Star Trek Happy Meal Box

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On my way home from the printers picking up samples of Toy-Ventures (coming this week) I stopped into The Toy Society, a retro shop on my way home.


When I saw this on the shelf, it had to come home with me. Fortunately for me, it was reasonable because my reaction to it certainly wasn't, it was like seeing an old friend.

These Happy Meals seem to represent a good time for me as a kid, where everything was going great and somehow that feeling of overwhelming optimism I had as a kid is now connected to this piece of cardboard.


Honestly, I felt a swirl of emotion, things were going great at school, I had tons of friends, I had discovered Judy Bloom and Crestwood Monster books, I was really quite pleased with my fourth-grade existence.

I don't want to get all "woo-woo" but you go through a lot of self-doubts when you start something like a new publication and before I got to the Toy Society, my head, already woozy from the fumes of printer's ink was also filled with the worry that I was suffering from the "Dunning Kruger" effect.

And that is why I was so excited to see what is essentially a food wrapper from a restaurant I only now eat at begrudgingly (breakfast excepted), for that minute it was a reminder of positive times and it had to be mine.

Also, it reminds me how EXCITED I was to see Star Trek: The Motion Picture, that movie's gonna rock!

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[Mikey]

Great post !!!

In the last photo is Dr McCoy melding with Vger ?

[Nostalgiabuff]

cool. I remember those. I still love Star Trek TMP

[LardLad]

I remember these. New Star Trek after so many years, and with a big budget! Love the last shot of Spock and Kirk casually firing their phasers into the air - warning shots I guess?

[Earth 2 Chris]

That's wonderful. I know the feeling of how a simple piece of paper can soothe the soul like this. My Dad found a bunch of old school papers of mine my Mom had kept, and brought them over. In it was an old paper Halloween Treat Bag that came from a school party. I can't begin to tell you how seeing that simple slice of childhood made me feel. I cherish it, and it went right into my monster collection.

Chris

[rche]

That is an awesome find, and I totally get the feeling of comfort that it holds for you. For years I had that box and some History of the Superbowl magazines (also from McD's) in my ephemera shelf and every time I opened the door I got a whiff of french fry. When I moved out to go to college, that shelf still held the smell of salty fry and tho I rarely eat those nowadays, whenever I do a little bit of me is transported back to sitting on the floor cross legged thinking about bald women and the history of the Green Bay Packers.

[sprytel]

I remember it being a special deal with the family going to McDonald's for this Happy Meal. And I still remember the joke on the box: "How would the aliens attach themselves to the Enterprise? They just Kling-on." It is a joke so terrible I can never forget it.

[palitoy]

I remember it being a special deal with the family going to McDonald's for this Happy Meal. And I still remember the joke on the box: "How would the aliens attach themselves to the Enterprise? They just Kling-on." It is a joke so terrible I can never forget it.

I remember one about a Klingon being an "Ailing Alien" and like you, it left a permanent scar.

[Werewolf]

I remember that. I got the blue plastic wrist communicator in my Happy Meal. STTMP was supposed to be huge. The next Star Wars. It turned into two hours of the crew staring at a cloud.

[palitoy]

I remember that. I got the blue plastic wrist communicator in my Happy Meal. STTMP was supposed to be huge. The next Star Wars. It turned into two hours of the crew staring at a cloud.

I have a deeper appreciation for it as an adult, it's actually quite well done and gorgeous to look at. It wasn't made to sell toys though, it is almost an anti-toy commercial.

[toyhunter1970]

crazy that you posted this i was watching not 2 days ago the commercials on youtube their are 2. this mean alot to me the communicator with the comic strip was awesome they made a grey and black one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NKTsb7HhEI

[PNGwynne]

Great story, I appreciate the vibe. My personal story, which I've shared here before, is getting this meal and toy before seeing the film with my dad. What a magical afternoon, even if the film didn't grab me like Superman did. It was still Star Trek and I enjoyed it. The meal really felt like a treat, a souvenir of the film.

[Bruce Banner]

Cool! I vividly recall the ST Happy Meal. Kept the box for years!

[Klosterheim]

Amazing. It is really a nice piece.

Wonderful photographs!

[Mr.Marion]

The happy meal that really brings me nostalgia is the hardee's Marvel from 1990. They even had She-Hulk in her Pink Cadillac. I believe shorty after that all the local Hardee's were gone and they became a southern chain.

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/aqMAAOSwFhBeRG6d/s-l400.jpg