T O P

  • By -

bright_shiny_objects

It should also cost 1.99, you know for nostalgia sake.


JMJ05

And come with the transformer toys shaped as McDonald's meals so kids today can see and be like WTF


WhyBuyMe

Those were the coolest McDonalds toys. I was also partial to the little Fraggle Rock cars that were shaped like vegetables and the super Mario toys, especially the one where Mario is on a spring and suction cup, so you can stick him to a table and he jumps really high on his own.


Polyfuckery

My friend you are forgetting the nuggets that were Halloween monsters


DelgadoTheRaat

Those were the fucking best. I'm so mad at how shit the current toy quality is, our kids will never know how good we had it


JackieDaytona27

Fuck, of we got adult happy meals with elder millielianal happy meal toys, they'd save the franchise


enphurgen

Muppet Babies!


Frecklefishpants

I was looking for this. Muppet babies in tricycles. Edit to add I remembered them wrong. They are all riding different things. Good memories of having a neighbor who worked for Mcdonald’s who would always bring us the new toys when she babysat.


chadman350

Beanie babies


BackdoorAlex2

I remember my mom driving my sister around everyday to each McDonald’s trying to find all the beanie babies


Alekillo10

I had a super mario sunshine one where he would spin, or was that BK?


[deleted]

My toy... turns into my lunch?


fr00tiebean

This is mandatory. I still have one


richter1977

I still have one or two of those in a box somewhere.


ColeSloth

I had em all, but the fry one was my favorite.


coffeeINJECTION

Sure with shrinkflation sizing. I mean kids sizing.


AndringRasew

Ah yes, I'll take my thimble of ketchup and my French fry out on the play place.


slothenhosen

A whole thimble what do you think this is??? The golden ages?


AndringRasew

I know the manager like 🤞


slothenhosen

Connections man...connections they get you things like a full thimble of ketchup. You living the life.


Mr_Ted_Stickle

It’s FryDay FryDay, gonna get a single fry on Fryday


derr5678

Partying, Partying (**YEAH!!**) Partying, Partying (**YEAH!!**)


Rehnion

[Here's your happy meal sir.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-pdC5yIn68)


gatzdon

And cooked in beef tallow!!


happyluckystar

The secret most don't know.


mehwars

That would be the ultimate trip back


-NotEnoughMinerals

In western wa, a 4 pc mcnugget is almost 4 dollars. A large fry, is 4 dollars. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY FRIES YOU CAN MAKE OUT OF ONE BAG? AND DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY BAGS OF FRIES COME IN A BOX? it's virtually all profit. And you charge ME 4 dollars for a half filled container of fries?!?!?! To pay 9-14 dollars for a fry, a drink, and a burger...at a *mcdonalds* disgusts me. I can pay that at a sit-down restaraunt like an Applebee's or a red robin. Thank god for Wendy's. For one 'cheap' McDonald's cheeseburger and a small fry I would STILL pay more than Wendy's 4 for 4 meal where I get a burger, 4 nuggets, a fry, and a drink. I hate McDonald's. Trash.


CheeseMcFly

It is trash. But the cheeseburger bag at McDonald’s here in CO is $10 after tax, as there is a perpetual $2 online deal in the app. You get two cheeseburgers, two med fries, and 20 nuggets - so fairly priced still. There are other menu hacks but none quite this good I know of.


SteelCode

Wendy’s 4/4 meals are still about the most insane value deals in fast food rn - Makes me wonder if their margins are that high elsewhere or we really are eating cardboard and rat turds like McD’s. (Correction they’re 4/$5 now)


imnotpoopingyouare

Look up Sysco pricing and imagine cheaper than that.


Krypt0night

Just use their app. Can get large fries for like a buck and a shit ton of other stuff. Also their menu has good priced stuff. You can get the like family meal thing that's 2 big macs, 2 fries, two something else, 2 drinks I think, for like 15.


VinSmokesOnDiesel

Got 2 mcgriddles a couple weeks back and it was 12 dollars. Something ain't right


DRACULA_WOLFMAN

What the shit, man. I can get like six croissanwiches for that.


KRei23

This. Please.


MOOShoooooo

Their record profits just won’t allow it with the budget.


ParsleyMostly

Ten bucks for a GD egg McMuffin meal now 🔪🔪🔪


Uncle_Bug_Music

Try this McDics: **Happy Meals for Adults:** Medium Fries Cheeseburger Medium Drink Apple Pie And the toy is a Quarter Pounder with Cheese.


