On November 4, 2014, Percy's Fast Food Restaurant Toys Collection was declared the Largest by the Guinness World Records at 10,000 unique pieces from McDonald's, Jollibee, Burger King, KFC, Wendy's, Chick-Fil-A, Carl's Jr., Hardee's and other Fast Food Restaurants. This blog highlights and celebrates each individual toy's story included in the collection as all of them are now Officially Amazing!!!
I will also feature my Comic Strip, Amazing Grace who I hope will be a Fast Food Toy too someday.
Joe Cool is one of Snoopy's alter-egos, which first appeared in the Peanuts comic strip from May 27, 1971.
As Joe Cool, Snoopy pretends to be a college student. To become Joe Cool, the beagle simply puts on a pair of sunglasses, leans against a wall, and says his name is Joe Cool. As the name suggests, Joe Cool believes he is really cool, somewhat like James Dean or Fonzie from Happy Days.
Hetty is the Spaghetti mascot of the Philippine fast food chain Jollibee, and one of the main characters of the children's TV show Jollitown. She is a cheerleader. She is always ready to surprise and make everyone happy. Her theme color is Pink.
Hetty is the twin sister of Popo Potato.
Appearance
Classic Hetty
Hetty's classic appearance.
Hetty is at a medium height with fair skin, brown eyes and long blonde spaghetti-like hair in pigtails.
Originally, her hair had red spots (resembling sauce) and a blue headband. She wore overalls with puffed sleeves, white socks with pink and blue stripes on each side, and sneakers.
In the 2008 redesign, she no longer has red spots on her hair, and now wears a cheerleader outfit with magenta and light pink colors.
Coca Cola, McDonald’s, KFC, and Cracker Jacks are just a few of the world’s most recognizable brands. With consumers in North America valuing brand recognition more than other consumers in any other part of the world, as symbols are as old as humans. They are even older than the written word. Symbols are the primary communication device of brands to convey our loyalty to products such as KFC, McDonald’s, Taco Bell, Peeps just to name a few. In the 1880s corporate logos were introduced to mass-produced products like Campbell’s Soup, H.J. Heinz pickles and Quaker Oats cereal. The purpose of logos and symbols is to evoke a connection and familiarity promoting loyalty and continued usage of the services or products. The symbols signal to consumers a certain level of experience, quality and trust that the customer is willing to pay for. From the 1960s, the concept has only grown. The brands we display by buying the products help us express our tastes, beliefs and personalities, telling a great deal about what we value. Collecting provides the same satisfaction telling the world what we value. Symbols, logos and icons are visual shorthand that makes them valuable communication devices: A language all of its own so to speak, much like the emoji symbols that describes feelings and attitudes. A good example is the Golden Arches which are clearly visible to passing motorists that there is a comfortable place to rest and have a meal. Logos that are crafted to present the company name in an attractive, functional way. Collectors collect food items for much the same reasons. To identify with a product that can be a status symbol such as Apple and Dell that tells us we value a certain quality in our food selection. To know if one has a symbol that is worthy of the “t-shirt test”, which means how the symbol or logo would look on a t-shirt. A way to tell the rest of the world what “tribe” we belong too. Collectors of restaurant memorabilia may collect menus to remind one of a special night and meal. Others may collect restaurant business cards or t-shirts, stuffed animals, hats, etc. Cornell University Library is home to a collection of more than 10,000 restaurant and banquet menus. Providing researchers and collectors valuable knowledge of the eating habits of earlier times as well as an indication of what the prices of food were. The largest collection of fast food restaurant toys is 10,000 items and is in the collection of Percival R. Lugue in the Philippines. One of the most common collecting areas is Happy Meal toys from restaurants with McDonald’s being the most famous. It is literally a rite of passage to take a toddler to McDonald’s for the Happy Meal, and to watch them open that toy for the first time. Branding is so essential to companies they will rebrand and update in order to take full advantage of the marketing advantages. For example Kentucky Fried Chicken, a Louisville, Kentucky company was known by its full name from 1952 until 1991 when the name was shortened to KFC eliminating the daily reminder of the word “fried” to appeal to a health conscious population. It’s no accident how logos and characters are branded.
We just wrapped up our backbreaking interview and video shoot for... CNN? No!!! National Geographic Channel? No!!! Discovery Channel? No!!!It's History Channel!!! I am so excited on how this video will turn out. I am keeping my fingers crossed.
