25 Nostalgic Happy Meal Toys From the ’80s

Nostalgia

October 9, 2014

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The ’80s were a fantastic time to be a kid. The cartoons and toys were great and many popular and iconic franchises such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Duck Tales, and Thunder Cats popped out of the ’80s. McDonald’s likes to capitalize on popular cartoons and movies with their Happy Meal toy offerings, and these 25 awesome Happy Meal toys will have you reminiscing back to a time when your responsibilities included eating sugary cereal and watching saturday morning cartoons.

Enjoy the nostalgic trip below!

1. McNugget Buddies

These were great but I distinctly remember their belts falling off all the time.

2. Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers Gadgetmobiles

These were amazing because the parts of each toy were interchangeable. I remember spending hours trying out all the different combinations.

3. DuckTales Vehicles

Awesome toys from an awesome cartoon.

4. Tinosaurs

5. McDonald’s Pullback Racecars

6. Fry Kids

7. Popoids

8. Changeables

9. Garfield Vehicles

I remember being bummed when I had all but the skateboard one until my mom went to McDonalds one day and asked to trade in my duplicate for the skateboard one. Thanks mom!

10. Oliver & Company

11. Mickey’s Birthdayland Race Cars

12. Fraggle Rock Cars

Fraggle Rock was a staple of my childhood in the ’80s. I had every one of these.

13. Kissyfur Figures

14. Hot Wheels

15. Stompers 4×4

16. Bambi Figurines

Another Disney classic.

17. The Little Mermaid

Of course McDonald’s took advantage of the opportunity to promote this iconic Disney movie that began the “Disney Renaissance”.

18. Halloween Pails

I used the crap out of these for collecting as much sugary goodness as possible. I remember filling up all three variations of the buckets one Halloween.