Sentences with phrase «happy meal toy»

And the kids CAN NOT seem to part with a single piece of paper or happy meal toy, much less an actual fun toy.

Historically (and until the end of the day today), parents who wanted to provide a Happy Meal toy to their children without purchasing the food could simply pay McDonald's $ 2.18 for the toy only.

Curve has done plenty to change up the gameplay formula without taking away from the core experience made famous in the original Stealth Inc, so grab a friend and get ready to be challenged mentally and physically as you try to save the world's Happy Meal toy testing clones from the brutal corporate entity that has enslaved them for our pleasure.

To hear McDonald's tell it with the 1990 Super Mario Bros. 3 Happy Meal toy, it was because Goombas keep messy houses and so no one ever came to their parties, apparently leaving them disgruntled.

Packing an Intel Atom processor, the Android - powered 7 - inch FonePad makes the 5.5 - inch Galaxy Note II look like a Happy Meal toy.

«Our restaurants are now offering our youngest guests an alternative Happy Meal toy,» Hickey said.

A happy meal toy proved to be a good luck charm for this health physics & diagnostic sciences professor in her NASA endeavors.

Now New York City will soon be considering its own Happy Meal toy ban.

(These measures are commonly referred to as «Happy Meal toy bans,» even though they affect all restaurants, not just McDonald's.)

Moreover, whereas in the past parents could purchase the Happy Meal toy apart from a meal, the SF Weekly blog reports that this option will no longer be available — now parents must purchase the still - unhealthy meal to placate toy - collecting kids.

I continue to feel ambivalence about the strategy of going after the Happy Meal toy as a means of combatting childhood obesity, a strategy that has been adopted via ordinance in San Francisco, as reported here a few weeks ago.

* Flip flops * Hard candy * bouncy ball * comb * crayons * paper / coloring book * playing cards * travel sized game * book * toiletries * small stuffed animal * socks * unopened happy meal toy * play dough * small puzzle * chalk and a mini chalkboard * animal figurines * small musical instruments * finger puppets * pencil case * stickers * stamps and stamp pad

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Ask anyone who grew up eating McDonald's and they can instantly tell you what the most coveted Happy Meal toy of their generation was.

For the first time since the 1990s, Nintendo (nintendo) is teaming up with McDonald's (mcd) to turn their iconic video game characters into Happy Meal toys.

Many of the hottest collectibles of the 20th Century, including Hummel figurines, Depression glass, Roseville pottery, comic books, baseball cards, lunchboxes, vintage denim, Happy Meal toys, and, of course, Beanie Babies, are worth just a fraction of their former values in the 21st Century.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest, a consumer group that advocates healthier restaurant food for children, last year sued McDonald's to stop it from using Happy Meal toys to lure children into its restaurants.

Fasten your seatbelt, because if you can't be the bad guy with regard to food choices when your kids are young enough to care about Happy Meal toys, you are going to be in a world of hurt when your kids reach their teens and need for you to say no to them from time to time.

i don't recall happy meal toys as a preschooler, yet i got hooked on mcD in my day.

Some of the puppets were nicely made and some were Happy Meal toys.

though honestly we have since discovered that you can buy happy meal toys separately and have a chocolate milk and still get to play on the nasty indoor playground... the kids are happy!

The Center for Science in the Public Interest is threatening to sue McDonald's on the grounds that the use of Happy Meals toys lures children into consuming unhealthful food.

For toddlers / preschoolers: have some new little toys (horded Happy Meal toys are great) to introduce at intervals.

If you're a parent, you know what I'm talking about: the Happy Meal toys, the rings, -LSB-...]

For example, when McDonald's says that it has «made great strides to reduce the amount of material used in our Happy Meal toys,» I would love to have seen some concrete examples.

I wasn't familiar with McDonalds environmental initiatives, so I checked out their blog, and left a comment suggesting McDonalds could do even more for the environment by introducing organic Happy Meal selections and eco-friendly Happy Meal toys.

You know what I'm talking about: the Happy Meal toys, the rings, tops, balls and other -LSB-...]

The group, which seeks class - action status for its case, is asking California to ban all marketing of Happy Meal toys.

Critics hammered McDonald's executives not only for offering unhealthful menu items but also for marketing fast food to kids with its Ronald McDonald character and Happy Meal toys, all while the company boasts of eight straight years of sales growth despite a deep economic recession.

I agree with most of what Robin Farella had to say about the lawsuit against McDonald's to ban Happy Meal toys (Voice of the People, Jan. 3).

Fill Ziploc bags with a variety of tiny children's toys that you're looking to dump (think Happy Meal toys, bouncy balls, etc.).

Clear out the obvious losers, such as outgrown clothing, toys that haven't been used in months, ripped books, used - up pens, and Happy Meal toys, placing them in the appropriate group.

So last month, when the Center for Science in the Public Interest announced it was filing a class action lawsuit to stop McDonald's from using Happy Meal toys to market to children, the fierce and ugly backlash against the mother of two who was brave enough to attach her name to the case was predictable.

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But Michelle McIlmoyle, Canada's senior marketing manager, said the tracker made perfect sense: «Step - it is in line with McDonald's general philosophy for Happy Meal toys, which is to make toys that encourage either physical or imagination - based play,» she said in an earlier press release, which was quoted by Digital Trends.

The film feels like The Great Escape as performed by Happy Meal toys, and as such, gives audiences of all ages plenty of humor, fun, and heart to devour and enjoy.

Set aside any preconceptions of Happy Meal toys, sporks, or Saturns, because this isn't your typical plastic.

Nintendo also made a much better effort on marketing, striking the first deal since the early 90's with McDonalds for Happy Meal toys featuring Mario and the gang, as well as holding lots of live events and publicising them with the help of their partners, independent media sites and increased television advertising.

We've had Sonic branded Happy Meal toys, Burger King toys, toothpaste, Williams F1 cars and Life Savers hard candies so SEGA have certainly proven they like to get the Blue Blur's face onto anything.

The life of a clone in Stealth Inc 2 is a disastrous and short - lived one due to their thankless job, which entails being put through a series of deadly trials to help a mega-corporation perfect its Happy Meal toys.

[Translate] By John Upton Chris Chabot The city that kicked off a gay - marriage revolution, cracked down on Happy Meal toys,...

Happy Meal toys and other promotions that come with high - calorie children's meals will soon be banned in parts of Santa Clara County unless the restaurants meet nutritional guidelines approved Tuesday by the county Board of Supervisors.

Happy Meal toys are becoming fewer, the meals are becoming healthier.

GPUs are highly complex machines — we're not playing with Happy Meal toys here.

Not exact matches

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Early on the toys included in the Happy Meal were little trinkets — stencils, puzzle locks and spinning tops.

This first iteration of the Happy Meal was the Circus Wagon box, which came with either a cheeseburger or hamburger as well as fries, cookies, a drink and a toy.

Two McDonald's Happy Meals with toy watches fashioned after the characters Donkey and Puss in Boots from the movie «Shrek Forever After» are pictured in Los Angeles, in this June 22, 2010 file photo.

If they come with a tract isn't that like mcdonald's happy meals, where the toys in the shoe box are just the lure to get the kids hooked on the real product, the religion?

The first Happy Meals offered in 1979 let you choose between a hamburger or cheeseburger and came... MORE with fries, cookies, a drink and a toy.