Pokemon Gets Hungry for New Burger King Promotion
By Jeremy Sheer
Since the first Pokémon movie and its sequel, Pokémon 2000, Nintendo has had a deal with Burger King to have toys included with the restaurant’s kids’ meals. Back then, pokéball toys featured favorite characters like Pikachu Bulbasaur, and Chamander and 24-Karot cards were sold along with meals. But for almost seven years, Pokémon did not find its way back into a Burger King kids’ meal…until now.
Pokémon toys will be included with kids’ meals for the new Diamond and Pearl Trading Card Game promotion starting July 7, 2008.
For one month, Burger King will be giving, one of twelve demo Pokemon Trading Card game cards with a selected Pokémon toy in each kids’ meal. The promos are all existing cards from standard Diamond and Pearl base set, with a couple new additions. These iterations are “reverse holo” with “Diamond and Pearl” stamped on the bottom right corner of the artwork. Featured on the cards are favorites such as Pikachu, Dialga and Darkrai.
One of three types of toys come along with the promo cards; figural card displays, card frames with plush toys, and card caddies. The card displays feature little Pokémon figures on a plastic base where cards can rest. The card frames actually have a place to slide your card into for display. These also come with a mini plush toy. Finally, the card caddies are containers that feature one of four legendary pokémon and hold up to 60 cards each.
There are a total of 12 cards and accessories to catch. So, it’s time for fans and trainers of all ages to bring their appetite for fast food and Pokémon cards to their local Burger King.
