Happy Meal Frodo-hobbit with Glow-in-the-Dark Sting? - Page 5

Bradistic · 12-09-2001, 06:37 PM

I'm soooo sorry Darth Tater if I messed up your perfect LOTR forum, but I still would like to know what makes the Burger King cups light up and what do you have to buy to get one?

Bacchus · 12-09-2001, 06:51 PM

The goblets are $1.99 with any purchase. There is a little battery/light thingy in the base that you can remove to wash the glass(or if you just don't want a glowing goblet.)

arynetrek · 12-09-2001, 07:07 PM

my Tolkien-fan mother has already threatened me with a light-up Arwen goblet for Xmas if i'm bad...

and that burger poster is just despicable.

i'd be OK with the idea of LotR toys, "collectible figures," or anything else if i was sure they'd do a good job on them - but too many times i've seen the bad things they do to Star Wars characters when making them into toys. (my high school's SF club used to have contests for who could find the worst-looking, worst-represented SW toy - i think the TOTALLY out-of-proportion Boba Fett from a Happy Meal during the rereleases of IV-VI won once...)

it's hard enough to think of those dear Hobbits & Men & Elves as being ONSCREEN, i can't handle the idea of them as toys yet.

<speech style="Wednesday Addams"> Boromir burgers? are they made from real Gondorim? </speech>

whoever (Renille?) suggested T-shirts, that IMO would be a better way of accomplishing the inevitable merchandising. i'd wear a Gandalf shirt!

besides, the toys seem like a ploy to get little kids into the movie - they're obviously (based on rating) not meant for little kids. IMO if you're not old enough to enjoy the book, don't see the movie. and not just for the terrifying scenes (kids are more resilient than Society gives them credit for)

how ironic - a light-up goblet commercial is playing as i write this...

and i think at 5'0 (& 19 years old), i could compete for "Shortest on the Board"

aryne *

sracer · 12-11-2001, 03:16 PM

I stumbled across this and thought that some would find it amusing:

Three drinks for the Burger Kings under the sky,
Seven burgers for the Dwarves who are stoned,
Ninety million consumers doomed to buy,
One cut for the Dark Lord, the franchise he owns.
In the land of Mordor where the Whoppers lie.
Onion ring to rule them all, onion ring to dine them,
Onion ring to bring them all and in the deep-fryer bind them
In the land of Mordor where the Whoppers lie.

Renille · 12-11-2001, 10:47 PM

Ah...beloved insanity.

That was funny, scracer.

At least I'm not the shortest-shortest! (Oh yes, I got my own age wrong...I'm 5'2" at 15 ...not 14.)

12-09-2001, 06:51 PM	#2
Bacchus Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Houston TX USA Posts: 245	The goblets are $1.99 with any purchase. There is a little battery/light thingy in the base that you can remove to wash the glass(or if you just don't want a glowing goblet.) __________________ Yet neither by wolf, nor by Balrog, nor by Dragon, would Morgoth have achieved his end, but for the treachery of Men. Always after a defeat and a respite, the Shadow takes another shape and grows again.

12-09-2001, 07:07 PM	#3
arynetrek Elf Lord Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 610	my Tolkien-fan mother has already threatened me with a light-up Arwen goblet for Xmas if i'm bad... and that burger poster is just despicable. i'd be OK with the idea of LotR toys, "collectible figures," or anything else if i was sure they'd do a good job on them - but too many times i've seen the bad things they do to Star Wars characters when making them into toys. (my high school's SF club used to have contests for who could find the worst-looking, worst-represented SW toy - i think the TOTALLY out-of-proportion Boba Fett from a Happy Meal during the rereleases of IV-VI won once...) it's hard enough to think of those dear Hobbits & Men & Elves as being ONSCREEN, i can't handle the idea of them as toys yet. <speech style="Wednesday Addams"> Boromir burgers? are they made from real Gondorim? </speech> whoever (Renille?) suggested T-shirts, that IMO would be a better way of accomplishing the inevitable merchandising. i'd wear a Gandalf shirt! besides, the toys seem like a ploy to get little kids into the movie - they're obviously (based on rating) not meant for little kids. IMO if you're not old enough to enjoy the book, don't see the movie. and not just for the terrifying scenes (kids are more resilient than Society gives them credit for) how ironic - a light-up goblet commercial is playing as i write this... and i think at 5'0 (& 19 years old), i could compete for "Shortest on the Board" aryne * Last edited by arynetrek : 12-09-2001 at 07:10 PM.

12-11-2001, 10:47 PM	#5
Renille Elven Lady of Speed-posting Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the cheese state Posts: 988	Ah...beloved insanity. That was funny, scracer. At least I'm not the shortest-shortest! (Oh yes, I got my own age wrong...I'm 5'2" at 15 ...not 14.) __________________ Oh the thinks you can think! Think and wonder and dream...far and wide as you dare! When your thinks have run dry, in the blink of an eye, there's another world there... (from Seussical the Musical. Listen to it...watch it...really.)

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
The Lord of the Rings discussion: Chapter 2, The Shadow of the Past	jerseydevil	LOTR Discussion Project	57	04-07-2005 11:37 AM
LoTR Discussion project; Book II Chapters 9 and 10	BeardofPants	LOTR Discussion Project	31	02-05-2005 07:52 AM
The Lord of the Rings Discussion, Book II, Chapter 1	brownjenkins	LOTR Discussion Project	46	02-02-2005 05:35 AM
It's that time of the year again, HAPPY HOBBIT DAY!	ladyisme	Lord of the Rings Books	21	10-22-2002 01:58 PM
Happy Birthday HOBBIT	jerseydevil	General Messages	29	04-21-2002 11:29 AM

12-09-2001, 06:37 PM	#1
Bradistic Hobbit Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: San Diego Posts: 35	I'm soooo sorry Darth Tater if I messed up your perfect LOTR forum, but I still would like to know what makes the Burger King cups light up and what do you have to buy to get one?

12-11-2001, 03:16 PM	#4
sracer Hobbit Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 22	I stumbled across this and thought that some would find it amusing: Three drinks for the Burger Kings under the sky, Seven burgers for the Dwarves who are stoned, Ninety million consumers doomed to buy, One cut for the Dark Lord, the franchise he owns. In the land of Mordor where the Whoppers lie. Onion ring to rule them all, onion ring to dine them, Onion ring to bring them all and in the deep-fryer bind them In the land of Mordor where the Whoppers lie.