The Burger Chef Reliquary: Funmeals

"Space Shuttle" Funmeals

Complete set of four "Space Shuttle" Funmeals from the early 1980s. Each illustrated picture is designed to attach to the others to create a four panel mural.

Lift Off

"The Space Shuttle takes off from its base launch pad and heads for space. Its flight will carry crew members, scientists and cargo around the earth in orbit."

Free Flight

"The two solid rocket boosters separate from the Space Shuttle and return to earth. They are picked up and used again. Then the orbiter separates from the external tank and flies freely."

Transporting Cargo

"The Shuttle orbiter transports many types of cargo. The orbiter and crew can do a variety of tasks during a single space shuttle mission."

Return to Earth

"The Shuttle enters the earth's atmosphere to touch down at the landing site. It is then transported to the mission base where it will be made ready for another Space Shuttle flight."

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RE: Fun Village

Dear R.T.,

I had a recollection of a toy that I received from Burger Chef when I was a kid (probably around the late 70's era.) I discovered your site on the net, and it seems to be the expert on the subject, so I thought I would ask you. The piece as I recall was a large poster board size card- with the layout of a neighborhood on it. The art work was very nice, not the cheap cartoon work of many a give-aways. I assume that a person would collect different properties and install them on this board?, or somehow make additions to the neighborhood. The years have fuzzed my perception-- do you know of anything like this?

Thanks,

Todd Martin

Dear R.T.,

I had the Fun Village Play Land. You collected the houses off of the Fun Burger box and there was a mat you purchased with the punch out cars that were about the size of Hot Wheels. The last house in the village was the Burger Chef. I think this was around 1973-1974. I remember I gave the whole village to a younger kid after I did not play with it for a while and I certainly regret it because I don’t even have any pictures of it. Hopefully someone else who visits this site will remember it also.

Margaret Duhon

Dear Todd & Margaret,

Burger Chef distributed the Fun Village in 1975. The mat itself included an instruction sheet and punch out vehicles, people, trees, etc. There were 24 buildings to collect and place on it. I don't have them pictured on my site because I don't have any in my collection. They're very rare and go for a substantial chunk of change when I have seen them. There's a slightly unfocussed, black and white picture of the complete set in Tomart's Price Guide to Kid's Meal Collectibles (Non-McDonald's) .

--R.T.

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The FunBurger

"The Hamburger with a Surprise of a Prize!"

This is the Funmeal that started them all... and not just at Burger Chef either. This little box sparked a revolution industry-wide. Sold in 1972, the FunBurger predates even the McDonald's Happy Meal. Each would come with a small toy wrapped in a white plastic package.

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"The Teddy Bear's Holiday" Funmeal

This Funmeal includes a set of stickers to place in the fold-out Teddy Bear House:

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Bottom

Fold-out scene

Kitchen & Livingroom Stickers

Bedroom Stickers

Stickers to decorate your own gifts

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"Happy Holidays!" Funmeal

This Funmeal includes all the makings for a Christmas livingroom scene:

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Unfolded tree

The insert sheet contains the following extras:

Tree decorations

Fireplace

Train

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"Turkey Trot" Insert Sheet

This is an insert sheet that came witht the Turkey Trot Funmeal. I don't have the box, but it would have contained a die and turkey-shaped pieces for the game. This sheet was included in the box and features a game board and punch-out Indian head band. The box would have also included a feather for the head band.

Game Board

Head Band

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"Pilgrim Special" Funmeal

This Funmeal includes a punch-out model of the Mayflower. Originally, it also included a seperate sheet from which to punch out sails and pilgrims to go along with it, but this sheet is missing from mine:

Front & Back

Bottom

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"Kid Racer" Funmeal

The box contains a spoiler to punch out and attach to the plastic car. Kid Racer Funmeals would also come with decals, but this one is missing them.

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Plastic Car

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"Surfchaser" Funmeal

This Funmeal turns into a boat! The cabin and deck pop out of the box. These pieces attach to a plastic keel. In order for it to float and balance properly, the instructions say to place about 15 pennies in the bottom for ballast.

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