McDonald's 2011 Batman The Brave and The Bold #7

Today on Sunday Comics Sunday, Toys & Stuff brings you set #7 in McDonald's 'Batman, The Brave and The Bold' Happy Meal toy series for 2011. There are a total of 8 sets in the series which features Super Heroes, Super Villains, and their vehicles. Generally speaking the figures are 2" (5.1cm) H but some are taller. Today's set includes another Batman figure, in an all black suit, Robin, and Gorilla Grodd. Gorilla Grodd is a good example of one of the taller figures. He kinda reminds me of Mighty Joe Young in a helmet!! :-)

Well, yesterday I actually managed to see a whole episode of 'Batman, The Brave and The Bold'! Out here it airs on Friday evenings at 6PM and we're normally watching the news at that time. I really liked the animation, especially those dramatic, freeze-frame  shots with the wild backgrounds. Later in the evening I did some poking around on the Web and ended up on Wikipedia. They have a fairly extensive write-up on the TV series and listed all the characters. Holy Schmoly, there's over 300 different characters listed and the show just started three years ago in 2008!! McDonald's didn't put out their first 'Brave and The Bold' Happy Meal toys until just last year. Okay Micky D's - you've got a LOT of catching up to do! Last year's Happy Meal offerings were the large size characters, like the 'Young Justice' series Toys and Stuff concluded some weeks back, but for my money, the smaller figures are the way to go because you get more figures in each set. Without further ado, let's get to our photos. Enjoy!

Batman

Robin

Gorilla Grodd

McDonald's Young Justice #1 - Robin

As promised, today on Sunday Comics Sunday we start a new series - McDonald's Happy meals Young Justice toys based on the TV cartoon 'Young Justice'. On Sunday's I like to feature things that have some kind of comic tie-in and I s'pose that television cartoons are a close kin to that. Anywho, that's my story and I'm stickin' to it!  :-)

I really don't watch a lot of TV anymore. I channel surf. And surf, and surf, and ...... I can't explain it other than I'm so terribly burnt out with the unbelievable amount of onerous garbage on the tube that very little actually catches my attention and interest. However, that being said, I have managed to channel surf and land on Cartoon Network while 'Young Justice' is on.  More and more I do kind of like it. The animation is nice, the super hero story lines are better than they were when I was a youngin' and of course it's a nice twist to see some of the characters portrayed as younger people. When I was growing up there was Flash, but not Kid Flash, Aquaman but not Aquaboy, etc.

This line of McDonald's Happy Meal toys is copyrighted 2011 and there are eight figures in the series. To avoid the unnecessary caloric intake, I choose not to actually visit The Golden Arches to buy my toys. Instead I rely on buying whole sets directly from eBay sellers.  I have absolutely no problems with that. I get the whole set at once, and the eBay seller makes a little extra money for doing the work of amassing the collections. It's a win-win situation. The figures in this particular series are fairly large at ca4" (10.2cm) in height and each figure has some form of operating feature. Today we'll look at Robin, who is seated on his motorcycle. It measures 3 1/16" (7.8cm) H x 4 7/8" (12.4cm) L from tip of projectile to the rear. Robin's body is molded integral to the cycle body but Robin's head is a separate casting allowing it to swivel from side to side. The front and rear wheels are also molded into the cycle body but there is a center geared wheel which rotates and acts as the release mechanism for the two spring-loaded projectiles. It's a nifty toy and a nice addition to the Super Hero Pantheon of Toys. Enjoy!