20 Nostalgic Collectibles From the Golden Age of Fast-Food Movie Tie-Ins

Remember fast - food small fry meals with specially marketed pop culture toys ? They just do n’t make ‘ em like they used to . In the 1990s , Taco Bell , KFC , Pizza Hut , McDonald ’s , and Burger King often chose pandemonium with their crosstie - ins , like theBatman Foreverglass mugs or the Hercules plates . Heck , even when bragging event film like theStar Warsprequels came out , fast food mascots like the Taco Bell chihuahua and KFC ’s Colonel would get their own in - creation saga .

io9 looks back on some of the most impressive and random toy , cups , and other movie tie - ins that were born out of sheer cleverness to lure kids and their parents to chow down . Anyone else getting flashbacks of being at those combination KFC - Taco Bell - Pizza Huts ? Those were the crossovers to perplex in the ‘ 90s .

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