Late last year we reported on the rather pleasing news that Super Mario toys were coming back to McDonald's Happy Meals in the UK, all set to be the January campaign. Now we have some images of the toys, with one lucky reader even getting hold of one early.
We were sent the following tweet showing the Mario toy from the range, in addition to some strange packaging. Apparently Mr Galley's local McDonald's had run out of the current Furby toys and didn't even have the proper boxes for the Mario range, hence the workaround seen below.
We've since had another Twitter follower (Oliver Roderick) forward a screengrab of a document showing them and when they're due to formally roll-out, helping to confirm that these are indeed the right toys.
Now, we're not going to lie, Mario's toy - sitting as he is on brown bricks - is perhaps a little poorly thought out...
The range as a whole looks rather charming, though. If you're in the UK let us know whether you'll be heading out to collect these toys from 11th January.
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when people say amiibo are cheap ill show them this
I'm going to be having many McDonalds Happy Meals in the coming month...
@olrodlegacy you can just buy the toys for £1 each at McDonald's
@RadioHedgeFund but then you don't eat...
That's an interesting pose for Mario. Looks like he needs a newspaper.
I am totally against McDonalds. But we do treat my oldest to an occasional Happy Meal. Mostly, she likes the toys. She would lose her mind over these
@RadioHedgeFund Is this only in the UK? I wasn't aware you could do that if it's available at all McDs
Sitting on the can after eating McDonald's. Serves him right.
I would actually eat some McDonald's if this were to come to North America. Wahoo~
Confirmation! Mario Switch will be called "Super Mario Bros. Sits!".
@bezerker99 You don't have to eat the McDonalds, they can sell you the toys separately if you ask at the counter.
@kamikazilucas These are free with a Crappy Meal. SCamiibo are €15 at least.
Dammit they took out the green mushroom, that was the only one I wanted!
@SLIGEACH_EIRE yeah but its funny because some people compare amiibos to happy meals
Seems kinda lame how McDonald's toys are always fixed in one position, most of the time inconvenient to actually do anything with. I think most kids would have more fun with just a regular action figure that was in a "normal" pose and wasn't doing something like sitting on a brick or sticking his head out of a pipe. That's what I always thought when I was a little kid, anyway.
@Mr_Zurkon
Or a Nintendo Switch!
Who doesn't pump their fists after s***ing some bricks?
@UmbreonsPapa definitely in every U.K. Store
@kamikazilucas I see what you mean now.
@KirbyTheVampire Back in the late 1980's they did McDonald's transformers: a Shake, Fries, Big Mac etc that transformed into solid looking robots. I wish I still had them all. They were awesome.
@KirbyTheVampire The sad thing is that the by volume of toys sold, Nintendo is one of the largest toy manufacturers in the word... and the majority of their toys are terrible. In the late 80's & early 90's there were toys with some articulation or some really great gimmicks. The last good McDonalds toys I came across were the Adventure Time head swappers... but I was an AT nut at the time.
Good thing Mario's a plumber!
Awful looking toys. Do your kid a favor and buy them a nice World Of Nintendo figure, or maybe an amiibo.
Mario looks like he's had one too many Happy Meals.
@Mr_Zurkon hahaha I was thinking the same thing.. looks like he is dropping his kids off in the pool.
They charge £1.50 if you just want the toy. It's best to buy the meal
That sitting down Mario is bizarre but otherwise they are different enough from previous runs to warrant picking the up for sending more colour in my game room!
That Mario one is so stupid I NEED IT!
@ZurapiiYohane64
Would love for McDonalds in the US to bring back the original Mario Happy Meal toys from 1989. Collectors and Nintendo fans alike would go nuts.
This Mario is crappy! 🙃
@SLIGEACH_EIRE
That is one unhappy looking can...LOL!!!
Mario is doin' a poo on a toilet made of... poo.
I know exactly what Mario is doing.
He's sitting on a brick....
Mario is so relieved to get that Big Mac through his system!
Looks like the star block toy can connect to something, maybe other toys fit on the blocks (note the little lumps like Lego).
Also all Amiibo are £4-5 in Tesco reduced to clear!
@DanteSolablood I was not aware - thanks for the heads up!
That's funny, 'cause as a kid "Mario on the toilet" was one of the many imaginary "lyrics" I invented for the Underground theme from SMB. I can"t have been the only one doing this, right?
(I'll concede that neither then nor now do I have the talent for lyricizing video game music as does one Brent L. Floss.)
I'd love some McDonald's toys of a good Nintendo franchise.
This comments section - amazing
So that's where the phrase "sh***ing bricks" comes from! Definitely gonna be getting some happy meals this month. They've lined this up nicely with the Switch reveal.
mc donalds fattening food does next to nothing for my strikingly sexy figure.
ronald dont hate me because im beautiful.
you want me to look like grimace but i aint havin dat
Aw, poor fella. Mario looks all pooped out.
McDonald's sucks- I can't name any other eateries where you can consume 2500 calories very very quickly and feel hungry 90 minutes later. Served by people who are recluctant to work there...who probably mess with the food. Yeah no my child will never eat this disgusting food and doesn't need these stupid Mario toys.
That Mario was an amibo rejected art concept.
@ogo79 Lol, you changed for your avatar just for that response. Now that's dedication!
McDonald's. Enough to rot even the mighty Mario's gut. Stick to the spaghetti mate.
Sitting on bricks.
Yay, chocolate brick Mario!
@PlywoodStick
lol i didnt even realize that
ah well if the shoe fits wear it.
or underwear in my case...
Someone NEEDS to send me that Mario statue.
@ogo79 More like butt floss.
Really says a lot about Nintendo fans that this is news. Though yes, that brick throne is really... Well, dull. Isn't he "Jump-Man"? Looks more like he's sitting the adventure out.
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