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Time to dig through the attic and check those old Happy Meal boxes! Join us as we count down the rarest and most sought-after collectible fast food toys ever made! From beloved characters to controversial keepsakes, these tiny treasures are harder to find than you'd think. Do you have any of these hidden gems collecting dust somewhere in your home?
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00:07Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're looking at the hardest fast food toys to come by in
00:12this day and age.
00:13You can toss em, tuck em, tote em, hug em, teeny beeny babies at McDonalds.
00:31McDonalds officially introduced Happy Meals in 1979, commencing a long-standing tradition
00:37of marketing tie-ins.
00:38Their first promotional meal was for that year's Star Trek The Motion Picture.
00:51With the film going over budget, a McDonalds tie-in was seen as one way to help recoup costs.
00:58The Star Trek meal included prizes such as rings, iron-ons, a Starfleet board game, and
01:03a video viewer, which was essentially a more complex way of reading a comic.
01:07A regular hamburger, fries, soft drink, a McDonaldland cookie sampler, and a Star Trek prize!
01:14Speaking of which, the meal had five, debatably six, different boxes that featured artwork.
01:20Being the oldest Happy Meal tie-in, collecting every toy, not to mention the boxes, is a tall order.
01:26Die-hard Trekkers can boldly go online, but certain toys only surface once in a blue moon.
01:31Number 9.
01:33McNugget Buddies
01:34Hi, Happy Meal guys!
01:36Hi Ronald!
01:36Hi Ronald!
01:37Hi Ronald!
01:38Hey, what are the Chicken McNuggets doing in their box?
01:41Oh, they're just crawling around!
01:43Of all the Happy Meal collectibles, the McNugget Buddies may be the most distinctly tied to
01:48the McDonalds brand.
01:49First appearing in 1988, these toys gave kids permission to play with their food, dressing
01:55them up as scuba divers, police officers, and rock stars resembling Elton John.
01:59Now you can play with ten McDonalds McNugget Buddy toys, each with a removable costume to
02:05change and rearrange.
02:06You can get one McNugget Buddy with each Happy Meal you buy.
02:09New sets of McNugget Buddies were released throughout the 90s, only to disappear for nearly
02:14two decades.
02:15The McNugget Buddies recently made a comeback, with one set featuring a rare golden nugget known
02:20as the McNugget Legend.
02:22Based on one Reddit user's collection, there appears to be at least 43 McNugget Buddies, including
02:28exclusives from the UK and Australia.
02:31However, the collection didn't extend to the McNugget Christmas ornaments, which were
02:35available through the official McDonalds Collectibles Club.
02:38Hope we're going to a New Year's Eve party.
02:40I'd prefer an office party.
02:42I wanna go to a school Christmas party.
02:44McDonalds Chicken McNuggets 20 pack, the life of any holiday party.
02:488.
02:48Snoopy World Tour
02:50Yep, if there's one person you want by your side at a moment like this, it's your loyal
02:56dog.
02:56Snoopy has no jurisdiction.
02:58In the late 90s, the beloved Peanuts dog set off on a world tour, courtesy of McDonalds.
03:04McDonalds presents Snoopy World Tour!
03:06Hurry!
03:07Collect all 28!
03:08One new Snoopy every day!
03:09Each Snoopy figurine came with a different costume to reflect the changing backdrop.
03:14From a Canadian Mountie to an English King's guard, there was no limit to what Snoopy could
03:19be.
03:20The toys were released in two sets, with each having around 30 figures.
03:24With a new toy popping up virtually every day of the promotion, collecting them all became
03:29competitive and even violent.
03:31In Hong Kong, there were reports of fights breaking out over the Snoopy dolls.
03:35It was also reported that the toys, which were valued at 75 cents each, were being sold on
03:41the black market for $26 a pop.
03:437.
03:45Fraggle Rock Figures
03:54Fraggle Rock was a childhood staple for any kid who grew up in the 80s, assuming their
03:59parents could afford HBO.
04:01Even if they couldn't, Happy Meals provided another gateway.
04:04The 1988 set included four Fraggles driving veggie-based cars, as well as two other toys
04:10made for the under-three crowd.
