Customer Reviews

Kiddie Meal Collectibles

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My eyes lit up when i saw this book. I've been collecting these toys for years -- and never knew what they were worth. These days, when i go for fast food, i buy two toys, one for my son to play with and one for me to add to my collection. Now that I've got this useful guide, i can track of value of my toys and keep an eye out for other great additions. My son, who is only seven, loves the photos and has already shown an interest in surpassing my own collection!

My kids have been collecting these toys for years. Now We have a place to easily reference the value! Thanks to the authors, no home is complete without a copy of this on the shelf.

I enjoyed this book and think many collectors of Fast food toys would appreciate the depth of coverage of the many collectible restaurant toys out there. Has an accurate price guide which is always nice since myself as a collector and collectible store owner can't always seem to find prices for some of the more obscure toys out there. I will recommend to my customers who I sell to and buy from. Great photos and overall a worthy book to add to the collector of hard to find toys and items from the too many fast food chains. I enjoyed it and think many collectors will too.

This is a really cute book. We've all been to a fast food eatery at one time or another, and those of us with kids (ours, a family member's, or friend's), have ordered a meal with a toy. These things are all over, at our work stations, at home, and (very often) underfoot! This entertaining guide tells a bit about each of the various resturants, as well as projected prices for hundreds (thousands!) of toys. Great as a gift for a collector, or just for fun.

This brand new, year 2001, 208 page reference has over 400 nice pictures, many in color, and a wealth of information about restaurant chain premiums. The scope ranges from A&W, Arby's Baskin-Robbins, to IHOP, Little Caesar's, McDonalds, to Wendy's and White Castle. There's plenty of interesting and useful text accompanying each section. Values appear to be up-to-date and reasonable. Individual company profiles are very interesting. I found this volume quite useful.

Hey, I'm not like a serious collector of these types of toys, but I know that over the years growing up I've collected a couple of boxes of them. Now I can finally price them all out and see how much they are all worth! Better than that, however, this book not only includes prices and listings, but histories of many of the largest fast food chains across the U.S. So it not only works as a price guide, but as an historical reference guide as well. These guys really seem to know their stuff.

What a cool book. I've been passively collecting these little gewgaws for years, and I have a bunch of them from my travels throughout the U.S. Now with this book, I can not only see how much they are worth, but I can read up on the corporate histories of many of the places that distributed them in the first place. This book is so totally cool in that it adds all this editorial material. Many of the collectible price guides I've seen just offer lists and prices, this one offers up articles on not only the different companies that distribute the toys, but articles on collecting, and pieces on various aspects of the hobby itself. I highly recommend this book!

Wow, what a great book this is! Not only is it over-stuffed with facts, figures, pricing, and tid-bits on all of the fast food toys and collectibles ever created, but it is also serves up a wealth of information about the various restaurant chains that distribute the toys. You can really tell that the authors totally understand (and love) this unique niche market of toy collecting, as they delve into the very minutia of what makes this hobby so much fun, and make it entertaining reading to boot!.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who ever purchased a kid meal for themselves, or a youngster. You won't be disappointed!

My brother has been collecting these silly things for years and has amassed a huge collection. This book is an outstanding authoritative guide on the toys, where they came from, who issued them, how much they are worth, and even where to go to buy and sell them. Smartly written by acknowledged experts in the field, this reference guide is is head and shoulders above the rest of the pack. Definitely a keeper!

Sure, while the premise sounds silly (collecting the toys that come with fast food meals), people have collected sillier things. Still, I know that I have acquired many of these toys over the years, and now my kids are collecting them. This book is well written, and very informative about not only the toys, but the fast food chains that distribute them as well. Sodaro and Malloy have really gone all out to make this book fun to read and down to earth with their pricing schedule. Plus they list way more toys and chains than most of the other books on this subject that I've seen. Even their layout and presentation of material looks better. A must for the fast food toy collector!