McDonalds Happy Meal Promo

[The REAL Joey]

From what i've gathered, if you grab a happy meal from McDonalds across the U.S., you get a little Pokemon figurine along with an official trading card for the official TCG. Just a heads up for those who might be interested as it seems like these happy meal promos might be the only way to get them. I'll reserve judgement on the figurines though, probably cheap lumps of plastic, haha. ;D

There's a list that can be viewed: here. Seems like they're all shiny cards.

[latani]

We're getting them here in Canada too, so far all I got was Pikapoo and a holo Audino card. I'm gonna snag Reshiram and Zekrom before it ends o'course, and the cards I couldn't give three damns about. xD

[The REAL Joey]

What are the figurines like? I saw one of Zoroark and it looked... Blech to say the least. Maybe it was just one bad example. As for the cards, it sounds like you got the best one out of the lot! The Audino one has some new artwork done for it unlike the other majority which use the stock Sugimori artwork for them. I think Maractus had a different one... Either way, it beats some of the normal happy meal gifts i've seen of late from McDonalds. I kept seeing this advert that had these bizarre audio things that sung songs from popular artists like Beyonce etc

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Knowing what I do of most of their toys the figurines are probably poor to keep it clean and I do not collect the cards anymore but they do look cool nonetheless if I did collect the cards I would keep the card and give my little brother the toy. The last toy at Mcdonald"s I got were the Alvin and the Chipmunk ones and I never opened them. I still need to get two more of them to have the whole set but those are the only toys I have collected so far from Mcdonald's

[The REAL Joey]

There's a small picture here I came across which shows the full line up. Out of all of them Zekrom and Tepig look pretty cool. I'm pretty surprised by the Tepig figure actually, most of the time he's got that dumb founded smile upon his face but with his eyes narrowed he actually looks more of a badass.



I'm also monitoring a few of these sets being sold on eBay. It'll be interesting to see how much they end up selling for. ;D

[latani]

I got Derpawott and Sandile card yesterday... I know there's three cards out of the lot with non-Sugimori art for them, just too lazy to go look.

Audino, Maractus and Alomomola whatever it's called xD

[The REAL Joey]

Look at them eyes! That portly pot-bellied little piggy has got a flaming aura raging in his eyes! THAT is how Tepig should have looked. Now more people have their hands on them i've actually been able to see it from all angles and I must admit. Give Tepig the narrowed eyes and i'll give Gamefreak my seal of approval for the whole Tepig family tree. Pignite and Emboar are perfectly fine as is but Tepig always had me on the fence.

[latani]

I got him too, as well as Zorua and Zoroark, and ya already know I got Reshiram too. I hope to get Zekrom soon before the promo passes or I'll be one sad little missus.

[The REAL Joey]

I remember there being a website which gave a rather rudimentary flash of what they did. However, I can't quite remember what Zorua did. Was it just a little pounce or something? Part of me is thinking those pull back and off they go type figures but I could've sworn Snivy was like that.

Tepig's light up tail is rather cool.

[latani]

Yeah Zorua got a lame little "pull back the legs and let it flop forwards" kinda thing. It was pretty lame. But Tepig's tail does indeed light up, Oshawott bobbles, Pikapoo does something and you can move Reshy's arms and head around.

[The REAL Joey]

Oshawott's bobblehead-esque function does actually look the best out of all of them. It's not so jutty it looks ridiculously bad and it suits him. I was honestly expecting them to make his tail go flap or something equally stupid.

I don't really go McDonalds but i'll have to keep an eye out tomorrow and see if they plan to do this in the UK. Normally a huge sign plastered on the wall when you go by them on what they're endorsing. ;D Knowing how slow UK is with picking up stuff i'll hazard two years from now.

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My brother so far has gotten the Tepig and Pikachu toys as well as a Klink and Oshawott card. The pikachu Toy has light up cheeks and Tepig's tail lights up but it barely lights up at that but it is better than some of the toys they had had recently. The Klink card is alright but the Oshawott card is only good if you get heads when you flip a coin I believe it either confuses or puts the enemy pokemon to sleep. I do not remember much about the Klink card but it is one of the better cards in the set. To bad they do not have a Zekrom Reshiram or Zoroark card as it may actually be worth going there a bit more if they did although it has been years since I last played the cards. It would be nice to see video game promotions at Mcdonalds such as a promo pokemon giveaway or an exclusive in game item such as the TM for Bark Out (That will never happen at MD at least) or even Stuff for the Musicals or the Dream World house would be pretty cool promotions I would love to see but I am glad that MD finally gets a good promotion compared to the last couple sets of toys they have given away.