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New McDonalds Happy Meals Cross Yu-Gi-Oh! With Hello Kitty
posted on by Andrew Osmond
McDonalds has released the above commercial, showing a new series of Happy Meal toys which are crossovers between the Yu-Gi-Oh! and Hello Kitty franchises. The toys will be available until June 18. Each Happy Meal will include one toy, available while stocks last. The Happy Meals can be bought after 11 a.m. and are also sold separately.
According to McDonalds' British web page, customers can scan the QR code on the Happy Meal box to access a "digital experience where your little one can create their character's world and watch them collide."
The Siliconera website reports that the collection will include the following five toys: Badtz-Maru as Red-Eyes Black Dragon, Cinnamoroll as Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Hello Kitty as Dark Magician, Kuromi as Slifer the Sky Dragon, My Melody as Dark Magician Girl and Pompompurin as Exodia.
The Verdict Food Service website reports that the promotion will have ten toys in total.
The Liverpool Echo newspaper reports that the promotion marks the 50th anniversary of Hello Kitty, created in 1974, and also the 25th Card Game anniversary of Yu-Gi-Oh!
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