McDonald’s has managed the difficult task of “mixing friend groups together” to release a series of Happy Meal toys that are Sanrio mascot characters dressed up as Yu-Gi-Oh monsters. You’ll be able to get them for a limited time, but stores in the USA are missing a particular doll.
Here is a commercial for the McDonald’s Yu-Gi-Oh and Sanrio Happy Meal toys:
It shows the Sanrio mascots and the Yu-Gi-Oh monsters hanging out on separate sides of the park. But when a kid grabs a Happy Meal box and starts skipping down the road with it, we see how she inadvertently shakes up their world and cause them to combine. The official Yu-Gi-Oh X (Twitter) account credits Guillaume Huin, a senior marketing director at McDonald’s, for the commercial.
The combination for Sanrio and Yu-Gi-Oh monsters are:
- Badtz-Maru x Red-Eyes Black Dragon
- Chococat x The Winged Dragon of Ra
- Cinnamoroll x Blue-Eyes White Dragon
- Hello Kitty x Dark Magician
- Keroppi x Kuriboh
- Kuromi x Slifer the Sky Dragon
- My Melody x Dark Magician Girl
- Pochacco x Time Wizard
- Pompompurin x Exodia the Forbidden One
- Tuxedosam: Obelisk the Tormentor
The Yu-Gi-Oh monsters that are part of this crossover all played important roles in the original Duel Monsters cartoons. Over the years, they’ve been featured in different kinds of goods, such as model kits or figures. As a note, other countries like Japan and Taiwan were able to get these toys earlier this year. Their selection featured the Badtz-Maru wearing the Red-Eyes Black Dragon doll though. So it’s unclear why the McDonald’s in the United States won’t offer that one.
You can get Happy Meal toys of Sanrio mascots wearing Yu-Gi-Oh monster outfits for a limited time from McDonald’s.
Published: Aug 20, 2024 11:10 pm