The Joys and Sorrows of the Fast Food Toy Collector

How many times have you stepped on one of those fast food toys, only to have a crying kid on your hands? Believe it or not, you may have just broken an item that could be worth lots of dough on Ebay! Now, the time has come to stare this multi-million dollar industry in the face.

Who among us wouldn't love to display one of those old Pillsbury Funny Face Packets with Goofy Grape or Jolly-Olly-O on the fireplace?

Or, maybe it has always been your dream to hold all 8 of the 2007 Burger King Transformers in the palm of your hand.

Junk food - that substance that has been accused of causing the obesity epidemic has produced 5,648 hits at Ebay.

It doesn't really surprise me. After all, with over 100 million people all over the world transacting on the shopping center of the world -there are bound to be a number of interests. Sometimes, though, I really believe that people just throw the most outrageous bits and pieces of matter at Ebay, and see what sells.

I hate to admit this, but the subject of people collecting fast food toys began to fascinate me. Just for the heck of it, I did a Google search and came up with 1,980,000 hits. Man, that's a lotta Happy Meals.

A fellow by the name of Richard Eyman did a confession about his fast food toy collecting. He walked all of us fascinated readers through the beginnings of his fast food toy enthrallment. It was almost like listening to an addict at an AA meeting or SmokeEnders group.

There was the beginning, the slow building up of the collecting, the final breaking point, and then the surrender and the constant seeking for release. One more Disney toy, one more Pocahontas, one more Snow White. The declaration went on and on. The only thing missing was recovery.

Mr. Eyman stated that he was very proud of the fact that he could collect these little trinkets for such a low amount of money. He also accused other adults of being "closet collectors" as well. And told several stories of other grown men and women having screaming fits at local fast food establishments when told they would be unable to get their toy!

Frankly, I was appalled.

Isn't it something how a little thing like the California Raisins can cause such an uproar? Hey! I wouldn't mind having them!