McDonald's brings back a popular Happy Meal toy featuring collectibles with every order

TWO of the most popular brands in the world are teaming up one time once more to deliver limited-edition meals featuring collector'south items.

Pokémon Happy Meals are back at McDonald'southward, and the promotional boxes will contain some potentially valuable pieces.

McDonald's and Pokémon have been collaborating for more than a decade, and this year's collaboration features Pikachu as the Happy Meal box design — McDonald'due south and Pokémon have been collaborating for more than a decade, and this year's collaboration features Pikachu every bit the Happy Meal box design

In each meal, McDonald'due south diners volition find 4 Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) cards - iii regular cards, and one holographic.

Holographic cards are special Pokémon cards that look shiny compared to others, and are valuable to collectors since they're usually in express supply.

In addition to the cards, every Happy Meal will include a spinner and a cardboard Pokémon coin that can be used to play the Pokémon TCG.

While the promotion runs, Happy Meal boxes volition feature the iconic confront of Pikachu, complete with pointy ears and scarlet cheeks.

PokéBeach reported that McDonald's packs will feature 15 unlike Pokémon, half dozen of which will be on holographic cards.

However, collectors will accept a limited amount of time to catch them all.

According to GameRant, the promotion is set to terminate on September six.

Depending on how many cards you end up with by September and which you state, you could stand to earn cash by selling them online.

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Value of McDonald's Pokémon Cards

Some of the holographic cards may exist worth more than than $10, while the full set of McDonald'southward cards could be worth upwards of $30, based on eBay sales of previous year's cards.

Co-ordinate to ScreenRant, holographic Pikachu cards are currently the almost valuable in the McDonald's drove, at around $7 to $11 each.

Other holo cards bachelor at McDonald'due south like Gossifleur, Growlithe, Rowlet and Victini reportedly sell for around $iii to $v each.

Meanwhile, the average Happy Repast costs around $4, co-ordinate to Fast Food Cost, but prices vary by location and meal items.

McDonald's has rolled out Pokémon-themed Happy Meals every year since 2011, including a special promotion for the trading carte game'south 25th ceremony in 2021.

Co-ordinate to PokéBeach, last year's crossover promotion spurred high demand for the meals.

As a result, many McDonald'south locations limited how many Happy Meals i client could order.

The outlet said that similar restrictions should be expected this year, so determined carte du jour collectors will need to make multiple trips to McDonald'southward to collect all the cards.