{"id":949,"date":"2006-06-07T06:33:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-07T06:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/cars-are-happy-in-meals"},"modified":"2006-06-07T06:33:00","modified_gmt":"2006-06-07T06:33:00","slug":"cars-are-happy-in-meals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/cars-are-happy-in-meals\/","title":{"rendered":"Cars Are Happy in Meals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/49\/161860889_4c7c28e9ac.jpg?v=0\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/49\/161860889_4c7c28e9ac.jpg?v=0\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rwarn17588.wordpress.com\/2006\/06\/06\/cars-toys-come-with-happy-meals-on-friday\/\">Route 66 News<\/a> points out that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcdonalds.com\/\">McDonald&#8217;s<\/a> revealed today what the toys from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carsthemovie.com\"><i>Cars<\/i><\/a> will look like when they enter their Happy Meals or Might Kids Meal.<\/p>\n<p>You can read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcdepk.com\/happymeal\/mediamaterials\/060706\/060706_release.pdf\">news release<\/a> which describes what the toys can do, or check out some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcdepk.com\/happymeal\/hirez.html\">high-res photos<\/a> of the toys.<\/p>\n<p>Although the press release says the sale of these toys starts Friday, it seems sale has already begun in Australia as I have a Lightning McQueen toy. You pull him back and let him go and he goes back on two wheels. Pretty cool! I would like to collect them all as well as collecting all the die cast matchbox size models of all the characters. They are very cool.<\/p>\n<p>Also briefly in other news, John Lasseter sat down with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toledoblade.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20060604\/ART09\/60603032&#038;SearchID=73246813542159\">The Toledo Blade<\/a> about what a creative talent John really is and why his new role at Disney is his destiny. Link via <a href=\"http:\/\/thedisneyblog.typepad.com\/tdb\/2006\/06\/is_he_walt_disn.html\">The Disney Blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And finally, the <i>Cars<\/i> soundtrack can now be bought offline and from any major retailing\/music store. It&#8217;s really cool! Have a listen!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\"><span class=\"caps\">UPDATE<\/span>:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.animated-news.com\/\">Animated News<\/a> has a very <i>Cars<\/i>-y theme. Check it out!<\/p>\n<p><i>Cars<\/i> opens nationally in the U.S. June 09 and tomorrow in Australia and N.Z.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tmnf_excerpt\"><p>Route 66 News points out that McDonald&#8217;s revealed today what the toys from Cars will look like when they enter their Happy Meals or Might Kids Meal. You can read the news release which describes what the toys can do, or check out some high-res photos of the toys. 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