This is not a list of what I have in stock at any time.  Rather, it's a catalogue of all significant items released in New Zealand.  While I have 95+ percent of items released here I don't always have stocks of (a) rare, early items; (b) extremely popular toys such as Snoopy's World Tour; or (c) the very latest sets.  (I'm currently finding it very difficult to keep up with demand from foreign collectors for the 1999 sets, for example.) 

COMPOSITION OF SETS:  Where the description in the list is simply "four items" this means that there is a Birdie, Grimace, Hamburglar and Ronald in the set.  Unless stated otherwise, prices for sets are the prices for single items multiplied by the number of items in the set.

DATES ETC:  Toys and collectables are listed in order of their release in New Zealand, but some of the dates of release are my best guess.  If local collectors have more accurate information, it would be appreciated if they would let me have it.  I'd also be grateful for advice of any amendments or additions to the list.

CONDITION:  The assumption made throughout is that toys are in good condition.  Worn, damaged or dirty McDonald's toys have no value. PRICES: are expressed in US dollars. 

MAIL ORDERS: postage is charged at cost.  Foreign orders are sent by economy air.

Note: MIP = Mint in Packet
 
 

1995  - click on photos for larger view

Basketball cups/tumblers:
Ten different, released in two sets: four large - Chicago Bulls, Detroit Pistons, Houston Rockets and Seattle Sonics - and six slightly smaller - Charlotte Hornets, Chicago Bulls, Houston Rockets, Orlando Magic, Phoenix Suns and  New York Knicks.

US$1.50 each
 

Batman cards:
Sixteen cards, issued in four packets of four cards each.  First set MIP US$4.50.  Other sets MIP US$2
 
 

Big Top Circus:
Four items - Birdie climbing on a ladder (4 pieces); Fry Guys who shoot out of a cannon (2 pieces); Grimace rolling on a drum; Ronald balancing on an elephant (2 pieces)
US$1 each; US$2 MIP

Cabbage Patch Kids: see 1994

Character straws:
This scarce set is a bit of a mystery.  I'd been told that it comprised eight items - Birdie (pink and yellow straws); Ronald (red and green straws); Hamburglar (pink and yellow straws); and Grimace (red and green straws) - which I can confirm only if "green" is held to mean "any shade of green".  What I mean by this is that I've found Grimace straws in three different shades of green (light, dark and blue-green) and Ronald in two (light and blue-green).  The practical effect is that I've found a single exact duplicate so far in eleven straws!  Please note that this is not the same set as that released (as "McDonaldland Straws") in Australia in 1993.  That set featured Ronald, Birdie, Grimace and Hamburglar in full colour, with each item comprising two pieces: the character which slips on to differently-coloured and -shaped straw.  The New Zealand set comprises a single, moulded straw in pastel colours.  The Australian set is much sexier.
US$3.50 each

Jigsaws:
Four different - Ronald playing drum; Hamburglar/saxophone; Birdie/violin; Grimace singing
US$3.50 each
 
 
 
 

McDonaldland Maze Games:  see Rectangular Bead Games

McJuegos:
Three hand-held ball mazes - Orange/Hamburglar, Green/Grimace, Pink/Birdie.  The green McJuego is much scarcer than the other two.  Although manufactured in 1992 (as the packaging states), they were apparently not released in New Zealand until 1995.  Green/Grimace US$4.50; US$7.50 MIP.  The others US$1 each; US$2 MIP
 

McRodeo:
This set, originally released in Japan in 1995, comprised four figures: Birdie with a lasso; Grimace on a horse; Ronald in a barrel; and Hamburglar as a cowboy.  US$1 each; US$2 MIP
 
 

Phonecards:

• Sports series 1995 (four $5 cards) - mint set US$12.50; used cards US$1 each
• $10 fry-climber card - mint US$6.50
• Definitive series 1995 (two $5 cards, one $10 card, one $20 card) - mint set US$25; used set US$6.50
• Limited edition (4000) $5 card from Telecom Collector Pack, in special folder 1995 - mint US$4.50

Rectangular Bead Games:
I have now identified eleven of these miniature pinball  games, apparently released by McDonald's Australia in several groups in the early 1990s and used both there and here in New Zealand as fillers for birthday bags. The most common games are a pink Hamburglar, a purple Grimace and a yellow Ronald, all dated 1995 (but released MIP in bags dated 1994!).  US$1 each
 

Round Bead Games:
Four miniature games, much harder to find than the rectangular games.  US$2.50 each
 
 
 

Sonic the Hedgehog:
Four figures - Dr Ivo Robotnic, Knuckles, Miles, Sonic the Hedgehog.  US$1 each; US$1.50 MIP
 
 

Sports Balls:  see 1992 for a description of the 12 balls which have been issued in New Zealand. (Four were issued in 1995.)
 

Tenth Anniversary Happy Meal Train:
Thirteen connectable figures (there were additional two toys in the original US set: see below) - Ronald in a red Happy Meal box (the engine); Barbie ballerina (spins around); Hot Wheels (car spins around loop); Sonic the Hedgehog on TV; Berenstain Bears on a seesaw; Tonka truck with a red parcel on board (three pieces); 101 Dalmatians in a parcel; Little Mermaid & Flounder; Cabbage Patch Doll on a rocking horse; Tiny Toons (Bates & Buster) with birthday cake; Peanuts (Snoopy playing an organ); Happy Meal Guys on a tray; and ET in a spaceship.  The two additional toys released in the US were Looney Tunes (featuring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck) and Muppet Babies.  An important point to note is that the Looney Tunes toy was also released in the UK, as part of a four-toy set called Looney Tunes Parade, in 1996.  There's a big difference in the colour of Bugs and Daffy's vehicle, however: the original is green; the UK toy is grey.
Tonka truck US$3.50 loose; US$7.50 MIP
The others - US$1 each, US$2 MIP

Tricky Trackers:
This set comprised four food items with wheels plus grooved plastic boards for the toys to race around: a Hamburglar burger on an orange track; a Grimace milkshake on a purple track; Birdie fries on a yellow track; and a Ronald Big Mac on a red track.  The set released in New Zealand was similar to sets released in Japan and Europe in 1994.  US$1 each; US$3.50 MIP
 
 

Winter Sports:
This set, originally released in Japan and Germany in 1995, comprised four figures: Grimace in a green snow tractor; Ronald on skis; Birdie skating; and Hamburglar in a snowmobile pulling a sled.  US$1 each; US$1.5 MIP