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#377301 kegisak Thu, 20th Jun '13 7:41:02 AM

In north america they got around the same initiative(They made a law against inculding free toys with junk food) by making the toys cost like, 20 cents. Which has the added benefit of meaning you can buy them independently of a Happy Meal, because those things are tiny and crap. Nothing quite shakes up a cashier like asking for a double quarter pounder, shake and pony.

Well, in theory. The Mcdonalds I went to in Vancouver was less than a block away from my school, so they were well used to animation students getting them before I got in on it.

#377302 storyyeller Thu, 20th Jun '13 7:41:30 AM from Appleloosa

I haven't had one since I was a little kid.

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#377303 Purple Dalek Thu, 20th Jun '13 7:46:51 AM from Betelgeuse

Burger King always had better toys, anyway. I've still got my Revenge of the Sith C3-PO from eight years ago.

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#377304 Ace Of Scarabs Thu, 20th Jun '13 7:48:30 AM from Singapore

I think I might still have the Sonic 3 happy meal toys from the past :D

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edited 20th Jun '13 7:49:50 AM by AceOfScarabs

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#377305 CDRW Thu, 20th Jun '13 7:48:32 AM

I've gotten exactly one happy meal toy in my life. It was a crappy plastic green dragon. I kept it for years as a random minion in my toy army. Then I decided to burn it in a pie tin full of gasoline.

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#377306 Ace Of Scarabs Thu, 20th Jun '13 7:50:34 AM from Singapore

Fun Fact: I still camp the Happy Meal cycles everytime they change to see if anything interesting goes up for grabs.

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#377307 Purple Dalek Thu, 20th Jun '13 7:51:26 AM from Betelgeuse

Do they still do that stupid thing were they segregate the girls' and boys' toys?

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#377308 Sydxelia Thu, 20th Jun '13 7:53:30 AM from Cranberry World

The first thing the latest version of Flash did was freeze my computer. That doesn't bode well.

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#377309 kegisak Thu, 20th Jun '13 7:56:53 AM

They totally still do the stupid thing where they separate girls' and boys' toys. Even with ponies, which given the sheer scope of the fanbase is kind of bizarre. They honestly kind of aren't 'girls' toys' anymore, are they? They've just become toys.

#377310 Ace Of Scarabs Thu, 20th Jun '13 7:58:03 AM from Singapore

Yeah, Mcd's still hilariously bad at that. Everyone takes the Hello Kitty stuff when it goes up.

edited 20th Jun '13 7:58:35 AM by AceOfScarabs

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#377311 Purple Dalek Thu, 20th Jun '13 7:58:43 AM from Betelgeuse

Just asking the child which toy they'd prefer really can't be that difficult.

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#377312 Applelight Limited Thu, 20th Jun '13 7:59:01 AM from In the skies above.

I have a Dick Dasterdy's Mean Machine toy. But I think I got it from Burger King. I can't remember.

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#377313 kegisak Thu, 20th Jun '13 8:02:37 AM

Hell, some do anyways. At least among their specific gender-assigned toys.

Kind of as an aside, how did horses become 'girly', anyways? It's a fucking horse. They're six feet tall and like a thousand goddamn pounds of muscle. They're huge!* The things have historically carted around cowboys, knights, natives, mongols, and any other kind of warrior you care to think about. You'd think if anything they'd be considered more of a 'boy thing'.

#377314 Steventheman Thu, 20th Jun '13 8:03:42 AM from Wales

It's because ponies are smaller than horses, I think. And that did something. I'm too tired.

But yeah, horses are badass motherfuckers.

edited 20th Jun '13 8:04:00 AM by Steventheman

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#377315 Applelight Limited Thu, 20th Jun '13 8:04:38 AM from In the skies above.

@ keg

That's...a good point actually.

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#377316 Purple Dalek Thu, 20th Jun '13 8:06:21 AM from Betelgeuse

@Keg Maybe My Little Pony itself is responsible for that.

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#377317 Applelight Limited Thu, 20th Jun '13 8:11:59 AM from In the skies above.

But the show had to come from the fact that ponies are seen as girly.

I mean ok ponies are smaller than horses, but I hear they're mean and belligerent little mothers.

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#377318 Lopiny Thu, 20th Jun '13 8:21:05 AM from somewhere

Domestic animals in general tend to get more belligerent the smaller they are, apparently. So it's a bit like small dog syndrome applied to an animal that even when miniaturized can easily kneecap you.

edited 20th Jun '13 8:21:16 AM by Lopiny

Oh, the thread? Don't worry, it's just dead.

#377319 Blissey 1 Thu, 20th Jun '13 8:35:14 AM from a random Pokècenter

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#377320 Kuroi Tsubasa Tenshi Thu, 20th Jun '13 8:56:36 AM from Canada

Re: Segregation: That's ass-backward corporations for you. That does remind me of a picture I saw floating around sometime near the end of season 1 that showed a pony Happy Meal toy and the receipt where the savvy cashier had billed it as "boy's toy".

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#377321 edvedd Thu, 20th Jun '13 9:36:30 AM from Over there. Maybe?

Well, the keychain figures were done in A Merica a while back. We're only just getting them, so they're new to us.

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#377322 Japanese Teeth Thu, 20th Jun '13 9:50:22 AM from Meinong's jungle

I think the "All girls love ponies" thing is probably a result horses being "girlified". Horses are manly beasts, trampling your enemies before you and whatnot. So they shrunk them down to make them cuter, and it turned into the "girly" version of a horse. Yeah, it's dumb, but that's how culture works.

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#377323 d Roy Thu, 20th Jun '13 10:00:33 AM from Princeton, New Jersey

Horses are manly? Don't be ridiculous.

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(I want to see something that manly in FIM, btw)

#377324 Japanese Teeth Thu, 20th Jun '13 10:12:31 AM from Meinong's jungle

Remind me to link this the next time drama happens.

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#377325 Sydxelia Thu, 20th Jun '13 10:13:13 AM from Cranberry World

I was reading about the death of James Gandolfini of The Sopranos at 51. Someone felt the need to comment, "One more fat guy gone. Makes you wanna put down the burgers fries and donuts and get in shape eh?"

Have I ever mentioned how much I dislike smarmy, preachy people?

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