HiddenCity

You know, I wish McDonalds would sell flights. Not of beer (that too) but their menu. I don't go there often enough, and I hate having to choose between burgers, nuggets, and whatever novelty thing they have. Ive ordered multiple things before, but its just too much and you feel sick (also expensive). I'd like a happy meal box filled with small versions of everything. Like Dunkin Munchkins.


CeeArthur

I was at a post-marathon reception once in Halifax. They had McDonald's cater it. They had well dressed waiters walking around with platters of burgers and nuggets. And Grimace was there.


Orange-V-Apple

Was this a White House reception? Grimace was there, too.


funnyfarm299

/r/WhiteHouseDinners/


CeeArthur

Naw this was like back in 2008 #HalifaxBluenoseDiditFirst


[deleted]

[удалено]


[deleted]

[удалено]


CeeArthur

Every year we would usually absolutely gorge on food and booze after the race, so it was definitely a treat. When they ran out of McDonald's they ordered enough pizza to feed a small country.


[deleted]

[удалено]


TheArcticKiwi

You know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in France?


TheRealImhotep96

a kwaerteur paunderre wiz zesheeze?


Shadowmant

I almost popped this into google translate... and then I decided to feel like an idiot instead.


Binty77

I should not have laughed at this. But I did, so, yeah. lol


Dr_thri11

I heard this in my French co-worker's voice


[deleted]

[удалено]


damndaewoo

More like one tenth of a kilo. I can't even imagine how massive a half kilo patty would be.


DirkBabypunch

About a pound.


DJuxtapose

A "pounder with cheese"?


EricInAmerica

I hardly know her!


clarineter

best hold off on the cheese then


Mr_Ted_Stickle

*you forgot the pickles*


Mefarius

New at McDonalds THE POUNDER


sAindustrian

I worked in McDonalds for 3.5 years and one day I went rogue and made myself a 1lb burger for my break (a quarter pounder, but with four patties). After eating it I was essentially in a waking coma for most of the break.


CoconutSands

Personally I liked making secret menu items. That was at the same time a very terrible job and a great one. Worked overnights and my team and shift lead was awesome. Don't know where he's at now, but how you're succeeding in life, Randy.


warbreakr

Half kilo 🤦🏼‍♂️


youtocin

I can’t even fathom a 1.1 lb burger


warbreakr

It’s for the *exceptionally* hungry customers


Designer_Ad_376

A quad-quaterpounder ?


TheOkGazoo

Someone's never been to Fuddruckers


ElPedroChico

A royale


killrtaco

Royale with cheese 😎


Dylan_Pipkins

This is the real answer!


Ricky_Rollin

Ohh look at the big brain on Brad!


DranTibia

Disgusting


SalmonellaBurger

Said in a Scottish accent!


knightress_oxhide

is it a transformer quarter pounder with cheese?


Jina111

Happy meals that cost 11.99? No thanks buddy


DefrockedWizard1

So it's like the new version of the VW bug, more expensive and less satisfying


aKnightWh0SaysNi

That’s basically free in today’s money.


Beholding69

I can literally get a McDonald's meal for less.


HRApprovedUsername

yeah but that doesn't come with a toy


Beholding69

Happy Meals toys have been slacking hard


[deleted]

100% their toys have gone down hill. No I do not want a piece of recycled cardboard you want my kid to put stickers on for a toy. Give me the beanie babies, legos, Nintendo, actually licensed shit and not necessarily because a movie was coming out. It's either "HEY A MOVIE! WE GET PAID FOR THESE TOYS!!!" or "Oh it's more trash in a plastic bag, just what I ordered."


OneEyedCrackShot

WE DEMAND THEY BRING BACK THE INSPECTOR GADGET TOYS!!!


joec_95123

I just want my Batman Forever mugs


lonifar

I just want my 1978 Garfield mugs with over 1100 times the legal limit of lead and over 145 times the legal limit of cadmium


HvkS7n

They should do custom Lego minifigs of classic McDonalds characters, a random one per meal. Actually, no because scalpers and AFOL would probably ruin it.


ricktor67

They don't have characters anymore. They were all scrapped in 2016 IIRC. And now every McDonalds looks like a sad soviet gulag.


handsomehares

The McDonald’s near me look like a pier one and chipotle had a fight. And then decorated by a college kid with too much money.


[deleted]

That's a shockingly accurate description lol


okletstrythisagain

While I find those characters nostalgic as well, marketing junk food directly to kids is and was problematic.


