Pokémon 1999 Burger King Gold-Plated Card - Togepi
This toy was released as a kid's meal toy in United States starting November 8, 1999 and lasting through December 28, 1999 at participating Burger King stores for an extra $1.99 to those who purchased a meal. This followed the release of the first Pokémon film, which started airing in theaters a couple days prior. This campaign occurred during the boom of the Pokémon craze and would go on to be one of the biggest and arguably most memorable fast food promotions in the country's history.
There are a total of 57 unique toys offered for this promotion that were included with kid's meals. These gold-foil cards were later offered, but as those were a bonus offer, they do not factor into the 57-count. These toys were not available during the start of the promotion and were offered sometime during the campaign as the main line of toys was quickly selling out. These were not given as standard toys, but were a bonus offer to those who bought meals and buyers would receive a random box containing one of these for an additional $1.99 (USD). These cards are plated in real 23-karate (23k) gold.
However, stocks of these would quickly deplete as these too were a huge success. Due to this, Burger King would release a reprint of these cards, but while the item itself is the same, the packaging is different. The original run was said to be contained in blue boxes while the reprint is said to instead be in red.
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There were a total of six different cards in all. These featured popular Pokémon from the first generation with the exception of Togepi, who had not made its game-debut, was in fact a popular character from the animated series. Each came packaged inside a box and the contents would come sealed in a clear plastic bag with a small cardboard strip lining the bottom. Inside was a decorative Poké Ball stand to display the golden card, the card itself, and a small certificate of authenticity, also sealed in a clear bag. The gold card came packaged in a thick protective plastic casing.
Item Contents:
- Box (Packaging)
- Poké Ball Display Container
- Plastic Bag for Poké Ball (Packaging)
- Cardboard Piece for Leveling (Packaging)
- Gold Card
- Plastic Case (Packaging)
- Certificate of Authenticity
- Plastic Bag for Certificate (Packaging)
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Links:
- Official Nintendo Announcement - An announcement from Nintendo's website (via Wayback Machine)
See Also:
- Burger King - Pokémon (1999) Promotion Guide - Our page documenting the release of this promotion, featuring all the toys, cards, etc.