It never hurts to ask

The fast food tie-in for Star Wars is at Burger King; with the purchase of a value meal, you can pay another $1.29 for two Star Wars toys.

I haven't been collecting them, but I've picked a couple up if I happened to be eating lunch at BK. So today, we're out and we stop by Burger Czar. This particular BK hasn't been the best at giving out the toys, so I was just going to redeem one of my coupons for a free Whopper and have that for lunch.

The three of us walk in and I'm first. I ask, "Do you guys know what you want?"

They shake their heads and I ask the girl at the counter, "Which Star Wars toys to you have?"

She says, "Well, we've got most of them. Which ones do you want?"

I thought for a minute and said, "Do you have a Leia and a Yoda?" because I was going to get them for the Baby. She likes anything having to do with princesses, and Yoda is her favourite character.

The girl goes into her big case of Star Wars toys and gets one of each and I add flippantly, "I don't suppose you have any Vaders."

The Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker toy is the Holy Grail of this promotion. There are only 5 per case and the collectors scarf them up as soon as the cases are opened.

Much to my surprise, the girl says, "Sure, we've got one."

"I'll take it."

My buddies, who are collecting them, just stand there, mute with disbelief. I had to give up a Leia for Vader, but I got him and Yoda. I'm sure they're still kicking themselves for not going first.

I haven't decided if I want to sell this guy on eBay or open him, but the moral of the story is this:

It never hurts to ask.