By Heather O.

1. ooooo, I hope that’s just the hormones talkin’. I’d ask how you’re feeling but I think I already have an idea. Did you at least get some time to take a few deep breaths while the kids were playing in the gerbil toys?

   Comment #1 by JustRandiMay 31st, 2007 at 2:34 pm

2. My kids ended up with the Gingerbread Man toy and the stupid things kept saying “Not the gumdrop buttons!” over and over again. What was worse was that my husband thought they were funny and every time the kids had the toys say something, he would repeat it. He does a very accurate impersonation of the Gingerbread Man (scary, I know) so I got to listen three Gingerbread Men for two days before I threatened to put all noise making Gingerbread Men back into the oven until the noise was baked out of them…and that included my husband. I figured ruining the toys, my husband, and my oven were small sacrifices when it came to protecting and preserving my sanity.

   Comment #2 by fluffychickyMay 31st, 2007 at 2:48 pm

3. We have Prince Charming & Shrek. The Shrek toy says, “I’m an OOOgre. BUUUURP!” And Prince Charming says, “I don’t wanna be king!” (Very brattish-like.) Yeah, we had 3 of each of those hanging around our house. They mysteriously disappeared. Ooh, I HATE noisy toys! I think my least favorite was the American Idol toys - I don’t know where they came from, but some of those were the worst!

   Comment #3 by Natalie S.May 31st, 2007 at 3:32 pm

4. I hate ALL toys from EVERY fast food restaurant in the entire NATION! Natalie, ours will always mysteriously disappear, too…

   Comment #4 by cherylMay 31st, 2007 at 5:18 pm

5. My two year old doesn’t know toys come with a kid’s meal. (I always throw them away…along with 90% of the french fries.) Hmmm, I wonder how long I can keep him in the dark.

   Comment #5 by ZinkaMay 31st, 2007 at 6:25 pm

6. I knew there was a good reason I didn’t succumb to the urge to do the drive thru thing tonight. Yay, a tangible reward to my latest attempt at frugality/health kick!

   Comment #6 by RobbieMay 31st, 2007 at 8:41 pm

7. Amen!!!!!!!!!!!!!

   Comment #7 by GingerMay 31st, 2007 at 8:57 pm

8. Don’t you love it when marketing companies go for the cheap laugh? The pooter noise is classic. There is also a commercial running right now for an insurance company. The insurance guy is talking to a man about how helpful their company is. Then at the end of the commercial they throw in a gratuitous shot of the insurance guy getting kicked in the groin. My husband thinks it’s the best commercial ever just for that.

   Comment #8 by SarahMay 31st, 2007 at 9:28 pm

9. All day I’ve been saying in my mind “Just wait ’til they are in bed.” Those pink abominations are now in the garbage. They will never know. Ah-ha-ha-ha!!!

   Comment #9 by NuttyMay 31st, 2007 at 11:29 pm

10. nope, not just you!

    Comment #10 by AWFJune 1st, 2007 at 9:46 am

11. I liked the toys. Thought they were cute. My daughter lugs the shrek one around and calls it her baby. took it to soccer and it was a big hit.

    Comment #11 by mommyto3June 1st, 2007 at 12:05 pm

12. i don’t think you could pay me to eat there, but the toys cinch it for me. i don’t “do” potty humor. my mom and sister eat there and always get kids’ meals because they can’t eat very much. they ask for toddler toys and get cool fisher-price little people toys. i wouldn’t care much for the “shrek” stuff, but little people isn’t so bad!

    Comment #12 by makakonaJune 1st, 2007 at 4:50 pm

13. Hello. My name is Jill M. and I am a McDonald’s Happy Meal Toyaholic. It has been almost 5 months since my last Happy Meal purchase, and that was only because we were on a 12 hour road trip and stopped so the kids could play at the Playplace, so it doesn’t really count. I’m not sure how my addiction began, it was all very innocent at first, a Happy Meal for special occasions or trips. Then they came out with the Tiny Beanie Babies. My daughter loved them. I loved them. They were so darn cute. We would stop in every so often to see which new ones they had. It was fun. Then it was Toy Story 2 toys. Then Monsters Inc. Then The Chronicles of Narnia. Then Cars. Then Build a Bear. It was bad. A set would come out that I/my kids liked and I became a woman obsessed. I would buy each of my kids a Happy Meal and usually get 4 of the same toy. Then I would call to the various McDonald’s nearby (there were 4 relatively close and another 1 or 2 near places I would occasionally shop) and ask what toys they had. Then I would go and trade the ones we had for the ones we needed. I am ashamed to say I would even go on Ebay to get the last 1 or 2 I could never find to complete my set. (I did tell myself I would never pay more than the actual price of a Happy Meal, but still it was crazy.) Then one day I looked at what I had become and decided I had had enough. I quit and have been sober for quite some time. A friend had the Shrek gingerbread cookie and it looked so cute I almost caved in, but I’m still staying strong. Thank you for your comments, it has really helped me. I am just hoping that I can make it through the next Disney/Pixar marketing campaign. Luckily their next movie looks like it is about rats and I’m pretty sure that even if they are really cute rats I will be able to resist the insane desire to collect them and have them in my house. On the other hand, if it is toy restaurant food and cooking utensils, I’m in trouble.
    P.S. For those of you who won’t let your kids have the Happy Meal Toys, have you considered selling them on Ebay? It can be worth big bucks, trust me.

    Comment #13 by Jill MJune 2nd, 2007 at 9:34 pm

14. Jill,
    we’re here for you. I’m sure we can find you a sponsor to talk you down should you find yourself in a time of crisis. It won’t be my bishop, since he too is an addict. So much so that he gives all his toys to the activities committee every Halloween as treats for the kids. And we always have some left over….
    It’s not the gaseous sounds that get me, it’s the baby talk. My 2 year old already lays in my lap and pretends to cry sometimes(I blame all this talk about the soon arriving baby) but now he started in with this “Gaa-gaa, goo-goo, blah, blah, blah” crap that he hears the toys make. I told the boys they got lost on our trip home from vacation. Somehow the poor buggers wandered into the trash can….

    Comment #14 by mo mommyJune 5th, 2007 at 6:16 pm

15. Hi,
    I live in AUSTRALIA and have to say Im addicted to these mcdonald toys. You guys dont know how lucky you are in the states, evidentely different parts of the world are supplied by two different countries. so if your unfortunate enough to live in the southern hemisphere the toys produced aernt nearly as big (strange as that sounds) as the ones for the rest of the world. So imagine my delight when we got shrek 3, available now. He is HUGE!But ill go to all lengths to get anything different from the states. shame your shipping to our side of the world is so expensive.
    Please dont hate maccas (as we call it) too much
    Chantelle, Gold Coast, Australia

    Comment #15 by chantelle lloydJune 23rd, 2007 at 8:56 am

16. Hello from England. The Gingerbread Men have arrived at McDonald’s ‘Restaurant’. What the jiggery-buggery are they saying?!?!?! Ours says “Rough Boy, Mama’s gone wrong, Gordon.” Illuminate please. Pandora

    Comment #16 by PandoraJuly 1st, 2007 at 1:09 pm

17. Mac Donalds aint that bad, its all my children eat.

    My wife tries really hard to cook them nice healthy food, but well my kids only like French Fries and Ketchup! Healthy food just wont cut it with them, and frankly I get sick and tierd of going to better restaurants like Chillis where we would by them $5-10 of food and they would spit it out.

    For $2 at least they get some potato

    Comment #17 by DezAugust 5th, 2007 at 6:30 am

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