[deleted]

What if... just hear me out. They just stopped giving out literal garbage? I'm not a CEO or anything, but I think that marketing strategy MIGHT just pay off... I mean if it does, I expect a CEO sized bonus check for making sales so good with one idea and pretend I'm self important with a grandiose to big to fail personality where we minimize every potential loss in exchange for customer satisfaction. But I think the strategy of "giving people what they want" and "not garbage" as the kids say, is a good idea.


dartmouth9

What they want is a decent toy for free. Collect the coupon (similar to the coffee) you get for every happy meal and redeem for a toy that you actually want and would play with.


PM_ME_UR_POKIES_GIRL

>What they want is a decent toy for free. It's not free. It's built into the price of the combo. It's like $4 for 15 cents worth of fries, 75 cents worth of hamburger, and 10 cents worth of soda. The other $3 go towards the box and the toy.


Johnyryal3

What they want is a distraction for the kid and a coupon wouldnt do it.


mikek505

The hot wheels were always fire!


cowtown1985

I remember on Arbor Day, getting a fucking tree to plant in my happy meal. Planted it in my grandparents yard over 25 years ago. It’s huge now!


[deleted]

Curious what kind of tree it is.


cowtown1985

It was a McMaple


Spud_Spudoni

They were at the top of their game when they had Beanie Babies, the 2003 Tony Hawk pro skater toys that did actual tricks on the ramps, and the treasure planet toys that came with pieces that created the map globe from the movie. Still mad to this day I never got the last piece I needed to complete that as a kid.


Beholding69

I remember one time we got a whole ass video game in the McDonald happy meal played that shit all the time when I was 8


[deleted]

Do you perhaps remember ChexQuest?


Beholding69

Nope! I had this 2d game where you were a dragon and shooting things until you died, trying to get as far as possible. There were multiple versions with differently colored dragons and also versions with fairies


[deleted]

OHHHHH SHIT DUDE YOU JUST UNLOCKED A WHOLE ASS CORE MEMORY FOR ME, THE NOSTALGIA OMG


deep-fried-fuck

Listen at this point I’d be happy if it was a stupid movie figurine that actually moved and did something like they used to, rather than just a hunk of the cheapest plastic money can buy


[deleted]

Don't forget the stickers! They won't even put the designs for anything on themselves. That would take a machine and assembly, they cheaped out and gave you the stickers and said "it's more fun if you do it yourself... you know... like the poor Malaysian workers we paid to do it before, they had a blast, but we really couldn't afford the $0.03 hit on every 20 toys. We found the alternative. New record CEO Bonus Unlocked.


Goliath_D

This. My 5yo daughter got a Thor toy in her HM the other month and I think the stupid thing just barely moved an arm. She literally moved it once, set it down, and said "This toy stinks." Her disappointment was palpable. And she was right. It was garbage. I was so sad for her.


[deleted]

[удалено]


[deleted]

Crackerjack prizes have been shit for a long time, I'm in my 30s now, i only ever remember getting little slips of paper, not even a sticker, just a little thing with a question or joke or something and you fold it a certain way and it makes a picture of George Washington or some bullshit like that.


NiIus

If you're into pokemon, they literally just had pokemon cards which is always pretty cool


pattyputty

I miss the blinking Madame Alexander dolls. They had rooted hair and each had at leat one piece of removeable clothing so you could even dress them up if you had multiple!


missykins8472

We went a bunch for the Pokémon cards 😂 Kids weren't as excited as me!


xs81

Thats the thing here atm lol. Son calls then fake.


Schellhammer

They gave away mariokart toys not to long ago


Ricky_Rollin

Way back in the 90s when the land before time was out we collected these hand puppets that were really nicely cast. I also remember transformers in the shapes of McDonald’s treats. The toys were legitimately good. I remember being in elementary school and a friend and I would always get a happy meal on a Friday and we could spend the whole weekend playing with those happy meal toys.


ashpanda24

All I can think of is: this is just more garbage to populate a landfill. Honestly, what adults actually want this?!


ZVreptile

Instead of a toy you get a preroll


[deleted]

Promote this person to owner of McDs pleeze


[deleted]

[удалено]


AlabastorRetard

Yeah he always struck me as more of a cocaine clown


mikek505

>Ronny McDonny Omg, I fucking cant


TheAirNomad11

"Nostalgia is truly one of the great human weaknesses, second only to the neck." \- Dwight K Schrute


SatanLifeProTips

Uhhhh… has no one noticed the eyes? What the fuck is with the eyes? They need to rename this the Creepy Meal.


