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Description
This figure was part of the Burger King promotional venture done for The Fellowship of the Ring.
It required 3 or 4 Proof of Purchase (POPs) and receipts to be mailed in. In return a Uruk-Hai with Helmet was sent in the mail packaged in a white mailer box. This Uruk-Hai uses the same Lurtz body found in the FOTR Green Twin Pack that included Boromir and Lurtz but uses a different head.
With the release of the DVD in August of 2002, the offer was again continued, only this time limited to 1 per household.
This promotion would be limited to a maximum of 5000 figures. Once this limit was reached, the initial Uruk-Hai offering was replaced with a Lurtz and no accessories.
For collectors, what makes this promotional offer so important is the helmet accessory that was included with the original Uruk-Hai. The Uruk-Hai’s of the first movie are prominently featured donning these, and army builders desperately seek these out. This helmet would never be released again as part of the future assortments making it a very sought-after accessory.
Each mail-away version can be identified by the text found on the white mailer box.
BURGER KING MAIL AWAY- URUK-HAI with Helmet
ITEM# 81009 (RUN OF 5000)
2ND LINE READS "BURGER KING"
DVD MAIL AWAY- URUK-HAI with Helmet
ITEM# 81009 (RUN OF 5000)
2nd LINE READS ”THE LORD OF THE RINGS"
BURGER KING/DVD MAIL AWAY REPLACEMENT - LURTZ ITEM# TB107 (RUN AFTER 5000) (NO ACCESSORIES)