Happy Meal toys might be freebies, but collectors are willing to pay surprising amounts to get every last one. Check out ...

If you grew up anytime in the last 40 years, chances are you remember digging into a Happy Meal just to see what toy was inside. It didn't matter if the food was cold — the toy was the star of the ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. According to Bob Bernstein, the man widely credited with inventing the McDonald's Happy Meal, the company was skeptical about the concept.

The Happy Meal, and its included toy, is one of the more brilliant marketing schemes of the past 30+ years. It ensured that every child in the country was begging their parents to take them to ...

Happy Meal toys were just the best part of lunch for many kids. They were small treasures to be swapped, collected, and promptly forgotten in a toy bin. However, some of those once-free prizes now ...

The next line of Happy Meal toys is truly meta: there's a miniature replica of a McDonald's restaurant and other staples of the fast food chain including tiny food plates, ordering kiosks and delivery ...

mcdonald's worker hands a happy meal to a driver - John Keeble/Getty Images Even as adults who have ostensibly outgrown the target demographic, we find that McDonald's Happy Meals are a singular ...

The new toys will be available July 1. This summer, McDonald's is introducing the cutest miniature Happy Meal toys for its youngest customers -- and for kids at heart. The restaurant chain will launch ...

It marks the first environmental sustainability milestone for the beloved toys. From Snoopy and Power Rangers to Hot Wheels and Pokemon, McDonald's has long provided a jolt of joy with its ...

The children’s meals come with pocket-sized McDonald’s-themed figurines, like a cash register, soda machine and Happy Meal box Sabrina Weiss is the Editorial Assistant of PEOPLE's food department. She ...

Sarah has been an editor and contributor for Game Rant since 2015. After meeting her first Chocobo, she never looked back. Sarah majored in game design in college and utilizes that knowledge to ...