This is the most comprehensive researched topic on this car on the internet, it has taken me days and I still haven't found the bottom.
You won't find anything else like this anywhere apart from here, enjoy.
MODEL A (AROUND 2000):
Stargazing Commercial (2000)
Ronald & Me Commercial (2000)
Time Travel Commercial (2001)
MODEL A (2000-NOW):
Construction by Global Entertainment Industries
MODEL A (AROUND 2006):
McKids Adventures: Treasure Hunt with Ronald (2006)
MODEL A (AROUND 2010):
Driving to Work Commercial (2010)
MODEL B (AROUND 2002-2012):
MODEL C (POST 2002):
MODEL D (AROUND 2001):
MODEL E (POST 2010):
UNKNOWN MODEL (AROUND 2010):
I CAN NOT FIND WHETHER THIS ONE IS OFFICIAL OR UNOFFICIAL.
PROTOTYPE MODEL B (2002):
KIDDIE RIDE: LOST IMAGE, HAD A MOTHER PUTTING HER SON IN IT, SHOPPING MAL, BEHIND THE MOTHER IS A LARGE GLASS WINDOW WITH SUNLIGHT STREAMING THROUGH.
PLAY STRUCTURE
(Morgan City, Louisiana):
It is from: MCDONALD'S, MORGAN CITY 3.6 6387 US HIGHWAY 90 EAST, MORGAN CITY, LA 70380, USA
PLAY STRUCTURE
(Albuquerque, New Mexico):
PLAY STRUCTURE
(Dallas Airport, AROUND 2013):
PLAY STRUCTURE
(Greensboro, North Carolina, 2012)
PLAY STRUCTURE
(Allentown, Pennsylvania)
MORE PLAY STRUCTURES:
- San Jose, California, 2023
- Fort Worth, Texas
- Loveland, Colorado or Ohio
- Chicago, Illinois, 2834 N Ashland Ave
- Appleton, Wisconsin, 700 W Northland Ave
- Matthews, North Carolina
MODEL D COLLECTIBLE PLATES (2001):
HAPPY MEAL TOY (1993):
Links: Model A 'Thanksgiving Parade' Wiki: https://macysthanksgiving.fandom.com/wiki/Big_Red_Shoe_Car
Stargazing Advert (2000, Model A): https://youtu.be/YDy44zKa-R0
Ronald and Me 'Unknown' Advert (2000, Model A): https://youtu.be/t-muSz5ZH60
Ronald and Me 'Time Travel' Advert (2000/2001, Model A): https://youtu.be/QY0-A8zfeZo
Prototype (2002, Model B): http://productmobiles.blogspot.com/2011/10/shoe-maker.html?m=1
Model E Production: https://www.chron.com/culture/article/mcdonalds-shoe-car-houston-texas-19964777.php
McKids Adventures: Treasure Hunt with Ronald (2006, Model A, 10:32 onwards): https://youtu.be/1Ba5h4d5wBk
Driving to Work Advert (2010, Model A): https://youtu.be/smW7CFbEHF0
9 Comments
Moonrise2473@feddit.it · 4 pts · 1y
Amazing research
dmention7@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y
Bloody hell OP, amazing stuff!
This reminds me of the OG internet, in the best way possible... Stumbling across a random geocities website with dozens of cool photos and researched/cited text about some obscure topic that you really don't care about, but can't help getting sucked in by the sheer level of passion evident!
scottwood@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Thanks! All the locations for the play structures has been my most painful research project for quite some time, some of them didn't have locations so I had to scour the uploaders account and find something with a location or something like that then ask Grok to find out where it is.
The same with the dates for different cars, sometimes all I had was a poster or a part of a phone or whatever, then I had to find that poster/ phone and for the posters were they regional or what?
So what I am saying is, it's not passion, it is sheer bloody madness!
^(My most painful research project was for school and took a month of crawling through hundreds of publicly available documents from the US government and the US military, don’t even remember why, just remember the pain).^
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
Great post, thx for sauces too.
Maybe you missed this one:
scottwood@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Um, am I missing something or are you calling Trump a clown?
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
Not that I'm not, but my intention was more to point out the car (I now changed the image so it doesn't show Trump) - you know, how the McD is a big USA export, brand, & meme (patriotically) associated with that country, so the McD cars must be presidential/regal in some way.
Idk, it's not a high level joke, just a stereotype about USA.
scottwood@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
That explains it, I'm British and it flew over my head.
golden_zealot@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
https://youtu.be/mLRy_5U7rF8
scottwood@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
How the hell did I miss this! Thanks, it's 1:04am and now I'm going to scream myself to sleep because when I close my eyes, I will see that damn clown coming towards me...