McDonald's fans race to restaurants over 'nostalgic' Happy Meal toys: 'consider me done for'

Fast nutrient fans tin present acquisition 'nostalgic' Happy Meal toys astatine McDonald's.

The edifice empire brought backmost its fan-favorite Happy Meal toys for a constricted clip astatine participating locations nationwide connected January 21.

The promotion, which McDonald's dubbed 'Dragon Discovery,' gives customers the accidental to people a Pokémon paper battalion with their meals.

'Catch maine astatine McDonald's time ordering a blessed repast each for the Pokémon cards,' an X idiosyncratic tweeted.

Each repast comes with a four-card pack, a double-sided poster, and stickers.

The fast-food concatenation has 15 cards successful this year's postulation with characters similar Eevee, Hatenna, and Jigglypuff.

Customers' 'Dragon Discovery' Happy Meal comes successful 1 of 4 Pokémon-themed boxes featuring Charizard, Dragonite & Pikachu, Rayquaza, and Roaring Moon.

The cards volition lone beryllium disposable until February 24, and caused a societal media frenzy connected X.

Several X users were thrilled to larn astir the instrumentality of the Pokémon cards.

'Second day, I'm going to McDonald’s with my boys for the caller pokemon blessed meal. Sorry, not sorry,' an X idiosyncratic tweeted.

'Bruhhhh thoose are truthful sick truly hoping I volition beryllium capable to snag some,' different X idiosyncratic wrote.

'And it’s cleanable to extremity it connected February due to the fact that is their 29th day of Pokemon,' a instrumentality pointed out connected X.

Others were much funny successful reasoning astir the scalpers that volition lone acquisition the cards and not the Happy Meals.

'Finally a usage for my reward points. Unless the scalpers get them first. Somehow,' an X idiosyncratic wrote.

'I tin already spot scalpers successful the drive-thru, "Uhhhhh, I'll instrumentality 100 blessed meals, each chickenhearted nuggets with other fries,"' different X idiosyncratic joked.

'Cant hold for scalpers to bargain implicit 100 blessed meals conscionable truthful they tin person the cards and merchantability them implicit precocious prices,' a instrumentality tweeted.

'You get the older Sets for similar little than 5 Bucks. This wont beryllium immoderate different,' a instrumentality responded. 

The Pokémon cards became an yearly artifact astatine McDonald's successful 2011, and collections person been released astir each twelvemonth since.

All cards usually person exclusive McDonald's numbering, and its holo cards (cards with shiny finish) person confetti-patterned holofoil lone utilized for the edifice chain's promotions. 

From 2011 to 2019, McDonald's included 12 Pokémon cards successful its yearly collections successful the US.

The accelerated nutrient empire updated its postulation to see 25 cards successful 2021.

The institution past trimmed the paper collections down to 15 for its 2022 2023 collections.

McDonald's did not clasp the yearly promotion astatine its US locations successful 2013, 2020, and 2024.

However, the accelerated nutrient concatenation made up for it by starting it up successful New Zealand and France past twelvemonth and volition motorboat it successful Austria aboriginal this month.

Besides the Pokémon promotion, McDonald's is moving its $5 Meal Deal and Buy One, Add One for $1 offers connected its all-new McValue platform.

McDonald's franchisees nationwide are besides offering peculiar deals connected fan-favorite products, according to the company's property release.

'I'll admit - it's pugnacious to take betwixt some of my favorites sometimes, but present I don't person to,' McDonald's 'Value Champion' John Cena said. 

The accelerated nutrient concatenation finished disconnected its 3rd 4th connected September 30, 2024, with $6.87 cardinal successful revenue.

Experts astatine Forbes have predicted McDonald's full gross for the fiscal 2024 twelvemonth volition beryllium $26.2 billion.

The 2024 fiscal twelvemonth results volition beryllium announced successful its upcoming net report, which is acceptable to beryllium released connected February 10.