{"id":1687065,"date":"2022-10-12T17:22:13","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T21:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1687065"},"modified":"2022-10-12T17:22:33","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T21:22:33","slug":"here-are-the-best-worst-mcdonalds-happy-meal-toys-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/here-are-the-best-worst-mcdonalds-happy-meal-toys-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Here Are The Best &#038; Worst McDonald\u2019s Happy Meal Toys Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhere-are-the-best-worst-mcdonalds-happy-meal-toys-ever%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1687065&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The introduction of McDonald\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/mcdonalds-debuts-adult-happy-meals-that-come-with-a-toy\">Happy Meals for adults <\/a>has people feeling all kinds of nostalgia for their youth.<\/p>\n<p>This marketing move has inspired fans to start thinking about the wonder of a drive-thru treat and how it delighted them back in the day. Happy Meals, which debuted in 1979, remain one of the most successful fast food menu additions of all time because they appealed to both the children eager for a treat and parents who just wanted their tiny tots to eat dinner.<\/p>\n<p>McDonald\u2019s came under fire for targeting young people with unhealthy fast food. But that wasn\u2019t enough to stop the mighty Happy Meal, which is still offered to this day.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, Happy Meal treats have ranged from the collectible to the truly bizarre. Here are some of the best and worst options.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Worst: E.T. Poster<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A lot of the most hated prizes on the list have something in common: they aren\u2019t actually toys. While it\u2019s true that Spielberg\u2019s 1982 sci-fi classic \u201cE.T.\u201d was a hit with audiences of all ages, the fact remains that getting a poster alongside your burger and fries was a bit of a letdown. Not to mention the fact that a lot of the time, the paper got ruined by grease before it could even get unpackaged.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best: Muppet Babies Cars<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>McDonald\u2019s did it best when they didn\u2019t overthink their Happy Meal additions. The Muppet Babies toy series included baby versions of popular characters Kermit, Gonzo, Fozzie, and Piggy in little cars with functioning wheels.<\/p>\n<p>Kids were inspired to collect all four because when they did, the Muppets could connect together to form a cute train. It all added up to a big win that customers loved.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Worst: Halloween Buckets<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Is there anything worse than a practical toy? While parents may have loved the collectible buckets that came with Happy Meals around Halloween time, kids were less than thrilled to receive something so utilitarian.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Halloween buckets being notorious on the \u201cworst of\u201d lists, McDonald\u2019s recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/10\/09\/business\/mcdonalds-halloween-pails-return-trnd\/index.html\">announced<\/a> that this item would be returning in time for the 2022 trick-or-treat season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best: McDinos Changeables<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kids love transformers because they\u2019re the original fidget toys, endlessly morphing between two totally different things. The fast food behemoth partnered with the \u201cTransformers\u201d franchise in 1990 to create these collectible characters that changed into fast food items and dinosaurs. Maybe that\u2019s why these collectibles are still fetching good money on eBay.<\/p>\n<p>These adorable characters were released several times in the \u201980s and \u201990s. They were offered in the shapes of different burgers, drinks, fries, chicken McNuggets, ice cream cones, hotcakes, and the Egg McMuffin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Worst: Toothbrush and Toothpaste<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It goes without saying why most kids hated this particular promotion. Dental hygiene is essential but putting toothbrushes in Happy Meals was a huge miss from the perspective of their intended audience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best: Super Looney Tunes Characters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some of the most popular McDonald\u2019s Happy Meal toy offerings featured collaborations between the fast food company and beloved characters from popular shows and movies. The cast of the Looney Tunes dressed up like superheroes is the perfect example of this working well.<\/p>\n<p>McDonald\u2019s debuted Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and Taz in 1992 complete with cute costumes to dress them in. The toys were well-made and became an instant classic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Worst: Gardening Tools<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Helping mom and dad in the garden might be a fun pastime for some kids, but overall as a promotion this McDonald\u2019s offering was a swing and a miss. Young customers simply couldn\u2019t muster any enthusiasm when they received a trowel or seed packet alongside their McNuggets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best: 101 Dalmatians Collectibles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The biggest endeavor of all was that one time in 1996 when McDonald\u2019s put out 101 different toys to coincide with the live-action Disney movie \u201c101 Dalmatians.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This was a genius marketing move because kids were encouraged to keep visiting, hoping to collect different characters with the ultimate goal of procuring a complete set. Both the movie and the Happy Meal promo were a doggone success.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Worst: American Idol MP3 Player<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When is an mp3 player not an mp3 player? This promotional toy came out in 2007 when the reality competition show \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d was at the height of popularity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If it was real, it could have been a real draw for McDonald\u2019s. Unfortunately, this so-called mp3 device only played the theme song over and over, making it a boring hunk of plastic that resembled an actual musical player in looks only.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best: Hot Wheels Cars<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a reason why Hot Wheels toy cars are still beloved by kids more than 50 years after Mattel debuted them in 1968.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This Happy Meal promo worked because it took a popular toy and kept the quality, making it a collectible for kids that helped enhance the collections they already had at home. Hot Wheels cars for Happy Meals debuted in 1983 and have been on the menu at various times ever since.<\/p>\n<p>Per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mashed.com\/195875\/best-and-worst-happy-meal-toys\/\">Mashed<\/a>, the original Hot Wheels were<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The introduction of McDonald\u2019s Happy Meals for adults has people feeling all kinds of nostalgia for their youth. This marketing move has inspired fans to start thinking about the wonder of a drive-thru treat and how it delighted them back in the day. 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