Mcdonalds: Pokemon Cards

RadicalAlmond · 02-06-2021, 01:29 PM

Mcdonalds will be putting pokemon cards in their happy meals starting Feb 9th.

So it begins....

shrevecity · 02-06-2021, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by RadicalAlmond

Mcdonalds will be putting pokemon cards in their happy meals starting Feb 9th.

So it begins....

General Mills Cereals will have 3 card packs starting later this month as well.

The McDonalds are suppoused to have 3 cards froma 25 card set with one from each pack being a holo.

PoPCulture · 02-06-2021, 02:20 PM

My kids are going to be extremely happy. They will be eating Lucky Charms for breakfast and Happy Meals for dinner for the next 3-4 weeks!

trixstar · 02-06-2021, 02:20 PM

Depending on the McDonald's you can ask them to just sell you the packs directly. They used to be $1.99 a pack in the past. Again depends on your local store.

PoPCulture · 02-06-2021, 02:22 PM

I do hope the centering is better on the GM promos this time. The last 2 sets have been really bad overall.

TimBuckTwo · 02-06-2021, 04:19 PM

LOL. Went thru this with Beanie Babies years ago.

Will there be a line at Mackie D's ?

alphaomegas · 02-07-2021, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by RadicalAlmond

Mcdonalds will be putting pokemon cards in their happy meals starting Feb 9th.

So it begins....

noooo this is what killed the TY beanies fad lol

PoPCulture · 02-07-2021, 12:45 PM

McDonalds has had happy meal promo cards every year since, I think, 2011 so this shouldn’t be surprising. This year will be different because the amount of people paying attention to Pokemon since the last McD promotion has grown exponentially.

TimBuckTwo · 02-07-2021, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by alphaomegas

noooo this is what killed the TY beanies fad lol

Na what really killed it was the inventor saying he was discontinuing making them. Prices cratered.

jetcollectibles · 02-07-2021, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by shrevecity

General Mills Cereals will have 3 card packs starting later this month as well.

The McDonalds are suppoused to have 3 cards froma 25 card set with one from each pack being a holo.

I found a couple boxes at a local Walmart yesterday. Each pack has a holo Pikachu with 2 other regular cards from the set. Looks like the packs are selling for about 20-25 right now on Ebay. I wished I would have gone back to pick up some more after I opened them when I got home.

Mrhenrychan · 02-08-2021, 12:24 AM

I remember the last couple of years I bought complete sets of the Happy Meal Toys for $25...don’t think that’s possible this year...

messier2 · 02-08-2021, 01:15 PM

What's the draw with these 2 sets? Is there a chase?

Or, is this more of the flipping game with the packs?

Gridiron Bob · 02-08-2021, 01:19 PM

Are they already selling these on Ebay???

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2021-MCDONA...gIFzU&LH_BIN=1

Frog · 02-08-2021, 01:59 PM

My GF works at McDonalds and said they sold a whole case to a guy this morning for $250. They've caught on and are now telling her that it would be $43 for 10 packs. I thought sure why not, saves the time of buying a meal. Now she said they are speaking to higher ups trying to raise the cost? Jesus christ.

tyrith · 02-08-2021, 03:11 PM

I'm pretty sure this horseshit is where I'm going to hit my tipping point with this hobby.

I guarantee that I'm going to get my son his once a week McDonald's in a day or two and he's not actually going to get a pack because they're being actively scalped by people. And hell, if it wasn't super, duper obvious that was what the toy was supposed to be, then whatever. But try explaining to a 5 year old that McDonald's is out of the cool toys on day 1 because they're being horded by old degenerates. It's not the same thing as what happens at Target and Wal-Mart, and I'm disgusted by the shamelessness of it all.

Dielon · 02-08-2021, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Frog

My GF works at McDonalds and said they sold a whole case to a guy this morning for $250. They've caught on and are now telling her that it would be $43 for 10 packs. I thought sure why not, saves the time of buying a meal. Now she said they are speaking to higher ups trying to raise the cost? Jesus christ.

Here is a solution, don't sell them outright to people. Make them buy meals or certain meals idiots in management.

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Originally Posted by tyrith

I'm pretty sure this horseshit is where I'm going to hit my tipping point with this hobby.