04:12There's Red Fraggle in a radish, Gobo in a carrot, Moki in an eggplant, or Boober and
04:17Wembley in a pickle.
04:19I think I'll capture that news in something arty.
04:21While those figures are hard to come by, even rarer are the Doozer toys released in the
04:26southern portion of West Virginia a year earlier.
04:29These toys were distributed as a trial run to see if Fraggle Rock Happy Meals would do
04:33well on a wider scale.
04:35McDonald's pushed forward with the national promotion, but the Doozer toys were only released
04:40in a small part of the country for a limited time.
04:436.
04:44The Dukes of Hazard Cars
04:45The Dukes of Hazard has been a source of debate due to the iconic 1969 Dodge Chargers synonymous
04:52with the series.
05:01Not only was the car nicknamed the General Lee, but it had the Confederate flag plastered
05:06on the roof.
05:07To some, the flag is a symbol of pride.
05:09To others, it's one of pain.
05:12If this man should fall, who will lift the flag and carry on?
05:19Given the recent controversy, it may surprise you to learn that in 1982, McDonald's had
05:25a Dukes of Hazard Happy Meal with five plastic cars.
05:28The centerpiece was the General Lee, complete with a Confederate flag sticker.
05:32You can collect all five cars and create your own Hazard County with the Dukes of Hazard
05:37Happy Meal.
05:38The promotion wasn't national, being restricted to states like Nebraska, North Carolina, and
05:44Missouri.
05:45Considering the flag's divisive nature, McDonald's is probably glad there are only so many in existence.
05:515.
05:53101 and 102 Dalmatians Figures
06:05Growing up in the 90s and early 2000s, kids knew that the latest Disney movie meant there'd
06:12be a McDonald's tie-in.
06:13As is the case with most promotions, there were typically several toys to collect.
06:18With the release of 1996's 101 Dalmatians, though, McDonald's went all out.
06:24And people came from all over to celebrate at McDonald's.
06:27Never before had McDonald's offered 101 adorably different Happy Meal toys.
06:32Taking the number to heart, McDonald's produced 101 unique Dalmatian toys.
06:38They topped themselves with one more toy for their 102 Dalmatians promo.
06:43Do not attempt to adjust your McDonald's.
06:46We've been taken over by Dalmatians.
06:48102 all-new toys.
06:49One in every 2.99 hamburger Happy Meal.
06:52If you tried to collect them all, chances are you ate more McDonald's than the supersize
06:57me guy.
06:57Tracking them all down now is a challenge that we're not sure even Cruella de Vil would accept.
07:03McDonald's pulled a similar promotion in 2002, commemorating 100 years of magic with 100
07:09Disney toys.
07:10Now you can get a fun reminder of the year-long Walt Disney World 100 years of magic celebration
07:15in a McDonald's Happy Meal.
07:16100 different toys to get goofy with, based on your favorite Disney characters.
07:20Number 4.
07:22Pokeballs.
07:22And kids love the fact that they can get a limited edition gold-plated Pokemon trading
07:27card to trade with their friends.
07:28Hey, we took you so long.
07:29Which makes every parent happy.
07:31Well, most parents.
07:33With the release of Pokemon the first movie, Burger King distributed a set of 23 different
07:38Pokemon cards plated in carrot gold.
07:41While it'd take a true Pokemon master to catch them all, this infamous promotion is remembered
07:46more for the small plastic Pokeballs.
07:48Now these are the balls that we're talking about.
07:50Some 25 million of them were given out with kids' meals.
07:53They were either red and white or hot pink.
07:55And when you open them up, like this, inside is a Pokemon toy.
08:00The containers may have seemed like an afterthought compared to the Pokemon figures inside.
08:05The balls made headlines when one resulted in the fatal suffocation, however.
08:09After another child nearly perished, Burger King officially recalled the Pokeballs,
08:14which claimed at least one other life.
08:16The ball may pose a suffocation hazard to children under three.
08:20Throw the ball away or return it to Burger King.
08:22The safety of your child is of the utmost importance to us.
08:25500,000 were returned to Burger King, which reportedly destroyed 22.5 million undistributed
08:31Pokeballs.
08:32It's unclear exactly how many slipped through the recall, but the balls are arguably scarcer
08:38than the toys they contained.
