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McDonald's squishmallows

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TheBeesKnee · 12/10/2023 12:49

Is anyone else collecting the Halloween squishmallows in happy meals?

So far I have 3 Wade the Warewolf 😭 and one superpig. This is from 3 different McDonald's in SW London!

I really want the cat or spider.

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StarlightLime · 12/10/2023 12:51

I thought they'd stopped putting toys in happy meals? Obviously not.

FourStringsNoWaiting · 12/10/2023 12:52

@StarlightLime you get a choice of a toy or a book now

FourStringsNoWaiting · 12/10/2023 12:53

I haven't got any yet as we can't really afford to take the kids to McDs at the moment but I may have to treat them at some point between now and Halloween. Think I'm more interested in the toys than they are 😂

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LadybirdLover · 12/10/2023 13:36

StarlightLime · 12/10/2023 12:51

I thought they'd stopped putting toys in happy meals? Obviously not.

No, they just stopped putting plastic toys in after the moaning Minnie’s complained.

Now they have shitty cardboard toys or soft toys, or there’s always the option of a book.

Billyhargrovesmullet · 12/10/2023 13:37

You can buy them separately from the happy meals so you could try asking what ones they have in stock

LadybirdLover · 12/10/2023 13:53

Billyhargrovesmullet · 12/10/2023 13:37

You can buy them separately from the happy meals so you could try asking what ones they have in stock

You don’t even need to do that. If you get one you’ve already got just ask if you can swap for another one.

If they have another one, they’ll happily swap for you, but they come to stores in batches so they might not have some of them yet (or some might have been and gone and they won’t get them back).

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TheBeesKnee · 12/10/2023 16:37

Billyhargrovesmullet · 12/10/2023 13:37

You can buy them separately from the happy meals so you could try asking what ones they have in stock

I had no idea you could just buy them!! I've always ordered on those screens, and never saw an option for just a toy, I'm guessing I'd have to go to the counter?

@LadybirdLover yes I swapped one warewolf for the superpig, apparently they didn't have anything else in :(

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crazyBadger · 12/10/2023 16:40

Went to mcd today.....we were given a pokemon cards ... And two other soft toys in a box ???

Not a squishmallow in sight :(

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TheBeesKnee · 12/10/2023 16:45

crazyBadger · 12/10/2023 16:40

Went to mcd today.....we were given a pokemon cards ... And two other soft toys in a box ???

Not a squishmallow in sight :(

Ah no! Where abouts was this? Pokémon cards was the summer toy, I'm guessing they haven't cleared that stock yet?

What were the other toys? Was it any of the ones in this picture?

I wonder if the spookier squishmallows will be available closer to Halloween?

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SquishLover · 19/10/2023 18:42

They have the cat in both Stratford ones at the moment (Westfield and the city shopping centre)

Titsywoo · 19/10/2023 18:44

LadybirdLover · 12/10/2023 13:53

You don’t even need to do that. If you get one you’ve already got just ask if you can swap for another one.

If they have another one, they’ll happily swap for you, but they come to stores in batches so they might not have some of them yet (or some might have been and gone and they won’t get them back).

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Depends on the McDonalds - the one DD works at only has one type of toy for a week at a time (sometimes shorter if it is only a month long promotion)

Darthwazette · 19/10/2023 18:46

We have two little black cats

ladymuckofthemanor · 19/10/2023 18:48

Get the ones you want on Vinted.

I asked yesterday when they change the toys over - apparently it doesn't work like that. They just bring out a box (which contain only one variety) and use until gone, they don't tend to have multiple boxes open.

I got two varieties on Vinted.

Also, if you buy 2 x happy meals you can then just buy the toy (details on the McDonald's website) so keep the receipt and then pop in whenever you can to ask which toys they have.

TheYearOfSmallThings · 19/10/2023 18:50

We have a Wade, an Autumn (the cat), and a skeleton thing. My young colleagues are getting them for my son - they like a happy meal Grin

Blondeshavemorefun · 19/10/2023 19:08

Oh. Dd loves aquishmallows

May have to go to the yellow M over half term 😂

BoohooWoohoo · 19/10/2023 19:10

You can buy just the Happy Meal toys on their own.

Sunshineandrainbow · 21/10/2023 21:26

ladymuckofthemanor · 19/10/2023 18:48

Get the ones you want on Vinted.

I asked yesterday when they change the toys over - apparently it doesn't work like that. They just bring out a box (which contain only one variety) and use until gone, they don't tend to have multiple boxes open.

I got two varieties on Vinted.

Also, if you buy 2 x happy meals you can then just buy the toy (details on the McDonald's website) so keep the receipt and then pop in whenever you can to ask which toys they have.

Can you not just buy the toy anymore? Only if you buy a happy meal you can then buy an extra toy?

LittleCrackers · 21/10/2023 21:59

LadybirdLover · 12/10/2023 13:36

No, they just stopped putting plastic toys in after the moaning Minnie’s complained.

Now they have shitty cardboard toys or soft toys, or there’s always the option of a book.

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But if you request a book you will ALWAYS get a toy

FourStringsNoWaiting · 21/10/2023 22:38

I've got loads of book from happy meals. They do those Little People Big Dreams ones and I've got several duplicates. You definitely don't always get a toy

Blondeshavemorefun · 21/10/2023 22:54

We went today

Got a brown thing - possibly hamster ?

Atomickittyxx · 21/10/2023 23:19

We went today n got top trumps card game 😤 this caused much crying and tantrums 😭 but it was a drive thru so couldn't really go back!!

Sunshineandrainbow · 21/10/2023 23:56

Been to two tonight.
One only had scooby doo toy and one only had a Halloween book.

Gummybear75 · 22/10/2023 00:22

We have a bat and whatever the black and red thing is 🤷‍♀️

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TheBeesKnee · 22/10/2023 08:06

Blondeshavemorefun · 21/10/2023 22:54

We went today

Got a brown thing - possibly hamster ?

Waldo the Warewolf? Does he have little fangs?

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caramond · 22/10/2023 08:16

I got myself a Happy Meal on Uber Eats in hopes of getting Autumn the Cat yesterday and I did! Felt very lucky indeed 😁