Garfield quickly became a commercial success. In 1981, less than three years after its release, the strip appeared in 850 newspapers and accumulated over $15 million in merchandise. To manage the merchandise, Davis founded Paws, Inc. By 2002, Garfield became the world's most syndicated strip, appearing in 2,570 newspapers with 263 million readers worldwide; by 2004, Garfield appeared in nearly 2,600 newspapers and sold from $750 million to $1 billion worth of merchandise in 111 countries.
Starfire is a Tamaranean and as such her physiology is designed to constantly absorb ultraviolet radiation. The radiation is then converted to pure energy, allowing her to fly at supersonic speeds. Originally, Starfire was capable of using this power to fly in space and even go fast enough to cross several solar systems in minutes to seconds.
Shrek Forever After (often promoted as Shrek: The Final Chapter) is a 2010 American 3D computer-animated fantasy comedy film and the fourth installment in the Shrek series, produced by DreamWorks Animation and the sequel to 2007's Shrek the Third. It was directed by Mike Mitchell, the animator of the second film. Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Julie Andrews, John Cleese reprise their previous roles, with Walt Dohrn joining them in the role of Rumpelstiltskin. Taking place after Shrek the Third, Shrek is now a family man and beloved among the local villagers. Yearning for the days when he was feared, he makes a deal with Rumpelstiltskin and accidentally wipes out his entire existence. To restore his existence, Shrek has to regain Fiona's love and kiss her before the sun rises, or he will disappear forever.
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J. Wellington Wimpy, or just Wimpy, is one of the characters in the long-running comic strip Thimble Theatre and in the Popeye cartoons based upon it. He is a hefty hamburger lover and close friend of Popeye's, known for his mooching ways and a deceptively high level of intelligence. He is a soft-spoken and cowardly gentleman who will do whatever it takes to get a free hamburger, often with the promise to gladly repay the kind soul that gives him one come Tuesday, which he generally never does.
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The Little Red-Haired Girl is an unseen character in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz. She was first referred to in 1961. She is the object of Charlie Brown's affection, although he never dares to go near her. Whether or not she has any feelings towards Charlie Brown has never been revealed in the comic strip.
Mr. Worry worries about everything. If it rains, he worries that his roof will leak, if there's no rain, he worries that all of his plants will die. He worries about the other Mr. Men, and he meets a wizard who suggests he make a list of all his worries and the wizard will make sure none of them happen. When there is nothing to worry about, Mr. Worry is happy for a week, until he is worried about not having anything to worry about!
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French art director Eric Guillon is creator of the Minions. He came up with the concept for the scene-stealers on the first Despicable Me, and the creatures are now the official mascots for studio Illumination Entertainment.
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Little Miss Princess is true royalty, the daughter of a king and queen, and she's always had servants to take care of her every need. She knows how lucky she is, and one day she decides to try to spread her luck around. But will she be able to help out with things she's never even had to do for herself?
Scooby-Doo is an American animated cartoon franchise, comprising many animated television series produced from 1969 to the present day. Writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears created the original series, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, for Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1969. This Saturday-morning cartoon series featured four teenagers—Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, and Norville "Shaggy" Rogers—and their talking brown Great Dane named Scooby-Doo, who solve mysteries involving supposedly supernatural creatures ( such as this Scurrying Eyeball) through a series of antics and missteps.
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The Batmobile is the fictional car driven by the superhero Batman in American comic books published by DC Comics. The Batmobile first appeared in Detective Comics #27 (May, 1939), where it was depicted as an ordinary-looking, red car. Housed in the Batcave, which the Batmobile accesses through a hidden entrance, the heavily armored, weaponized vehicle is used by Batman in his campaign to fight crime.
Max Steel is a line of action figures produced and owned by the toy company Mattel since 1999. The original figures based on the first TV series were similar to the original 12-inch G.I. Joe toys, consisting almost entirely of different versions of Max Steel, the main character, and one or two of his enemies, a couple of vehicles and two or three special packages. The original toy series ran from 1999–2012. At the end of that period, was substituted by a different series of toys with the same brand name, but with a change in quality and design intended to tie into the companion TV series in 2013. The 2013 line did not exhibit 1/6 scale of the original and reduced the number of articulations and action features of the figures.
