{"id":18753,"date":"2016-11-07T15:08:55","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T20:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=18753"},"modified":"2016-11-07T15:08:55","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T20:08:55","slug":"mms-2010-favorite-character-election-promotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=18753","title":{"rendered":"M&M’s 2010 Favorite Character Election Promotion!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With the US Presidential Election happening tomorrow, I wanted to reach back into the archives to present a voting scenario that was far more lighthearted than the one currently playing out.\u00a0 So make the jump to check out M&M’s 2010 “Favorite Character” election promotion!<\/p>\n

I’ve written about M&M’s elections and voting promotions once before, back when I covered Australia-New Zealand’s M&M’s election posters from 2008<\/a>.\u00a0 Those were pretty cool and they produced what is probably my all-time favorite piece of M&M’s mascot promotional art – for Red’s “Redolution” propaganda poster:<\/p>\n

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Australia-New Zealand – Mars – M&M’s Election posters 2008<\/p><\/div>\n

It was two years later that M&M’s USA offered up a similar promotion, asking consumers to vote for their favorite characters.<\/p>\n

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M&M’s Vote for your Favorite Character promo sticker – 2010<\/p><\/div>\n

The promotion played out primarily on packages of Sharing Size M&M’s, with each character getting featured solo on an assortment of packs.\u00a0 I’m fortunate to have a full set of all ten Sharing Size packs that were released in conjunction with the Favorite Character promotion, so here they are:<\/p>\n

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Mars – M&M’s Milk Chocolate Sharing Size – Favorite Character Vote – Yellow – 3.14 oz candy package wrapper – 2010<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mars – M&M’s Milk Chocolate Sharing Size – Favorite Character Vote – Red – 3.14 oz candy package wrapper – 2010<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mars – M&M’s Milk Chocolate Sharing Size – Favorite Character Vote – Orange – 3.14 oz candy package wrapper – 2010<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mars – M&M’s Milk Chocolate Sharing Size – Favorite Character Vote – Green – 3.14 oz candy package wrapper – 2010<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mars – M&M’s Milk Chocolate Sharing Size – Favorite Character Vote – Blue – 3.14 oz candy package wrapper – 2010<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mars – M&M’s Peanut Sharing Size – Favorite Character Vote – Yellow – 3.27 oz candy package wrapper – 2010<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mars – M&M’s Peanut Sharing Size – Favorite Character Vote – Red – 3.27 oz candy package wrapper – 2010<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mars – M&M’s Peanut Sharing Size – Favorite Character Vote – Orange – 3.27 oz candy package wrapper – 2010<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mars – M&M’s Peanut Sharing Size – Favorite Character Vote – Green – 3.27 oz candy package wrapper – 2010<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mars – M&M’s Peanut Sharing Size – Favorite Character Vote – Blue – 3.27 oz candy package wrapper – 2010<\/p><\/div>\n

That’s all ten of the packs that I have from the 2010 promotion.\u00a0 It’s great that they were able to have so much fun with the promo and I certainly think it produced some great packaging.<\/p>\n

But this is not the only time that M&M’s has put something to a vote. \u00a0 M&M’s have tended toward vote-based promotions a number of times over the years. \u00a0 For example, at least a pair of times, Mars has put M&M’s color choices to consumer votes.\u00a0 As recently as 2012, M&M’s had a Facebook promotion allowing consumers to create an entirely new assortment of colors for their M&M’s, which resulted in the following mix:<\/p>\n

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Mars – M&M’s Peanut – You Picked The New Color Mix – 8oz candy package – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

Not only that, but earlier this year M&M’s introduced three new nut-based limited edition flavors, giving consumers the democratic power to determine which would stay on as an all-year-round offering.\u00a0 And I’ll be covering that promotion tomorrow on Election Day itself – don’t miss it!<\/p>\n

For now, that’s everything I’ve got to share on M&M’s 2010 Favorite Character Election promotion.\u00a0 See you next time!<\/p>\n

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