When I was at Toy Fair this year, I asked about where we might see the Skylanders license go, and now we have a very big answer in the form of Skylanders toys in McDonald’s Happy meals. What this means to me is that we are going to be spending a lot of time in McDonald’s from April 12th to May 2nd, which is when this will be going on. Now these figures do not work with the actual game but they do move around and it seems like you could play with them a bit rougher (and throw them in a purse or backpack) because you do not have to worry about damaging them and not working in the game.
We have most of the fan favorites and having Tree Rex and Chop Chop will make my boys happy. Check out the rest of the information below.
In North America, the inaugural Skylanders Giants Happy Meal program will run from April 12 – May 2, while supplies last, and will rollout in other select countries later this year.
Participating McDonald’s restaurants across the United States and Canada will offer customers who purchase a Happy Meal one of nine unique toys from Skylanders Giants, each with their own play feature, as well as a coupon for $10 off the Skylanders Giants starter pack. The upcoming Happy Meal program includes figurines inspired by such fan-favorite Skylanders Giants characters as Spyro, Gill Grunt, Drobot, Chop Chop, Ignitor, Jet-Vac, Tree Rex, Crusher – and the diabolically-likable nemesis Kaos, which are based on the $1 billion, award-winning video game and action figure toy line that pioneered bringing toys to life.
You can see all of the Skylanders you can get in McDonald’s Happy Meals Below