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[edit] Big Xtra?

I was always under the impression that the Arch Deluxe was slightly retooled and renamed the Big Xtra. No truth to that hunch?

The Big Xtra was a burger introduced in 1997, that was all but decommissioned by 1999. It was actually more of a direct rip-off of the Whopper; it didn't have the seasoned bun, special sauce, or any of the special fixin's of the Deluxe, and had 200 calories more than the Arch Deluxe. --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 16:42, May 17, 2005 (UTC)
Wasn't the Big Xtra just renamed the Big N Tasty ?

[edit] Big 'n Tasty an offshoot?

It seems the Big n Tasty is a direct offshoot from this product. --24.249.108.133 16:51, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

As I remember in my local USA McD, the Arch Deluxe's spot got taken by the Big Xtra, then it became the Big n Tasty and was de-menued and you cant get it unless asked for by name. Its still availble today AFAIK.24.90.22.220 17:06, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Good concept, poor marketing?

It's interesting that Burger King's Angus Burger has become extremely successful whereas the Arch Deluxe failed to catch on, despite the conceptual similarities. This leads me to wonder whether bad marketing was solely to blame for the flop. 217.34.39.123 11:57, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chronology

"When studies showed that its first set of advertising was unsuccessful, and was possibly even hurting its existing branding, it switched to a more conventional McDonald's-style commercial, featuring Ronald McDonald doing adult activities, such as playing golf and dancing at a night club. Such advertising, however, combined with the focus on the "adult" McDonald's, led to late night TV jokes and skits involving Ronald McDonald visiting pornography shops.[citation needed]"

I may be wrong, but growing up I remember that the advertisements described (Ronald doing "adult" things, came before the adverts with the confused children in them (before the product itself, in fact, as a teaser) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.215.193.185 (talk) 01:54, 1 June 2008 (UTC)