If You Wanna Catch Them All, You Better Do It Fast Because McDonald’s Pokémon Happy Meals Are Already Selling Out

I am new to the whole Pokémon craze — my 9-year-old son has just gotten into the fad.

He also loves a Happy Meal — WAY more than my own cooking.

So, when McDonald’s announced they were going to be having Happy Meals with special Pokémon cards — well, it was all kinds of crazy excitement in our house.

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But, there was a problem. We went to McDonald’s to get his usual 6-Piece Chicken McNugget Happy Meal, but instead of Pokémon cards, he got a Hasbro mini game.

Boo! We already have all those.

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He made me immediately call McDonald’s and ask what was up.

Turns out, yes, they HAD Pokémon Happy Meals, but the entire franchise that is McDonald’s is selling out.

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If you can get your hands on a set, you’re one of the lucky ones!

See, scalpers are buying the Happy Meals to get the cards — but they are getting them to resell. *Mad Face Emoji*

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People are wanting the coveted shiny holographic Pokémon cards that come in the meals, and I guess they are willing to pay a pretty penny on the Pokémon black market for said cards.

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Each pack comes with four cards, and there are 50 to collect in total. Twenty-five of the cards are “regular” and 25 are foil—a more rare and valuable card type in the world of Pokemon.

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AND, there is another reason people have gone crazy, and bought up all the cards.

Users of Twitch, a live streaming platform for the gaming community, are particularly interested in snapping these up in order to record unboxing videos, in which they stream a live-opening of the cards to their followers.

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ONLY, this is totally ruining it for the rest of us!!

The situation has gotten so bad that McDonald’s has stopped selling the individual set of cards.

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(You can usually go into a McDonald’s and just buy a toy for like $2.50.)

NOW, you HAVE to buy a Happy Meal to get any cards — only, nobody can find the cards to buy in a Happy Meal.

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So, don’t be surprised if you go to the McDonald’s drive thru expecting Pokémon, and you get a Hasbro game.

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If you CAN find the cards, grab them up and run!! You just hit the jackpot!

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