I guarantee that I'm going to get my son his once a week McDonald's in a day or two and he's not actually going to get a pack because they're being actively scalped by people. And hell, if it wasn't super, duper obvious that was what the toy was supposed to be, then whatever. But try explaining to a 5 year old that McDonald's is out of the cool toys on day 1 because they're being horded by old degenerates. It's not the same thing as what happens at Target and Wal-Mart, and I'm disgusted by the shamelessness of it all.

careful, some of those old degens are on this site probably.

PoPCulture · 02-08-2021, 04:59 PM

The fact that people are able to flip these for a profit is crazy to even think about. About 14,000 McD’s in the US. If each store gets 500 weekly packs each week then that’s 7,000,000 of each pack. I don’t know if 500 each week for a premium is accurate but I would bet it’s close. These are far from rare.

kevin2323 · 02-08-2021, 05:00 PM

I know a guy who works in distribution for mcdonalds and they are probably going to tell restaurants to not sell anymore individually. you must purchase a a happy meal.

elny43 · 02-08-2021, 07:48 PM

I saw an image of someone who bought 7 cases of it...absolutely crazy.

PoPCulture · 02-08-2021, 08:23 PM

Pro tip....Use the $7 off $20 deal in the app and get 6 hamburger happy meals for around $14 after tax. Even if you don’t have kids you can share the burgers and fries with a friend for lunch and stock the fridge with milk and apple slices

$14 for the 6 packs is a pretty good deal on its own.

tyrith · 02-08-2021, 08:24 PM

It would make sense to me that they're going to cut off the individual sales. There are going to be plenty of customers that go absolutely ballistic if they don't get the packs and toys with the Happy Meals (where they belong anyway). That kind of feel bad experience is how you lose customers permanently.

Mrhenrychan · 02-08-2021, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by trixstar

Depending on the McDonald's you can ask them to just sell you the packs directly. They used to be $1.99 a pack in the past. Again depends on your local store.

I know the ones in San Francisco will not sell them individually because I talked to a manager today. They got literally 100 phone calls and 20 walk ins about selling them the Pokémon toys individually per store so the district manager will forbid all individual sales in fear of angering customers.

rrk100 · 02-09-2021, 09:18 AM

I talked to a couple cashiers at 2 McDonald’s. One said that they did not have them yet but they had them at 2 other McDonald’s that he works at — and that someone came in around midnight trying to buy their entire case but they only sold him 20.

The other cashier simply said that they did not have them yet.

Frog · 02-09-2021, 10:52 AM

I ended up going at 10:30 and grabbing 4 happy meals. They said you can't buy the cards without the happy meal, so that was great to hear. I just wanted a few for myself. I hope everyone is able to get some and don't let people price gouge and own the market.

westcm31 · 02-09-2021, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Frog

I ended up going at 10:30 and grabbing 4 happy meals. They said you can't buy the cards without the happy meal, so that was great to hear. I just wanted a few for myself. I hope everyone is able to get some and don't let people price gouge and own the market.

Thats not true. Me and my buddy were able to secure 2 sealed cases of the packs. Just gotta be smart about how you approach purchasing them

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02-06-2021, 01:29 PM	#1
RadicalAlmond Member Join Date: Dec 2019 Posts: 460	Mcdonalds: Pokemon Cards Mcdonalds will be putting pokemon cards in their happy meals starting Feb 9th. So it begins....

02-08-2021, 01:19 PM	#13
Gridiron Bob Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Left forgotten in your basement Posts: 425	Are they already selling these on Ebay??? https://www.ebay.com/itm/2021-MCDONA...gIFzU&LH_BIN=1 __________________ Three things to remember about this hobby: 1. It's just cardboard 2. Your collection = your rules 3. Enjoy and cherish what you already have

02-08-2021, 01:59 PM	#14
Frog Member Join Date: May 2018 Location: Buffalo Posts: 818 Showersongs617	My GF works at McDonalds and said they sold a whole case to a guy this morning for $250. They've caught on and are now telling her that it would be $43 for 10 packs. I thought sure why not, saves the time of buying a meal. Now she said they are speaking to higher ups trying to raise the cost? Jesus christ. __________________ Looking for all LeBrons

02-08-2021, 08:23 PM	#20
PoPCulture Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: In the Goldilocks Zone Posts: 8,870	Pro tip....Use the $7 off $20 deal in the app and get 6 hamburger happy meals for around $14 after tax. Even if you don’t have kids you can share the burgers and fries with a friend for lunch and stock the fridge with milk and apple slices $14 for the 6 packs is a pretty good deal on its own. Last edited by PoPCulture; 02-08-2021 at 08:35 PM.

