Customers can buy a Happy Meal at participating McDonald's restaurants from October 13 -- November 2, and receive two Monster Crazy Bones, a collectible sticker card and an official Crazy Bones game with their meal, while supplies last

``McDonald's has teamed up with Toy Craze, Inc. to bring kids a different kind of toy,'' said R.J. Milano, Vice President of U.S. Marketing, McDonald's. ``Kids can trade, collect and play any number of games with Monster Crazy Bones which we believe will create a Happy Meal experience like no other.''

Crazy Bones toys are based on a game historians discovered, where children in ancient Greece and Rome played with real sheep bones. Kids would clean and decorate the bones, then invent games around the way the bones land on the ground when thrown.

The Monster Crazy Bones are two-inch, plastic figurines specially designed for the McDonald's Happy Meal program. Twelve of the toy characters will be based on the classic Crazy Bones series ``The GoGos.'' Another 12, all-new, Halloween-themed characters will be unveiled during the promotion.

``The number of games that can be played with Crazy Bones are limited only by a child's imagination,'' said Bill Flaherty, President of Toy Craze. ``We are excited about partnering with McDonald's to bring Crazy Bones to a whole new generation of kids.''

TOY CRAZE, Inc., a Cleveland based company established in 1998, was formed by a group of toy industry experts who describe themselves as ``kids at heart.'' Visit the website at www.crazybones.com for more information.

McDonald's is the world's largest and best-known global food service retailer with nearly 28,000 restaurants in 119 countries.

SOURCE: Toy Craze

[Posted 10/03/2000]