08:39Number 3.
08:41Batman Returns Toys
08:43Wow.
08:45The Batman.
08:47Or is it just Batman?
08:50Parents were caught off guard by how dark and twisted 1992's Batman Returns was.
08:55Despite the PG-13 rating, they were led to believe it was a kid-friendly flick due to a tie
09:01-in with McDonald's.
09:02Admittedly, the four vehicle-based toys that came in Happy Meals suggested a far more lighthearted film than the emotionally
09:09scarring one we got.
09:10Right now, there are four Batman Returns toys at McDonald's.
09:13A different one each week for 69 cents each while supplies last.
09:17At McDonald's today!
09:20McDonald's would thus cut this promotion short, making these toys a rare throwback.
09:25The Happy Meal fiasco is just one of the reasons that Warner Bros. drastically toned things down in Batman Forever,
09:31which opens with a fast-food joke that McDonald's didn't hesitate to use in their marketing.
09:36Can I persuade you to take a sandwich with you, sir?
09:40I'll get drive-through.
09:41Yeah, that's a real line from the movie, and we have these toys to thank.
09:462. 1983 Hot Wheels
09:49Mom, Daddy's back from McDonald's!
09:51Sweetheart, you'll never guess what I got.
09:53Big Mac, fries, and a shake.
09:55I got a Corvette Stingray.
09:56A Corvette?
09:58McDonald's has been partnering with Hot Wheels for decades, releasing toy car sets almost annually.
10:04Good luck trying to find them all.
10:06Arguably, the most coveted set is the first one from 1983.
10:10It's just 59 cents with any food purchased at McDonald's.
10:12Collect a different Hot Wheels car each day, 14 in all, at participating McDonald's.
10:17Hey, tomorrow I'll buy the Jeep.
10:18Dad's buying a Jeep?
10:20This original series consisted of 14 cars, although the West and East Coast had different sets.
10:26Only six could be found on both coasts, so you would have required a real car to hunt down the
10:31whole set.
10:32Do you hear that job?
10:33That's the job of me coming for you!
10:37I will find you!
10:38I will hunt you down!
10:40Of course we have eBay now, but that doesn't mean collecting these miniature cars has become any easier or less
10:46expensive.
10:47Even if they don't rank among the absolute rarest Hot Wheels ever manufactured, the 1983 set is as vintage as
10:54fast food tie-ins get.
10:56You might say that they lead the way.
10:58Add more time, more action, yeah!
11:00You can make for wildest stunts!
11:02Dang it across the line!
11:03Hot Wheels on the right start, I said!
11:05Hot Wheels leading the way!
11:10Here's a quick lesson on this beanie craze.
11:12A company called Ty makes them, releases them with different names.
11:16They're all named after something, an animal, an animal, basically.
11:21We can't underestimate just how bonkers consumers were for Beanie Babies at their peak.
11:26McDonald's got in on the beanie fever with these teeny tie-ins introduced in the late 90s.
11:31Real Ty Beanie Babies in a mini size, to toss, tuck or just plain love.
11:36One's in each $1.99 hamburger Happy Meal you buy your kids.
11:40This, uh, teeny beanie baby-itis, will she outgrow it?
11:42Just as collectors had to get their hands on the regular-sized Beanie Babies,
11:46the demand for their smaller counterparts was just as intense.
11:50Various McDonald's locations reportedly faced fights and thefts over the teeny beanies.
11:55Some patrons resold their teeny beanies at higher prices, attracting die-hard collectors.
12:01The following is in code to avoid panic in the streets.
12:03Beanie Tay, Eenie Bay, Abies Bay, or Act Bay at McDonald's May.
12:07There's one teeny beanie baby in each McDonald's Happy Meal you buy.
12:10Some called it an obsession.
12:12Others called it an investment that would totally pay off.
12:15For some, it might have.
12:16Nowadays, most teeny beanies only go for a few bucks.
12:20But if you have one in the original packaging, you could be a thousandaire.
12:24Or at least a hundredaire.
12:25Do you have any old fast food toys in your garage, attic, or closet you haven't cleaned in 20 years?
12:32Let us know in the comments!
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