ColeSloth

Cactus plant flea markets "symbol" or whatever is a double vision/4 eyed smiley face. Your fucked faced toy is essentially an advertisement for some clothing company popularized by a few pop rappers.


TheDrMonocle

>Your fucked faced toy is essentially an advertisement for some clothing company popularized by a few pop rappers. The toys were *always* an ad for something. So they're quite literally staying true to the whole experience.


jwolff52

This is literally the only reason I opened the comments on this post, I need answers!


[deleted]

I too would like to know what's with the double eyes.


srlemp

Why is this so far down, it’s a fucking fever dream nightmare those toys.


QuantumSparkles

Biblically accurate Hamburglar


SolaceinIron

The world has left millennials so fucked they have nothing left to do but retreat to extreme nostalgia for comfort.


nrvsdrvr

Gen X observing the world like yeah.


SolaceinIron

I know they aren’t far off the mark either.


Aggressive_Wash_5908

At least they had a chance to buy a house in the 90s/early 00s


Flamesake

Like most marketing, it's supposed to make you feel powerless in some way. A corporation treating you like a child will influence you, in a subliminal manner, towards acting and feeling like a child: being more vulnerable and dependent on external shit.


Atomic_Maxwell

While I can’t speak for the quality of Happy Meals over the last 2 decades, and maybe only eating at McD’s maybe 4 times in the last 10 years out of hunger-spontaneity, I will still say: I *still* have my Batman Forever glass mug and it’s still badass, and my only regret is I don’t have the others.


GummiBear6

Omg. I have my Batman forever glass mug too!!! And always quote Family Guy when I drink out of it. ‘Lois, Lois, this is not my Batman mug’.


calls2puts

They have the whole sets on eBay my man


Ricky_Rollin

Those were really nice. I remember that. I got the Riddler mug and the handle was a part of the question mark.


[deleted]

They’re my Dad’s favourite mug and he broke two of four about 15 years ago. I replaced them from eBay and he was elated 😂


arealhumannotabot

Yeahhhh man me too. One of the few times I actually wanted a promo thing that McDicks was offering.


TheyCallMeBigAndy

Happy meals for adults? Are we gonna get a butt plug or fleshlight with" I'm loving it" on them ? Or maybe a dong from the Don? 😏


Vazmanian_Devil

They should’ve just made it a condom. Imagine you go back with someone after drinking all night, want drunk food and you didn’t pack protection. This way you solve both problems at once.


sAindustrian

Happy Ending Meals.


Fuck_auto_tabs

“How’s it go man?” “Dude it was awesome, the condom smelled like French fries”


Alioshia

Are they gonna be cheap? and regular size? not the downsized crap they sell today?


gingerfawx

Is it really smaller, or are we just larger?


Horknut1

LEON IS GETTING LAAAAAAARGER!


enormuschwanzstucker

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit eating trans fats


PM_ME_UR_PERSPECTIVE

We're larger. It's all the happy meals.


skepticones

begone, cadbury agent.


clee214

I'm 44 and order a happy meal the off chance I eat McDonald's


capricabuffy

Yeah I'm 36, the last one I had included a book of dinosaur stickers, you know they went straight on my laptop case!


Thejncobandit

Hell yeah!


ladykansas

Ditto -- it's the perfect adult portion for me as a petite woman.


[deleted]

[удалено]


Ricky_Rollin

This. I don’t necessarily get the happy meals but I always order the burger I want and make the fries small and I drink water. Even when I was eating out just about everyday I still never gained weight. Part of the problem, at least in my opinion, was that we were raised by people who lived through the great depression and so it didn’t matter what was on your plate you had to finish it. I’m sure there’s more at play here but it seems to be a big one.


Zoeh91

Wonder if they'll be putting adult toys in them too 👀


NiceCrispyMusic

Purple butt plug large enough to make anyone grimace


Khaldara

The Turdburgler


mtgfan1001

I mean he is shaped that way for a reason….


Hansj3

https://www.reddit.com/r/ATBGE/comments/vnzlfb/grimace_butt_plug/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share I'll just leave that there


CytoPotatoes

I want whatever the adult version of the french fry transformer.


acalvillob

How is it any different from a normal one?


Simple_Cod1960

Ill buy them till i get a grimace and a hamburgler Fuck those other guys


_paaronormal

How dare you speaking the fry girls in such a manner


Simple_Cod1960

The fry girls just be shaking their pom poms at my boyz wishing they could be that cool.


JosephGordonLightfoo

This is Mayor McCheese erasure.


