All’estero, McDonald's celebrates i 25 years of Pokémon with a special promotion in his Happy Meal. However, there are many fans who are taking the series' gotta catch em 'all!' Slogan too seriously. addicted to the initiative that looks so much likeyet another loot box-based maneuver.
Some points of sale of the well-known fast food chain have already started marketing Happy Meal boxes with Pikachu features. What makes them a real object of desire, however, is not the yellow face of the Pokémon printed on them but their precious content. In addition to food, these Happy Meals contain indeed collectible Pokémon cards, including some holographic rarities, which have led collector coaches from all over the world to delirium. Many fans wake up early every morning to be the first to buy all the Happy Meals in the McDonald's closest to their home, often buying the boxes and throwing away the food!
McDonald's is already taking steps to limit the number of Happy Meals a single customer can purchase at a time. The practice, however, is so widespread that many have begun to sell not only the cards but the same Happy Meal boxes with Pikachu for amounts close to $ 1.000. And the most shocking thing is that entire warehouse packages have been found online for sale on eBay by some crafty warehouse worker who has nothing to envy to the smuggling of Pokémon of Team Rocket.
If you thought the PS5 scalpers had scraped the bottom of the barrel, think again, the story of Pikachu's Happy Meals is even sadder. Let's just hope Officer Jenny can get it all sorted out soon.
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