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As I mentioned before it is the 30 year anniversary of the McDonald’s Happy Meal. Well I’ve managed to get my hands on the entire collection of Ty Teenie Beanie Babies in a special edition collectors box. What’s one to do with such a thing? What do you think I’d do….just give it away? Well that’s exactly what I’m going to do! Would you like to win this sweet prize or what?

If you’d like to win this, all you have to do is write below in the comments in exactly 30 words (as that’s how many years old it is) what the McDonald’s Happy Meal means to you. The winner will not be chosen at random but will be chosen by myself…either the most creative or humorous or just downright interesting so take a moment and write something good. Entries must be submitted by Sunday August 16th 11:59pm. I will announce the winner next week. Good luck!

Ty Beanie Babies

Did you know McDonald’s introduced the Happy Meal in June of 1979? I did not. That means this year marks the 30th anniversary….dang that makes me feel old. Another thing I didn’t know is that they’re doing an entire promotion and bringing back the Ty Teenie Beanie Babies (their most successful Happy Meal toy)! They’re rolling out a whopping 30 of them, one for each year.

I’m just excited that they’ve got 4 bears   Streamers, Thirty, Frostiness & Celebration. I’ve got to head out to the good ol’ Golden Arches and see if I can gather some of my kin. Did anyone else collect these?

They’ll be running this promotion until August 13th so be sure to go get yours. Here’s the whole list of all 30:

Ty Teenie Beanie Baby Happy Meal Toy Collection:

• Clipper the Dolphin
• Ronald McDonald
• Quackly the Duck
• Fez the Monkey
• Chill the Penguin
• Topper the Giraffe
• Fable the Unicorn
• Skunkers the Skunk
• Cargo the Pug
• Oasis the Tiger
• Maiden the Ladybug
• Jumps the Frog
• Aussie the Koala
• Pico the Dog
• Radish the Dog
• Rascal the Dog
• Ming the Panda
• Hydrant the Dog
• Pops the Gorilla
• Splits the Flamingo
• Boomer the Dog
• Woolsy the Lamb
• Streamers the Bear
• Thirty the Bear
• Fluffball the Guinea Pig
• Yammy the Cat
• Grimace
• Spurs the Horse
• Frostiness the Polar Bear
• Celebration the Bear

I could probably go on and on and on and on about these little parties in a box. You got your top three food groups (meat, potatoes and sugar) plus they came replete with a toy! What more could a snotty nosed little whipper snapper ask for?

Back in my day they only had three choices hamburger, cheeseburger or chicken nuggets. I think they’ve got the basic three still but now you can get a salad or apple slices (with caramel dipping sauce, never quite understood the reasoning behind that “healthy option”). They’ve also got different juices and such.

I’m not sure why but none of the other fast food chains Kids Meals came close to the Golden Arches version. Was it the food? Was it the toy? Or the box? I really don’t know, all I do know is that I always wanted my Ronald McDonald’s Happy Meal. I remember sitting in the back of the blue ’91 Dodge Caravan (I hadn’t called “Shotgun” apparently) on our way to the good o’ Mickey-Dees.

Foodchangeables

I loved doing the trivia and games on the boxes….and the very best ones were the ones where the box was part of the toy. You know like where you could build something from the box like a race track, genius! Now that’s got to be one of the best jobs, creating the premiums and the boxes.

Now-a-days they’ve hooked us on the Monopoly game. They are such evil wizards. I must say, they are amazing at what they do. My family must have bought at least $200 extra worth of McGoodness the first couple of times they did it.

What toy was your favorite from the McD’s Happy Meal?

There were some misses though, check out this video of the Top 10 Lamest Mikey’s Toys. I don’t know about you but I personally loved the Foodchangables (anyone still have some around they’d like to send my way? )