Premiums Galore

Been so busy the last couple of months am sooooo behind even on one of my most FAVE pastimes in Taiwan - Collecting Premium Toys... and boy, oh boy, a fine time to behind., too... so many cool stuff have been put on the market since the beginning of May.... am not quite sure what is what yet.... so I have just been taking photos of the posters and the displays as I happen upon them.... so far here are the ones from 7-11, Family Mart & McDonalds...


7-11 brought Maruko-Chan, her family and friends...

...set in the classroom world of Maruko-chan... each of the premium vinyl toys is set on a school desk diorama that doubles for real working, useful things such as scissors, staplers, tape dispenser, hole puncher, etc.. So far I have this one to start of the collection... it doubles as a stapler...

Family Mart has the local PILI characters for their current Premium program...

and the latest SHREK Movie is the subject of McDonald's latest Happy Meal Toys....

Today is a HOT one!!!!

Just as when I was enjoying the SPRING like weather we had been having, the Season's a changing again in Taipei - it is HOT, HOT, HOT! As if SUMMER is already threatening to come sooner than expected...

The trip to church today was a trying one - with the sun shining brightly and the heat piercing through the clothing... even through my jeans... boo hoo...

So once again, we have to wait for the sun to set before going for a run by the river.... the POOL where we swim will start looking like a PUBLIC POOL from HELL - with way too many kids taking up lanes for swimming classes and just goofing around -escaping the summer heat... and errands will need to be run at nite as going out during the day will just be way too draining and frustrating - with the sun heating up the pavements, as well as everything else....

TAKE ME AWAY!!!

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What put me i a GREAT MOOD though are these two other cuties I got from the gals last nite.... tokidoki mimobot, my belated XMAS present from Sue & Cecilia...
Plus the figure am missing from the MARUKO-chan Premium program by McDonalds back in December of last year... Juliana got me this a while back and somehow we both have forgotten... now my set is COMPLETE!!!!

chibi maruko chan @ McDonalds, Taiwan

During Xiao Pang's last visit in Taipei, they happen to take him to McDonald's for dinner - and he bought one of the PREMIUM Toys McDonald's, Taiwan is offering right now for the Holidays -- Chibi Maruko-Chan, from a popular Japanese Animated Series. I got to see it when we joined them for a nite out and of course, liked it a whole lot right away...

The day after, during a coffee get together with Juliana on the 9th, she had McDonald's for lunch so i was able to get the Premiums for myself... there are 6 different offerings in the set... alas, as always, am missing one to complete the set....
Not sure how long the campaign is gonna go on for - I am determined to complete this set before XMas!!!