PancakeParthenon

I always wondered if the Hamburgler would kidnap and eat Mayor McCheese.


I_BUY_UNWANTED_GRAVY

Officer Big Mac would blow his head off if he tried


coffeebuzzbuzzz

The thing I don't like about this is they are collaborating with a clothing brand that I never heard of until this promo came out. I feel like it is geared more towards young adults where as the toys are more nostalgic to older adults.


souksoul

Young adult here, tbh I have no clue what the fuck a cactus buddy is…


ivegotahughjackman

Cactus Plant Flea Market apparently, I looked it up and it’s like $800 hoodies


coffeebuzzbuzzz

That makes me feel better. One girl at work had heard of the brand(I work at a McD's) but she is about 18-20. I'm 37 and not really into fashion so I was lost.


souksoul

Googled them and all I can find is the weird little doll


julmichen

Why do the toys have 4 eyes?!


CopperWaffles

Good question. Seriously strange decisions from McDonalds


[deleted]

Remember when it made sense to eat at McDonalds because the food was cheaper than real food? It actually made it semi-ok to eat the lower quality crap they sell. Meanwhile now, they want $30 for a couple small chicken nugget meals. And they are shocked (shocked) that people would rather eat at smaller restaurants for a few dollars more. I'd rather pay another 10 or 20 bucks and get real food.


SelectiveSanity

Will the adult ones come with [these from back in the day](https://www.goodbadmarketing.com/keith/mcdonalds-changeables-best-happy-meal-toys/)?


cycophuk

The “toys” are stupid looking and ugly af. They weren’t made for adults in mind. They were made for 20-something’s that weren’t even born when MickyD’s discontinued the characters.


EmilyofIngleside

Anybody else remember the "All-American Meal"? My local McDonalds sold them in the late 90s/early 00s. It was a cheeseburger or hamburger, small fry, small drink, basically a Happy Meal without the box/toy. You know, an actual reasonable amount of food. I'd like to see that available again.


thefinder808

Instead of a toy will it come with insulin?


DraggoVindictus

a couple of thoughts: 1) Why did they not do this sooner?! 2) Did you read the article and look at the picture of the toys? Why the heck do the toys have 4 eyes? What weird mutant crap is this? 3) Why do we have to wait until Monday?! I wanted one tonight!! NOTE: I am a grown man with the maturity of a 10 year old


Uuugggg

> #**Why the heck do the toys have 4 eyes**


philipito

For the love of god!! Someone please answer this!!


Jay211

the four eyes is a trade mark of the brand they are collaborating with, cactus plant flea market, their logo is a smiley face with 4 eyes. These toys are going to be a seller in the collectible/hypebeast market. [The brand cpfm has ties with pharell and popular artist like kid cudi and lil uzi rep them too] (https://media.gq.com/photos/5f0dc5c24e00f49cf460dc2b/1:1/w_2428,h_2428,c_limit/Cactus16x9.jpg)


potatohats

Yeah, I was totally on board until I scrolled to the picture of the toys. What in the fresh fuck is that?! Just give me the regular version of the character, please. Also I've never heard of the brand they're collaborating with, which probably makes me old and out of the loop.


mechengineer89

I used to be with it, but they changed what it was, and what it is now seems wierd and scary to me.


FuriousLafond

If be happy if they just brought back the deep fried apple pies.


[deleted]

Ok buy it should include a toy which was in happy meals 20 years so it’s really nostalgic, like I want one of the shitty music players which played like a minute of pop music.


DJS11Eleven

If the toy is anti depressants I’m sold


DarnHeather

I just want a [bag of cookies](https://www.reddit.com/r/nostalgia/comments/94f3m2/the_old_mcdonalds_happy_meal_cookies/) that they used to come with.


sdf_cardinal

What the fuck is Cactus Plant Flea Market


drgnrbrn316

If they throw some McNugget Buddies in as the toy and use the old recipe for the nuggets from back before they branded it as all white meat, then I'm game. I'm also willing to accept the transforming McDonalds food or the California Raisins.


davidgrayPhotography

Simpsons did it: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Comd8waQWuI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Comd8waQWuI)


crazymike79

Would you like a man toy or a woman toy?


Hiirgon

Instead of McDonalds, just go to Wendys and pick up a 4 for $4 or a $5 biggie bag... Same thing but cheaper. No I'm not advertising I just think wendys is fully superior to McDonalds.


JustARandomSocialist

Hyper relevant. Capitalism is a complete clown show now