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McDonald's Young Astronaut Satellite Dish Happy Meal Toy

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McDonald's Young Astronaut Satellite Dish Happy Meal Toy

Category

Recreation

Classification

CHENHALL - Recreational Objects - Toys - Toy

Object Origin
Copyright Holder:

McDonald's Corporation

Collaborator:

Simon Marketing International GmbH

Date Manufactured:

1994

Place of Production:

China

Physical Characteristics

Object Description: Flat multicolored cardboard components with a paper pamphlet wrapped in original clear plastic packaging. Yellow McDonald's logo is printed in the upper left hand corner of the pamphlet over a red rectangle. Large black text on the center front reads, "McDonald's / PRÄSENTIERT: / JUNGE ASTRONAUTEN / YOUNG ASTRONAUTS / Satellitenstation / (Satellite Dish)". Pamphlet shows the assembled toy. It includes an astronaut with an orange and yellow plane...

Materials:

plastic

cardboard

Marks: "© 1994 McDonald's Corporation / Toy made in China / Simon Marketing International GmbH D-63268 Dreieich"

Measurements: Object:
    Length: 6.5 in, Width: 5 in, Depth: 1.5 in
    Weight: 0.168 lbs

Credit

Gift of Jeff and Marilyn Escue, 1996.18.1232a

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McDonald's Young Astronaut Satellite Dish Happy Meal Toy

About: McDonald's Young Astronaut Satellite Dish Happy Meal Toy

About: McDonald's Young Astronaut Satellite Dish Happy Meal Toy

In 1994, the fast-food chain McDonald’s distributed a set of colorful Young Astronaut Happy Meal toys. This toy was made to look like satellite dishes, used by NASA to communicate and collect information from space.

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