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The '''1999 Burger King promotional Pokémon toys''' were a set of toys distributed with Kids Meals at Burger King from November 8 to December 31, 1999.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20000302091852/http://www.nintendo.com/corp/press/110199a.html POKéMON™ COMING TO BURGER KING®] (archive)</ref> All toys were paired with [[1999 Burger King trading cards|trading cards]], which were made exclusively for this promotion. The toys were used to promote ''[[M01|Pokémon: The First Movie]]''. There are 59 toys in total (although it was promoted as 57 due to 3 of the toys being variants of each other). There were also a set of six 23-karat gold plated cards which came in Poké Balls that were available to buy at the restaurant chain that year. The promotion used the slogan "Gotta catch 'em here!", a parody of the Pokémon slogan "[[Gotta catch 'em all!]]". | The '''1999 Burger King promotional Pokémon toys''' were a set of toys distributed with Kids Meals at Burger King from November 8 to December 31, 1999.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20000302091852/http://www.nintendo.com/corp/press/110199a.html POKéMON™ COMING TO BURGER KING®] (archive)</ref> All toys were paired with [[1999 Burger King trading cards|trading cards]], which were made exclusively for this promotion. The toys were used to promote ''[[M01|Pokémon: The First Movie]]''. There are 59 toys in total (although it was promoted as 57 due to 3 of the toys being variants of each other). There were also a set of six 23-karat gold plated cards which came in Poké Balls that were available to buy at the restaurant chain that year. The promotion used the slogan "Gotta catch 'em here!", a parody of the Pokémon slogan "[[Gotta catch 'em all!]]". | ||
Coindicing with the VHS release of ''[[M01|Pokémon: The First Movie]]'', from March 13 to March 26, 2000, Burger King once again distributed the 59 Pokémon toys, giving customers one more chance to complete the collection. | |||
==Gold cards== | ==Gold cards== | ||
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*{{p|Pikachu}} C says "''Pika-chu''" when pressed. | *{{p|Pikachu}} C says "''Pika-chu''" when pressed. | ||
== | ==Trivia== | ||
In December of that very same year, the Poké Balls that the toys came in were recalled. Two infants suffocated to death when half of the outer portion of the Poké Ball covered their mouth and nose cutting off their air supply.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20090315001903/http://media.www.cm-life.com/media/storage/paper906/news/2000/02/02/News/Burger.King.Announces.Toy.Recall-2478861.shtml Burger King Announces Toy Recall] (retrieved March 15, 2009)</ref> This led to [[Hasbro]] putting air holes in their {{i|Poké Ball}} toys. | *In December of that very same year, the Poké Balls that the toys came in were recalled. Two infants suffocated to death when half of the outer portion of the Poké Ball covered their mouth and nose cutting off their air supply.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20090315001903/http://media.www.cm-life.com/media/storage/paper906/news/2000/02/02/News/Burger.King.Announces.Toy.Recall-2478861.shtml Burger King Announces Toy Recall] (retrieved March 15, 2009)</ref> This led to [[Hasbro]] putting air holes in their {{i|Poké Ball}} toys. | ||
*A promotional poster was distributed at restaurants which had run out of toys (a common occurrence as this was at the height of Pokémon's popularity). | |||
*The paper "Burger King crown" was also given a Pokémon edition. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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Burger King Pokemon 1999 Newspaper 2.jpg|A fragment from Miami's The Associated Press on Saturday November 13, 1999. | Burger King Pokemon 1999 Newspaper 2.jpg|A fragment from Miami's The Associated Press on Saturday November 13, 1999. | ||
Burger King 1999 Pokemon Warning.jpg|The warning of the Burger King pokéball recall, published on December 27, 1999. | Burger King 1999 Pokemon Warning.jpg|The warning of the Burger King pokéball recall, published on December 27, 1999. | ||
Burger_King_2000_VHS_poster.jpg|A poster from the March 2000 promotion re-release. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||