Nemesis or Nemesi? : Burger King and Hasbro

Almost being thirty years old, I find myself curious that I still find interest in things from my childhood, things like Star Wars, Transformers, Robotech and other great products that were marketed and crammed down our throats in the 80's.

So while realizing I don't always make the best decisions on an empty stomach, I decided to go to a Burger King by my house. (And no, Burger King is still gross in the United States, in fact I might go as far as to say it's actually more gross than some of the places I ate in London.)

My girlfriend and I hopped out of the car, with low expectations - When low and behold! - Transformers product placement everywhere! The kid in me screamed "Free toy inside!", and the adult in me was sadly beaten up and silenced by the inner kid.

Looking at the menu and being the "Optimist" that I am, I noticed a sweet deal on a value meal called the "BBQ Bacon Double Stacticon Medium Sized Value Meal" - not only did I find this hilarious, so hilarious in fact that I felt I should order it on the basis of so many syllables alone, but this meal was to come with a bunch of silly Transformers crap.

So I placed the order, and chuckled inside when listening to the 2nd generation immigrant girl behind the counter try and state my order verbatim. She handed me the receipt - my girlfriend got a chicken sandwich - and with that we waited about four minutes for our order to be processed.

But wait! Hold on... No Transformers tickets, what's worse, now we've got to eat this crap which looks NOTHING like the photo, and more like my High School's Jailhouse grade hamburgers.

My only response is that this experience reminds me of what Stephen Spielberg did to the Transformers franchise, much like Burger King did to fast food.