Burger King has a site that features a woman in a bikini singing in the shower. Via.
And a few more links:
1. Warren Ellis' email list used to be great fun. He'd regularly send out drunken ramblings, even occasionally include a short story. But roughly a year ago, his emails were reduced to linkspam (check out an article I wrote for Wired, please visit my forum, etc). I replied a few months ago, saying that his emails weren't much fun anymore. He promptly replied, suggesting I unsubscribe if I didn't like it. So I did. He's now apparently announced that he's abandoning the emails entirely.
2. And in other weird emails news, Nakatomi sent out an email about a new Masters of the Universe print. Six paragraphs into the email, it says, "DON'T REPORT ON THIS PRINT!"
3. Yes, that $1 double cheeseburger deal at Burger King is incredible. So incredible, franchisees are suing the parent company to try to stop the deal. Via.
Candy corn traffic cones - - more photos in this gallery. Via.
And a few more links:
1. Video of someone trying the Windows 7 Whopper. Via.
2. Penelope Trunk:
The farmer broke up with me five times the first five months we were together, last year. So I learned that he had huge commitment issues.
I tried to do the advisable thing to do when you’re with someone who has commitment issues. I tried to fall in love with someone else. But I didn’t. I only missed the farmer more.
So I told myself that it’s okay to be with someone who has commitment issues, as long as I am having fun.
But my kids grew to love the farm, and the farmer, almost as quickly as I did. This makes sense. My oldest son was with me on my first visit to the farm, and if you have ever been on a working farm you know that to kids, it’s like Disney World.
Coming next week (I think), new SpongeBob toys at Burger King. I'm actually not a fan of SpongeBob or his show (every episode I've seen seems to feature him as a moron torturing people), but these figures are about as good as the last several sets of vinyl toys released by Kidrobot.
I mentioned yesterday that Burger King kid's meals currently come with toys based on the Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs movie. The sailboat made out food will be familiar to anyone who has read the book (I've read the book roughly 100 times myself, although I don't care for the various changes to the text that were made in the revised version):
But hold on a second. The boat in the book was topped by a pennant made of bacon. What's that on top of the Burger King boat? Cucumber?
In fact, the original design featured pepperoni and bacon:
I'm guessing (and only guessing) that the last minute change was made so as not to offend Jews and Muslims who can't eat pork or mix meat and dairy.
The first sentence of Roger Ebert's one-star review of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a horrible experience of unbearable length, briefly punctuated by three or four amusing moments."
The charmingly horrendous Burger King kid's meal Devastator seems to be a perfect match for the review.
1. This line from Roger Ebert's Transformers 2 review deserves highlighting: "There are many great-looking babes in the film, who are made up to a flawless perfection and look just like real women, if you are a junior fanboy whose experience of the gender is limited to lad magazines."
2. New JLU 6-Packs Coming to Target in August include Gentleman Ghost. And Walmart exclusive DC Universe figures will include Robotman (no photos yet).
Little Big Plante's Sackboy as Lobo (DC Comics) amigurumi by Maggie Wang. She also recently posted Sackboy as The Nameless One from Planescape Torment (a game I wish they'd put on the DS).
And a few more links:
1. Burger King promotions this summer will include Transformers and G.I. Joe.
2. Tenacious Toys is giving away a Billy Bronze Pink figure with every order May 1st - 8th.
3. Everything other than new and preorder items are 15% off at The Big Bad Toy Store.
4. Example #37 for why I rely on Google to host my websites.
UPDATE: Pip won the giveaway and has already been notified.
The Burger King/Star Trek promotion has kicked off in a big way. I previously mentioned that the "Kingons" had walked the red carpet at the Star Trek Hollywood premiere:
Here's video footage:
And here's the new tv commercial featuring the Kingons:
There's also a website called, "When Kingons Attack," with various instructional videos teaching you how to defend yourself against a wide variety of attacks. (Some of my older readers might recognize the strange device in the second to last video as a "cassette player.") If you watch all of the videos, you'll get a rather disappointing desktop wallpaper (why not a desktop with the Kingon?):
So, as part of the campaign, I have a full set of the Burger King Kid's Meal Star Trek toys and glasses to give away. The superdeformed spaceships are especially charming. For a chance to win, comment on this post and make sure your comment includes your email, a Star Trek-related link, and a very brief description of the link. Feel free to link to Star Trek art you've created. One entry per person, and my favorite link will win. All entries must be posted by 8:00 Pacific Standard Time on Friday May 8, 2009. My apologies, this contest is limited to USA residents.
To get you in the mood, here's two Star Trek links:
UPDATE: Go here for information on the new "Kingon" ad and website and to try to win a set of Star Trek toys.
As part of the Star Trek Burger King ad campaign that kicks off this weekend, The Klingon versions of the Burger King and Queen walked the red carpet at the Star Trek premiere at the Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. I understand that the flame-broiling makes Burger King particularly popular on the Klingon homeworld, and that the BK slogan there translates as "Take it your way." You can see photos of the more mundane celebrities at the premiere here.
I'll announce a swell Star Trek giveaway on Monday for US residents, so start looking for great Star Trek links now.
Burger King's new advertisement for the (revolting looking) Texican Whopper (the taste of Texas with a little spicy Mexican) features a tall American cowboy and a tiny Mexican luchador. Having the tiny Mexican clean a house while draped in a cape resembling the Mexican flag was probably a little too culturally insensitive.
