This envelope contains all you need for an Incrediburgible Birthday! All the contents are copyright 1980:
The Monster Fun Record series are stories featuring Burger Chef, Jeff and a host of creepy creatures. The records measure 6" in diameter and come in a variety of bright colors. There were a total of six stories distributed with Funmeals as a Halloween promotion in 1977. They were manufactured by Eva-Tone Soundsheets of Deerfield, IL.
Crankenburger, The Super Salesman
Wolfburger's Problem
Transylvania's Big Game
Cackelburger Casts a Spell
Fangburger's Haunted Hotel
The Ghost of Grizzly Mountain
You can download mp3s of three of the stories below, they're also available on YouTube:
The Burger Chef Wren House Kit was a promotional item from the 1960s. The one in my collection is in its original plastic package and has never been opened:
If you'd like to see one assembled, check out the wonderful Photo Gallery on JSF's Burger Chef Page.
For more information about Burger Chef birdhouses in the wild, check out this submission to the Mailbag.
Watches such as this one sold for $8.95 with a mail-in coupon in the mid 1970s. It's Swiss made, manufactured by Trice Watch Inc, with stem wind and stem set. Width (not including crown) 34mm, Length (lug to lug) 42mm. Total length with the band and buckle 9 inches and will fit a 7 1/2 inch wrist. This particular example is still in excellent working condition with it's original black leather band and silver toned buckle:
Eight different card games distrubuted by Burger Chef. Each deck contains 45 cards and rules. Made in U.S.A. by Western Publishing Company, Inc., Racine, Wisconsin 53404 (same folks who- in partnership with Simon and Schuster- originally printed Little Golden Books.)
Hearts
Animal Rummy
Crazy Eights
Fish
Old Maid
Slap Jack
Snap
War
The back of each card features the Burger Chef logo: 
This little book, measuring 4"x5", contains 16 pages of Bill Keane's cartoon creations. Copyright 1968.
Front cover
Introduction
Sample pages
Back cover
Plastic Fangburger hand puppet, Copyright 1979. Measures 6"x 9.5"
Complete series of four books, Copyright 1983 by Western Publishing Company, Inc. Each paperback volume measures 5 1/2"x 8 1/4". Below are pictures of the cover and Table of Contents of each one:
Volume I
Volume II
Volume III
Volume IV
Set of four TimeTraveler Funmeal puzzles. Each is Copyright 1980 Burger Chef Systems, Inc. and measures 9"x6.5".
Dragon Wagon
Bubbles The Sub
Prairie Schooner
Space Chaser
The back side of each is identical and looks like this:
Set of three Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back posters:
I thought Burger King had a monopoly on Star Wars promotions after A New Hope, but sure enough Burger Chef had a small role in promoting the first Star Wars sequel. This poster set appears in a 1980 Burger Chef commercial.
I asked the artist, Boris Vallejo about the history of this series and he said, "The posters were actually done originally as a promotional campaign for the Coca Cola Company, to be given away at movie theaters that showed "The Empire Strikes Back". Subsequently they found other avenues."
So these posters were not exclusive to Burger Chef and therefor do not contain the Burger Chef mark like the original 1977 Star Wars posters. Similarly, the King Kong collectible glasses distributed by Burger Chef (another Coca Cola promotion) do not bear a Burger Chef mark.
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