Microsoft is heading up a massive Kinect advertising blitz to the tune of $500 million. Kinect is going to be everywhere and seen by everybody. Fast food chains are a great place to get the attention of normal families. For once, eating fast food can be good for you. Microsoft and Burger King have teamed up give away several Kinect bundles.

Sure, they aren’t nearly as fancy as $100+ statues but kids meal toys they are certainly more affordable.

While most are given through those wee servings known as a Happy Meal, Children’s Meal, Kids Meal or a similar moniker, some are purchasable as individual items at specific chains (assuming the owner or manager is nice enough to let you buy them a la carte).

Here’s a look at some of the most notable fast food premiums offered throughout the years…

It’s another groovy kids meal promotion, this time for the recently released Star Trek movie, now in theaters.

The promotion is through Burger King and includes 16 kids meal toys, each with its own sound effect, and four boxed drinking glasses.

This must be the month to promote video games at fast food restaurants. If you head to Burger King for the next couple weeks, you can pick up a cheap Kids Meal with a Spongebob Squarepants toy and a video game coupon.

The coupon is for US$5 off THQ’s Cooking Mama-esque SpongeBob vs. The Big One: Beach Party Cook-Off for DS when purchased at Toys R Us. The game retails for $29.99 and was released march 3, 2009. The coupon is good April 6, 2009, through May 31, 2009, and is part of the mini booklet that comes with each toy.

As for the toys, there are 12 Spongebobs in the “set,” although the only differences between each toy is

Along with novelty gift cards, the other inexpensive plastic tchockies I like to scout for are kids meal toys.

As a followup to last year’s Wendy’s Wii toys, Burger King is offering this year’s Wii-related tiny toys intended for tots (but not those under the age of three, of course). The ten toys are…

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Pokemon fanatics will want to borrow a kid and head to Burger King after the Fourth of July. Burger King will be running a special, worldwide kid’s meal Pokemon promotion from July 7 to August 3, 2008.

The official website (which isn’t open yet) will display the prizes that will come with the meal. Along with the obligatory toy, each meal will also come with one of 12 Pokemon Trading Card Game: Diamond & Pearl cards. The cards will likely be handed out at random, so visitors might have to eat quite a few meals to collect them all.

The Halo 3 feeding frenzy has begun…literally. Microsoft announced today (August 9, 2007) that Burger King will be part of the all out marketing offensive for Halo 3 alongside other venerable brand names such as Pontiac, Mountain Dew, and 7-Eleven. Look for the Master Chief’s battle hardened visage to be staring at you from the sides of drink cups, french fry containers and bags of your favorite synthetically flavored corn chips. Get this — limited edition aluminum bottles of Mountain Dew featuring special designs by Bungie. 7-Eleven is even issuing special Halo 3 themed Slurpee cups. Can you say overkill?