In July, McDonald's had a series of blind box toys for their Happy Meals called Lil McDonald's. Doll collectors and people who collect McDonald's toys went crazy for them. (I did not know there were so many people who collected McDonald's toys.) Fortunately, many restaurants would sell you the toys without having to buy a Happy Meal, although I don't think they suspected how popular these were going to be. Without including duplicates, here is my final haul, posed with vintage Kelly and Stacie sized dolls for size perspective.
I knew most of these would only be suitable for the dolls to use as toys, although the food trays are not a bad size. The red and gold Happy Meals boxes are too big for these dolls. Sadly enough, the pumpkin bucket is too. McDonald's has been offering human size pumpkin, and other Halloween character, buckets for decades, and they are very popular. The bucket did look okay with a Shadow High doll. I think her big head helps offset the bucket proportions.
The register and the drinks dispenser are a fine size for the kid dolls to play "store." The white sign is apparently a place to order your own food, which is definitely too small. It should be as tall as an adult doll. It could work as an ad sign, maybe. The drink dispenser has a button on the top, which when pressed down activates a blue piece of plastic that looks like "water" coming down into the cup.
The miniature McDonald's booth would be a fun place for children to pretend their dolls are eating in the booth. I have some mini Polly Pocket dolls that came with Polly Pocket Janet in the 80s or 90s, that might fit in the booth, if I can find them.
The trays are a little small for actual one sixth scale, but they look good enough with the smaller dolls. Kelly thinks her apples look yummy. Stacie finds the milk mustache on her bottle funny.
I don't really even like McDonald's very much, but I like minis! I remembered after taking this picture that I also got a mini fryer, but it's not that exciting. It might even be a bit small for pretend kitchen play. The only toy I want is the mini restaurant. Facebook is alive right now with people buying, selling and trading Lil McDonald's pieces, so I should grab one soon if I want it. Is there a restaurant or store in your area of the world that you would like to see make mini versions of its products?
Hi Barb! I have never seen these Lil McDonald's toys. I agree that some of them are too small, but I think others work just fine. Even official Barbie stuff doesn't always have perfect proportions.
ReplyDeleteAs for Spanish food chains, the only one I can think of is LlaoLlao, which is a frozen yogurt company. They don't have a super distinctive look or decor, but it would be cute to have miniature frozen yogurts. Barbie also did a collab with Zara, the fashion brand, but it was quite underwhelming and not worth the price point.
Hope you're having an amazing Sunday!
That's very true about Mattel-made items being in exact proportion. We have to grab minis where we can get them!
DeleteI agree that frozen yogurt sounds like it would be a very nice mini. The Japanese company that makes Licca dolls made a Baskin-Robbins ice cream store playset, but they're expensive. I don't remember seeing the Zara collab, but I'm not surprised that it was expensive. I can't believe how much name brand collabs can cost today.
I hope that you have a great week!
The Zara Barbie wasn't *that* expensive; she was about 35€, but the design was quite underwhelming. It was some generic blonde Millie with a pink tracksuit, which is not what I think of when I think of Zara. It was nothing special, considering it's a fashion brand.
DeleteI've googled the Baskin-Robbins playset and it's very cute!
I'm not familiar with Zara clothes, but I can't think that such a boring outfit would be the way you want to display your brand. The Tarina Tarantino doll was $80 when she was released, but the dress was really intricate and the doll loaded with accessories. Granted, $80 was more back then because of inflation, but you got a lot for the money.
DeleteThis is so interesting! I did not know about these McDonald’s toys. I remember seeing the mini Crocs before 👟✨
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't have known about them without accidentally seeing someone posting about. I didn't know they made mini Crocs previously.
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