Happy Meal #1Shots | The Rise of Gru

The upcoming Minions: The Rise of Gru would have been released by 3 July 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic they would have scheduled it for this year, 2 July 2021. Due to barring further delays and the films largely unfinished with Illumination Mac Guf’s temporary closure it was pushed further to officially released for 1 July 2022 in response to the pandemic. But the rollout of the merchandise and tie-ins has begun since McDonald’s released the toys in November/December 2020. The releas of toys for Southeast Asia was about it until this recent unexpected second wave of Minions came out that would include the only human with Gru!

Happy Meal #1Shots | Spy Racers

02.25.2020 – The Fast & Furious franchise has expanded to a younger target audience with its most recent spinoff “Fast & Furious: Spy Racers” now streaming all eight episodes on Netflix since 26 December 2019. There’s no indication if this series is canon to the live-action films but Vin Diesel made a voice cameo as Dom Toretto. Of course, if there’s a new series a tie-up merchandise is right behind this with McDonald’s Happy Meal being released in various markets including North America and now Southeast Asia including the Philippines featuring the cars in the series.

Happy Meal #1Shots | Barbie Astronaut

04.03.2019 – Every time a new set of Happy Meal toy is a mad scramble to their nearest store. But it all depends on the country that release them as you all know some parts of Asia they don’t release an entire set, but you have to wait a specific day of the week for its feature toy like in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Hong Kong. But in the Philippines it’s a different story once they release the toys most of them get a set immediately within the day. It is also depending on the popularity which toy that might be. For April 2019, its Barbie and Hot Wheels as the latest that has been a regular for McDonald’s Happy Meal.

Happy Meal #1Shots | Miles Morales Spider-Verse

12.15.2018 – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is already out in cinemas right now and the merchandise has already been released like the Happy Meal toys that were already available as since December 7th. The action figures and other things related can be seen sold in department stores and toy stores anywhere. But the Spider-Verse figurines from McDonald’s Happy Meal have been not much as discussed in comparison to the previous Pokemon characters. Taking a closer look at all eight some might notice about the sticker labels as featured previously with the rest of the characters that appeared in the animated feature film and Miles Morales is in it.

Happy Meal #1Shots | Sun: Pikachu

08.12.2017 – Pokemon has been one of Nintendo’s iconic brands since the 1990s. From an RPG game from their handheld game unit to animated series it continues to evolve, which recently introduced Pokemon Sun & Moon. To tie-up with the latest iteration of the game Nintendo and McDonald’s introduce it for their Happy Meal which is now the current toys in Australia this month along with Hello Kitty. One of the iconic Pokemon characters included is Pikachu!

Happy Meal Spotlight | Yo-kai Projector

07.02.2016 – Yo-kai Watch is a special device used to identify creatures causing mischief, which it can also be used to summon them to do battle. This very much the premise that started as a game on a handheld consoled in Japan. This actually popular now with the kids from the Manga series written by Yoichi Katō it had a cult following with the young generation. Its today’s Pokemon and an anime series has continue to expand with Yo-kai. Various merchandise where produced and McDonald’s in Japan caught up with the craze.