Bricktooth Posted July 14, 2012 Posted July 14, 2012 A couple years ago (I think in 2004), LEGO had a promotion here in Hungary. They included three different kind of LEGO models with a certain kind of ice cream, containing only one. The models were mini dinosaur models. Pictures: Overall: The models: The first is a long-necked dinosaur, I don't know its exact name, the second is a pterosaur, and the third is a T-rex. The parts are average, nothing special. My question is that were these sets released anywhere else? I couldn't find it on Bricklink. Quote
Rick Posted July 14, 2012 Posted July 14, 2012 Here they are on Brickset: 7209 Flying Dino 7210 Long Neck Dino 7219 Dino Quote
Fugazi Posted July 14, 2012 Posted July 14, 2012 So, erm... Were the sets actually in the ice cream? Quote
Lightning Dragon Posted July 14, 2012 Posted July 14, 2012 No, there is a compartment in box. Oh, good. I visioned a person eating icecream and picking out bricks from their mouth once in a while. And BTW, wouldn't the icecream have melted? Or were they placed in freezers? Quote
LEGO Historian Posted July 14, 2012 Posted July 14, 2012 (edited) Imagine picking out a 1970 era 380 Village Set out of a bag full of corn flakes.... unthinkable!! Actually this very rare Danish promotional set (found in my LEGO DVD chapter on over 100 promotional LEGO items since 1955)... would be worth quite a bit in its' original box, since the UK 380 Village Set is very expensive on the secondary market.... Also, it's not unusual to have a set sold almost exclusively in one market, be a promotional set in another market. The very highly sought after 1592 Town Square set was a Weetabix excluisve in Britain/Ireland in 1980, but also sold in Germany a year later among the "Spielzeug-Ring" store federation... and then again 2 years later as a Unox Soup (Unilever Corp.) promotion in the Netherlands in 1983 (with a Dutch box and sticker sheet). Edited July 14, 2012 by LEGO Historian Quote
HawkLord Posted July 15, 2012 Posted July 15, 2012 This kind of thing is why Lego is so fascinating to me. I mean, it's a global company that provides product to so many markets, there's almost no end. Quote
purpleparadox Posted July 15, 2012 Posted July 15, 2012 Imagine picking out a 1970 era 380 Village Set out of a bag full of corn flakes.... unthinkable!! Sorry as this is slightly off-topic, but I need to say it. Corn Flakes are my favourite cereal. Lego is one of the absolute best hobbies ever. Picking amazing fun out of delicious snacks? Why do they not do this anymore?! Quote
LEGO Historian Posted July 15, 2012 Posted July 15, 2012 Sorry as this is slightly off-topic, but I need to say it. Corn Flakes are my favourite cereal. Lego is one of the absolute best hobbies ever. Picking amazing fun out of delicious snacks? Why do they not do this anymore?! You make a good point... and I bet a lot of lawyers would agree with you..... Imagine choking on a minifig.... unthinkable! lol..... Quote
Legobrandon Posted July 15, 2012 Posted July 15, 2012 On the topic of toys in cereals, how come they have stopped putting goodies inside the box nowadays? It is all digital with online prizes and such. I loved getting Fruit Loops branded pedometers in my cereal or a little Toucan Sam figurine. Ahhh... the memories! Quote
AndyC Posted July 15, 2012 Posted July 15, 2012 On the topic of toys in cereals, how come they have stopped putting goodies inside the box nowadays? It is all digital with online prizes and such. I loved getting Fruit Loops branded pedometers in my cereal or a little Toucan Sam figurine. Ahhh... the memories! I'm guessing it's a cost thing, it's presumably heaps cheaper to vary the box print design to include details of the latest offer rather than having to have machinery to place some special offer thing inside the boxes. Quote
ibecks Posted July 15, 2012 Posted July 15, 2012 On the topic of toys in cereals, how come they have stopped putting goodies inside the box nowadays? It is all digital with online prizes and such. I loved getting Fruit Loops branded pedometers in my cereal or a little Toucan Sam figurine. Ahhh... the memories! A recent box of Coco Pops had a free bag clip in it, but that's the first thing I've seen in the box (other than the cereal, obviously!) for ages. I have the Weetabix house from when I was a kid. For a 'freebie', it was a great set. Quote
Legobrandon Posted July 16, 2012 Posted July 16, 2012 I'm guessing it's a cost thing, it's presumably heaps cheaper to vary the box print design to include details of the latest offer rather than having to have machinery to place some special offer thing inside the boxes. But then you need to hire people to pack the free item into a bubble mailer and ship them out. Plus, the shipping costs them cash too. But you make a good point. Quote
______ Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 When I was a kid the whole toy in cereal boxes started dying out, it started with toys no longer being included, to just including boring things like keyrings and such, and now I almost never see cereal box freebies. I remember LEGO also had some Mc'Donalds sets as well in Happy Meals, I remember those being quite cool with nice printed pieces. Quote
Vindicare Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 When I was a kid the whole toy in cereal boxes started dying out, it started with toys no longer being included, to just including boring things like keyrings and such, and now I almost never see cereal box freebies. I remember LEGO also had some Mc'Donalds sets as well in Happy Meals, I remember those being quite cool with nice printed pieces. I totally remember those. I think, much like toys in cereal, toys in Happy Meals have gone down in "cool" factor. I still check the little displays in McD's for the toys, theres just not much to see anymore... Quote
THENOOB Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 (edited) Almost all toys at Mcdonalds now a days, are big pieces of <insert that tiresome argument> junk. What happened to the Mactoran? Edited July 20, 2012 by THENOOB Quote
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