Pokemonfans are getting hyped up for the McDonald’s Happy Meal promotion, each of which includes a pack of fourPokemontrading cards. Fans are sharing the cards they’ve pulled from the Happy Meals packs, and some of them even include Rare HoloPokemoncards.
This year is thePokemonfranchise’s 25th birthday. To celebrate, some select McDonald’s locations participating in the celebration are giving out Pikachu-themed Happy Meals with 25th-anniversary trading card booster packs inside. There are a total of50Pokemontrading cards to collect, including all starter Pokemon fromPokemon RedandBlueall the way to the most recent generation,Pokemon SwordandShield. The other 25 cards are the shiny versions. But like allPokemontrading card packs, the cards are entirely random, but it sparks the joy many older Pokefans felt when pulling cards at younger ages.
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Many more casual fans seemingly didn’t realize 2021 isPokemon’s 25th anniversary until McDonald’s began the Happy Meal promo. It was only recently that The Pokemon Company announced some upcoming events and merchandise to celebrate, but fans are widely enjoying the celebration thanks to the collaboration with McDonald’s. Others are reminiscing thePokemon-themed Happy Mealsfrom back in the 90s.
ThePokemoncards in the 25th-anniversary packs will be notated by The Pokemon Company’s 25th-anniversary logo in the bottom-right corner of the image; similar to past anniversary logos, Pikachu’s cheeks are stylized to look like a “2” and “5.” Because there are 50 of these special anniversary cards in total, and because many McDonald’s stores have still not capped how many of these themed Happy Meals fans can order, it’s resulted in anumber of greedyPokemonfans and scalperstaking home all of the loot.
So while somePokemonfans are posting their lovefor the trading card packs to Twitter, others are using the platform to warn others of resold packs. It looks like some black market merchants are selling false products, putting fake or otherwise non-25th anniversary packs inside thePokemonHappy Meals packs.
However, some of the excited adults have good intentions while they hunt for their favorite starter Pokemon by purchasing several McDonald’s Happy Meals. Two users bought 10 happy meals once theirlocal McDonald’s started the promotion, but instead of keeping all of the food to themselves in addition to thePokemoncards, they gave out the Happy Meals to the homeless people in the area.
Alongside the four-card packs, thePokemonHappy Meals will also include some other items, such as sticker packs.
