These were sold by McDonald's Australia, Ltd., but finding the actual names has been a bit tricky as there aren't many photos out there on the Web of original packaging or advertising for these. However, I did find one old listing on fleaBay calling this a "Pigasaurus Garbage Can'.
Ed
I luv this fire engine red color. Not at all a military color for this type of vehicle, but cool nonetheless.
Ed
I had bought these four Micky D's Flintstones gadgets loose over a period of time and purchased them without the original packaging - most likely because they were cheaper (in retrospect I should've held out and waited for them to become available mint-in-bag). I recently found out that these were sold by McDonald's Australia, Ltd. which adds another dimension to my collecting! (BTW, I went back and changed the blog post titles for the past two days to reflect 'Australia').
If I remember correctly, this was called the 'Dicta-bird' (the stone age equivalent of a dictation machine) and was in Mr. Slates office in the movie??? Also, like many of the gadgets that talked, I believe this guy was a tad snarky - it's been so long since I've seen the movie I don't remember any more. If anyone knows what this was really meant to be called let me know please.
Ed
Wellll, it's not olive green, but it is green. Good 'nuff for guvmint work!
Ed