02-09-2021, 10:52 AM	#24
Frog Member Join Date: May 2018 Location: Buffalo Posts: 818 Showersongs617	I ended up going at 10:30 and grabbing 4 happy meals. They said you can't buy the cards without the happy meal, so that was great to hear. I just wanted a few for myself. I hope everyone is able to get some and don't let people price gouge and own the market. __________________ Looking for all LeBrons

02-06-2021, 02:20 PM	#3
PoPCulture Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: In the Goldilocks Zone Posts: 8,870	My kids are going to be extremely happy. They will be eating Lucky Charms for breakfast and Happy Meals for dinner for the next 3-4 weeks!

02-06-2021, 02:20 PM	#4
trixstar Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Seattle Posts: 24,205 stunner316	Depending on the McDonald's you can ask them to just sell you the packs directly. They used to be $1.99 a pack in the past. Again depends on your local store.

02-06-2021, 02:22 PM	#5
PoPCulture Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: In the Goldilocks Zone Posts: 8,870	I do hope the centering is better on the GM promos this time. The last 2 sets have been really bad overall.

02-06-2021, 04:19 PM	#6
TimBuckTwo Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 10,238	LOL. Went thru this with Beanie Babies years ago. Will there be a line at Mackie D's ?

02-07-2021, 12:45 PM	#8
PoPCulture Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: In the Goldilocks Zone Posts: 8,870	McDonalds has had happy meal promo cards every year since, I think, 2011 so this shouldn’t be surprising. This year will be different because the amount of people paying attention to Pokemon since the last McD promotion has grown exponentially.

02-08-2021, 12:24 AM	#11
Mrhenrychan Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: San Mateo/Irvine CA Posts: 333	I remember the last couple of years I bought complete sets of the Happy Meal Toys for $25...don’t think that’s possible this year...

02-08-2021, 01:15 PM	#12
messier2 Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 15,325	What's the draw with these 2 sets? Is there a chase? Or, is this more of the flipping game with the packs?

02-08-2021, 03:11 PM	#15
tyrith Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Posts: 1,980 tyrith	I'm pretty sure this horseshit is where I'm going to hit my tipping point with this hobby. I guarantee that I'm going to get my son his once a week McDonald's in a day or two and he's not actually going to get a pack because they're being actively scalped by people. And hell, if it wasn't super, duper obvious that was what the toy was supposed to be, then whatever. But try explaining to a 5 year old that McDonald's is out of the cool toys on day 1 because they're being horded by old degenerates. It's not the same thing as what happens at Target and Wal-Mart, and I'm disgusted by the shamelessness of it all.

02-08-2021, 04:59 PM	#17
PoPCulture Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: In the Goldilocks Zone Posts: 8,870	The fact that people are able to flip these for a profit is crazy to even think about. About 14,000 McD’s in the US. If each store gets 500 weekly packs each week then that’s 7,000,000 of each pack. I don’t know if 500 each week for a premium is accurate but I would bet it’s close. These are far from rare.

02-08-2021, 05:00 PM	#18
kevin2323 Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 650	I know a guy who works in distribution for mcdonalds and they are probably going to tell restaurants to not sell anymore individually. you must purchase a a happy meal.

02-08-2021, 07:48 PM	#19
elny43 Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: Big Apple Posts: 1,525	I saw an image of someone who bought 7 cases of it...absolutely crazy.

02-08-2021, 08:24 PM	#21
tyrith Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Posts: 1,980 tyrith	It would make sense to me that they're going to cut off the individual sales. There are going to be plenty of customers that go absolutely ballistic if they don't get the packs and toys with the Happy Meals (where they belong anyway). That kind of feel bad experience is how you lose customers permanently.

02-09-2021, 09:18 AM	#23
rrk100 Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 428	I talked to a couple cashiers at 2 McDonald’s. One said that they did not have them yet but they had them at 2 other McDonald’s that he works at — and that someone came in around midnight trying to buy their entire case but they only sold him 20. The other cashier simply said that they did not have them yet.