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How to win at UFO Catchers

March 18, 2010 in Entertainment, Toys by Kotsengkuba | 3 comments

I was away from the computer for a long time (like four or five days, long like I was almost deprived of breathing air kind of long). I have so many things to blab about but never had a chance to. So I do apologize to those 400 to 500 lost souls who stumble upon my blog everyday for the lack of updates in the past.

Anyways, someone asked whether someone had already won from a U.F.O. Cather. I say Yes! I already din so many times. (Woot-woot!)

I caught these two Snoopy dolls from a UFO Catcher in an amusement center at SM Mall of Asia sometime in 2008. I caught them in just one fetching. Lucky me! They now belong to my daughter Tifa.

This Dragonball Android 16 action figure I got from a UFO catcher somewhere in Tachikawa, Japan in 2004. One of my best friends from T-company hoarded it when I came back to Manila. I don’t know owns it or where it is now.

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McDonald’s Not-So-Happy Meal Toys

March 1, 2010 in Food, Toys by Kotsengkuba | 3 comments

Today, my wife and I passed by a McDonald’s outlet in Olivares, Tagaytay. I ordered a Happy Meal and got that orange-freak-on-gift-boxes toy above.

When I was still in college (yeah, 1996 to 2001), my colleges chums and I often had our lunch (or snack or whatever-time-it-was meal) just so we could acquire an addition to our ever growing Happy Meal toy collection. It didn’t matter that we really prefer Jollibee’s burgers than McDonald’s because Happy Meal toys are much much better that the Kiddie Meal’s. I remember a time when the two fast food chains’ competing toys were Disney’s 101 Dalmatians (McDo) versus Warner Bros’ Space Jam (Jollibee). And of course, we preferred the 101 Dalmatians toys. We were so into completing all 101 Dalmatian models (if ever a complete set exists) so there would be times when we would order two Happy Meals just so we could collect more dalmatian toys faster. There were times that we would hear a news from a random fanatic that better 101 Dalmatian models were available somewhere so we would storm that branch and harass the crews until they show us all their available Dalmatians. If we already have them all, we would not buy a Happy Meal.

That was so many years ago and a Happy Meal only costs PHP 35.00, no matter what meal you would have with your Happy Toy. Today, I bought a 5pcs. Chicken McNuggets Happy Meal for PHP 102.00 and only got that orange-freak of a toy. I wonder whether other freaking college students (like we used to be) still collect their Happy Meal toys.

Maybe these days, these should be called the McDonald’s Not-So-Happy Meal.