Thanks to our undercover reporter at McDonalds UK, we have learnt the exciting news that Super Mario is returning to Happy Meal for the fourth time! The moustachioed plumber remains a firm favourite with families and this year’s promotion has a range of ten new Mario toys available. The promotion will run for six weeks from 13th June to 24th July, 2018.
We've lovingly typed up the information from this top secret staff memo for you lucky people (we've also redacted our contact's manager details for the sake of anonymity):
Happy Meal Box
- There will be three Happy Meal box designs, each of which will hero one of the iconic Super Mario characters - Mario, Luigi and Yoshi. The boxes will encourage kids to explore and protect the Mushroom Kingdom, featuring puzzles and activities as well as perforated props which will help them transform into one of the gang!
- UK only - As always there is a Happy Readers book offer printed on the box. Parents can pop out the voucher and use it to purchase a book from WHSmith (or Eason in Northern Ireland) for £1. Parents can also use the e-voucher to download a free book from kobo.com
Toys
- There are ten toys available, all are games which feature popular Super Mario characters or worlds
We can also proudly reveal that the delicious and much-demanded melon fruit bag is making a comeback too!
We haven't yet seen the designs for these ten new toys, but as a refresher we sent our YouTuber Alex out last year to check out the 2017 range of Super Mario Happy Meal Toys. At this rate he's going to get fat.
Let us know what you think about this exciting news with a comment below!
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Cool, more mascots to decorate my desk at work with
I managed to acquire the whole set for the last three years/waves, without ordering a single burger or portion of fries.
I'd say that although their quality has slightly dipped over the years, their functionality as toys have improved.
Looking forward to what 2018's wave has to offer!
You want to protect their identity, but what if someone recignises their thumb in the last photo, eh? Eh?
Even as a little child I never cared for these "toys".
I wasn't content with a Happy Meal either. I wanted a Big Mac like the big folks. My parents sometimes remind me of how I'd make a total mess eating a Big Mac because it didn't fit in my mouth.
We only went to McDonalds 2 or 3 times a year though, so it's not like my parents disregarded my health or anything like that.
I'm sure people know this, but you can go up to the counter and ask for the toys alone. They're 99p each and granted you might look stupid, but it saves money and that means more money and money is good!
Not even Mario can make me eat this crap😁
Well... looks like I best get ready for Chicken Nuggets 😂
@Ooyah - President Ronnie already has Mayor McCheese and Officer Big Mac pooling their resources to locate the world’s best thumb identification expert. They’ll get to the bottom of this, and then someone’s getting an unexpected visit from Grimace.
I hope they revive the one that looks like Mario's on the toilet.
I have most of these 1s already! That should save some money...and calories
@Ooyah "You want to protect their identity, but what if someone recignises their thumb in the last photo, eh? Eh?"
I thought you referring to the other type of thumbnail 😂
Still no Wario...
@bimmy-lee
In the meantime, Hamburglar will take advantage of the situation, steal all of the burgers, and MD will go out of business. This will turn out to be the condition for the seventh seal to be broken, and the rapture will occur. And all because of a stray thumb.
Please be Odyssey themed and rebranded as a 'Cappy Meal'. Please!
Mario's throne of bricks is bad enough, but what is up with Bowser's tounge... This going to be an obscure reference, but That's part of his Koopa genetics his embarrassed of... Remember in Super Mario Sunshine when Shadow Mario stuck his ludicrously elongated mouth muscle at Mario... Or you know, It's just a funny gag and I'm reading too much into it.
Then it just occurred to me, what if that is a fire projectile that Bowser can shoot? Nah, It's probably a tounge...
@FireMario887
Me too.
First time I saw that, I was like "Why the hell does Bowser have a Yoshi tongue??", and then I realized that was a fireball.
Ha.
This revision suck)
Ah, the return of Toilet Mario and Barfing Bowser? Sign me up, lol.
The one thing I don't get is why Peach always has a background/wall/whatever behind her.
@Krisi - Super Princess Peach
Those look like the ones from the US from last year.
Darn. not in the US
The pic is of last year's line. The article is that they are planned. I'd imagine the range is different.
Pro-tip. You can buy the toys on their own for a quid if you just ask. They do also turn up for a pittance at car boot sales eventually. It's how I ended up with four penguin Marios.
@Ooyah - The world would spin right off its axis with that sort of imbalance. We need equal parts Hamburgler trying to underhandedly attain hamburgers, and Ronald trying to protect those hamburgers for the children. Like Batman and the Joker. You’re right, if the hamburger scale should be tipped too far to either end, it would result in bedlam and pandemonium. Apocalypse and anarchy. Dogs and cats living together. Total protonic reversal.
damn I live overseas
I always go several months avoiding McDonald's, then assume it will be fine, buy it, and once again remember that McDonald's is just solid reasonably good tasting LAXATIVE.
I remember getting my Luigi toy. It was on April 28 last year, the same day I bought my Switch and watched The Iron Giant for the first time in my adult life. A darn good day!
Asking for Luigi specifically was awkward, though. At my age, can you blame me?
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