Batman vs Superman @ McDonald’s

OK Kids, unless you’ve been living in a Spider hole for the last couple of cycles y’all already know about the big upcoming Batman/Superman slug-fest that is coming up soon enough (Thu, Mar 24). Well, in the meantime while you are still waiting for the film to drop, you can head over to McDonald’s to score some superhero-themed Hot Wheels toys.

The promotion apparently just started, so you should be able to score a full set. Here is what I grabbed up so far.

Here are the four cars I currently have are Flash, Superman, Green Lantern, and Batman

In addition to the Superhero Hot Wheels cars there are Barbies.

So, yeah, I picked up my toys this morning, and grabbed me a Shamrock Shake in the process.

♪ It’s a Barbie world, ♫ and I’m a Barbie girl! ♪

No, I haven’t gone a little bit winkie (or at the very least, no more winkie than normal), but the wife and I made an unexpected stop at McDonald’s last night for a quick dinner as we ran from one meeting to another. Well, imagine my surprise and delight when I discovered Barbie & Hot Wheel toys there.

Now I know that you are all expecting me to go for the testosterone-toting, macho-guy nifty-cool, Hot Wheel toy, but no, I really wanted to grab up a Barbie. Hey, I can see that look you are giving me (it is the same one I got from my wife), but no, like I said, I haven’t gone ‘round the twist, (and no I didn’t score it for my 15-year old daughter — who gave up on Barbies several years ago), I did in fact get it for me.

One of the reasons I did is that, well, first of all, cars never did much for me (a buddy of mine calls ‘em “shorts” because they make getting from one place to another, shorter). Second as a collector of these little items, I firmly believe that the Barbies are way more collectible. (Plus I just like to play with dolls.) Third, a few years back I penned a story for a Barbie magazine about the little gals, and well, I’ve been thinking about doing a follow up. Fourth, I was actually quoted in a Wall Street Journal article about the increase of girl toys as giveaways at fast food franchises.


Anyways, There are Hot Wheels & Barbies at Micky D’s right now, so if you care, you should hustle over there and get your fill.

♪ Iron Man ♫ Iron Man ♪ does whatever an Iron can...♫

“...Irons shirts, any size, Presses pants, and your ties...”

OK, OK, enough silliness, I know that you’ve all been waiting for your first look at the Burger King Iron Man toys, and here is what I have. As stated, there are eight toys, there is also a jumbo-size Iron Man cup (featuring both Iron Man and War Machine).

The really interesting thing about this set is that four of the Iron Man Toys are targeted for girls and four are targeted for boys. Yep, you read that right, there are four girl toys that are not just some other random girl-centric girl item that is distributed alongside the Iron man toys (as McDonald’s does with Barbies and Hot Wheels), but actual Iron Man toys that are aimed at girls.


Seriously, how cool as that?





Here is the Iron Man cup:


Here is the Iron Man bag for the Kid Meal:


So far these look pretty cool, as soon as I find more, I’ll post ‘em!