Burger King Pokéball
date: label: date made
content: 1999
name: label: maker
content: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
notes: label: Description
content: This plastic representation of a "pokéball" was nspired by the Pokémon gaming franchise. It has two halves, one red, one white, and a red loop attachment. The object was designed to hold a single Pokémon toy as a promotion for Burger King kids meals in 1999. The figure has been removed from this object. This object was part of a massive product recall due to its eventual designation as a child hazard. Inscription inside the red half of the ball reads: MFG. FOR BURGER KING CORP. The maker field below notes the copyright holder, not the manufacturer.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Japan
label: Associated Place
content: Japan
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Judy Gradwohl
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.3016.12
label: nonaccession number
content: 2016.3016
label: catalog number
content: 2016.3016.12
objectType: label: Object Name
content: toy
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: ball: 2 3/4 in; 6.985 cm
label: Measurements
content: chain link: 2 29/32 in x 1 1/4 in x 13/32 in; 7.366 cm x 3.175 cm x 1.016 cm