August 13, 2005

Meet Mr. Product: The Art of the Advertising Character

by Warren Dotz & Masud Husain

Mrproduct  ISBN 0-8118-3589-8

Hundreds and hundreds of bright color photos of your favorite advertising characters.  This book would be fun even without its two Burger Chef entries!  (It just wouldn't be complete.)  But don't fret, the compilation includes pictures of both the Little Oval-Headed Chef and the Funburger.

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August 12, 2005

Schroeder's Collectible Toys Antique to Modern Price Guide

Edited by Sharon & Bob Huxford

Schroeders_1 ISBN 1-57432-366-0, 9th Edition, 2004

This guide doesn't offer much.  In fact, only two Burger Chef items are listed (and they're not even indexed!)  The entry for the cloth hand puppet doesn't include a picture and is well under-valued.  A picture of the puppet is available at the Corky Smith Burger Chef Tribute site.

The Friendly Monster series of collector's glasses are also listed, with a small black and white photo of the set of six.  Much better pictures of this series can be found at The Promotional Glass Collectors Association website, type the following into their search box to see the complete set:  BRCAC01

So if you're looking for Burger Chef artifacts, this guide is next to no help.

July 01, 2005

Ultimate Price Guide to Fast Food Collectibles

Edited by Elizabeth A. Stephan

Ultimate  ISBN 0-87341-786-0

Includes an entire chapter, 15 pages, on Burger Chef collectibles contributed by Paul Browning.  For a long time Paul maintained The Unofficial Burger Chef Homepage.  His site is sadly no longer up, but portions of it are still archived here.

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Tomart's Price Guide to Kid's Meal Collectibles (Non-McDonald's)

by Ken Clee and Suzan Hufferd

Tomart  ISBN 0-914293-24-9

Includes 3 pages of Burger Chef related collectibles, featuring hard to find items like the Fun Village and bird feeder boxes.

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The Wrapper #201

Wrappercover

This issue of The Wrapper (Feb. 15-April 1, 2004 edition) contains an incomplete checklist of the Family Classics-Burger Chef trading cards.  It also contains a brief article on the series.