is Hello Kitty merchandise. As you can see, they've gone back to toy-toys rather than LCD mini-games, as has been a trend lately. One looks like a frizbee, and the "Sonic Spinner" is supposed to rotate, but does not do very well, reports say. Info. and notification credit goes to Risutaru-chan. Photo credit to McDonalds.

These are the instructions that came with the toy. It has a paper with it too, but it looks just about like the above photo, so you know how many toys there are to get. As you can see, this toy lights up. Why? It has 2 red LEDs. Do the others light up also? Scan credit to Risutaru-chan.

These figures are from a Burger King. Interestingly in this set, everyone's on a cloud for the purpose of rolling along surfaces. Tails' tails spin, and Knuckles has punching action as you roll him along. Does the Sonic do anything?

If this set looks familiar, it should. It's almost the same as the USA Sonic McDonalds set. The difference is the Tails. This time, he's on a flying saucer type device with rip-cord, and he won't actually 'fly' like the mini helicopter one which actually generated a bit of lift. (these tails are 3D, not helicopter blades-like) It still looks about as goofy though. Why was this done/changed? It was determined that it was possible (remotely possibly) to kill yourself with the string from the USA version. Yes, a garrotte! Or maybe you eat that triangle or something. Who knows. Either way, ripcords tend to work better than pull strings so it could actually be an improvement. (the string toy usually knots in the interior after a few pulls and there's no way to get it working again)

Here's a close-up of the Knuckles. His sculpt...leaves some to be desired. The cloud is like a 'cartoony fight' type cloud. This proves that the set was released both in the UK and the USA. Photo by OrangeUnicorn1984.

Here's a Happy Meal McDonalds' box from...somewhere. It's likely to have been released in the UK, but if they got it, it's likely some other places did too. Did this come with a toy? If so, which set? The art here is obviously Sonic Adventure 1-centric, so you can get a good guess at the release. The box front with blue line-screen and Sega word is actually pretty stylish--a welcome change for this sort of thing. What is the side panel? "Decorate your Pens". Was the prize inside a pen? It doesn't matter with these punch-out tabs, you can make any pen a Sonic pen.

By poking along the dotted line, you can get those disks out of the box on their little tabs. The tab folds around the pen, and you have to tape it shut, forming a type of little round flag. Then, you can fill in the missing letters of the characters' names on the box. However, all of that is really obvious. (the directions at the bottom which you can't read in the photo, say the same) Photo by Rhia.

Just when you think you've seen all the meal toys, another set pops up! Here is a (quite old) set from Burger King in the UK. These appeared in 1993, so BK really was getting a jump on things here. First, you can see a 'spring open' container from the end of the level, complete with 3D Sonic on top. Inside, you can see the little walrus which you release in the games. The sculpt of the Sonic topper is actually really nice. He's proportional, well painted, and quite appropriate. It's too bad more meal toys can't say the same.

Next up is Tails. He suffers from a somewhat poor sculpt and 'oval eyes' which they did not really pay attention to the shape of. Likely due to age, his white parts have gone pinkish further detracting from the figure. Why is there a hole in him? For a rip-cord. The bit on the side likely held his tails which could be spun by pulling the cord in his front. The Eggman is not a ball, but rather a gyroscope type toy which wobbles when the cord is pulled. It's tacked up here, because he won't sit up otherwise. The 2nd Sonic of the set is a wheel launcher. Pull the cord to launch 'spinning Sonic' from his Marble-Zone like base starting area and he'll roll along the floor. With a fair amount of interactivity and "Gizmo Factor" this is an interesting early set to collect. Photo by Rhia.