McDonald’s newest try at getting children (and weebs) enthusiastic about consuming on the fast-food chain includes mixing Hiya Kitty characters with Yu-Gi-Oh creatures to create new Completely happy Meal toys as a part of a limited-time collaboration.
The favored buying and selling card sport Yu-Gi-Oh! has been round since 1999 and relies on the manga sequence that launched in 1996. Hiya Kitty aka Kitty White was created in 1974 and has since appeared in quite a few locations alongside a roster of cute pals. And now, lastly, we will all relaxation simple figuring out that these two iconic franchises have been mixed as a part of a brand new McDonald’s promotion solely in Belgium.
As defined on the official McDonald’s Belgium web site, the collaboration between the 2 manufacturers began on March 6 and consists of 10 new Completely happy Meal toys that merge Hiya Kitty and Yu-Gi-Oh characters and creatures. Why? Do these manufacturers share some attention-grabbing historical past or connection to 1 one other? Cease asking questions and begin consuming this enjoyable promotional IP crossover occasion!
Wanting on eBay, non-Belgium followers must fork over round $75 to get their fingers on all of those new stuffed Completely happy Meal toys.
Right here’s the complete listing of the Completely happy Meal combos:
- My Melody as Darkish Magician Woman
- Tuxedosam as Obelisk the Tormentor
- Kuromi as Slifer the Sky Dragon
- Chococat as The Winged Dragon of Ra
- Hiya Kitty as Darkish Magician
- Cinnamoroll as Blue-Eyes White Dragon
- Keroppi as Kuriboh
- Pompompurin as Exodia the Forbidden One
- Pochacco as Time Wizard
- Badtz-maru as Crimson-Eyes Black Dragon
McDonald’s is teasing some kind of digital expertise that can carry these toys “proper in entrance of your eyes,” however I’ve not been capable of finding any footage of what that truly entails. As an alternative, trying on YouTube, it’s largely 30-year-old dudes strolling into McDonald’s to purchase some Hiya Kitty toys and complain about them in entrance of a digicam.
So as an alternative of watching that stuff, let’s watch the brand new business McDonald’s created for the crossover occasion.
This new collab is going on now and can proceed till April 9 or till provides final. Primarily based on how briskly McDonald’s earlier Completely happy Meal occasions have gone—with stuff promoting out amid crowds and grasping resellers—I believe that this occasion shall be over lengthy earlier than April 9.
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