28 Nostalgic McDonald’s Happy Meal Toys Only ’80s & ’90s Malaysian Kids Will Remember
How many of these can you recall?
1. The Rescuers Down Under
Release date: 1989
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These little flip books would show stills from the movie. T_T
2. McDonald's characters
Release date: 1990
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Vintage.
3. 101 Dalmatians
Release date: 1991
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The 101 Dalmatians movie was all the rage in the '90s, and is still an iconic film.
4. Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs
Release date: 1992
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How many of you probably still have one of these lying around somewhere?
5. Aladdin
Release date: 1993
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6. Spider-Man
Release date: 1995
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7. Power Rangers
Release date: 1995
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8. Sky Dancers
Release date: 1996
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The OG fidget spinners. 😛
Watch this video of it how it worked:
9. Toy Story
Release date: 1996
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Tell me you're a Disney kid without telling me you're a Disney kid.
10. The Little Mermaid
Release date: 1996
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You know it's a toy from the '90s when they had twisting knobs you had to wind up to make them move.
11. Barbie & Hot Wheels
Release date: 1996
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Something for the girls, something for the boys, something for the girls and boys.
12. Teenie Beanie Babies
Release date: 1997
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Beanie babies were everything. T_T
Remember when each of them came with their own name?
13. Speeding Sliders
Release date: 1997
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14. Hercules
Release date: 1997
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15. The Jungle Book
Release date: 1997
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16. Tamagotchi keychains
Release date: 1998
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Rushing home after school to make sure your Tamagotchi was still alive will remain etched in our traumas memories forever. Luckily, these did not need our care.
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17. The Lion King
Release date: 1998
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18. Mulan
Release date: 1998
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19. Winnie-The-Pooh
Release dates: 1998 / 2002
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Wish we had every Winnie-The-Pooh collection!
20. Snoopy's World Tour
Release date: 1998
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The pure excitement when we got a new Snoopy that we didn't already have.
21. Teddy Bears
Release date: 1999
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The need to collect EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE was unhinged. Lowkey wish we still have our collections.
22. Hello Kitty
Release date: 1999
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Until today, we can still remember those aunties and uncles who would collect these and gift them to us.
23. Mr. Men & Little Miss plushies
Release date: 1999
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24. Furby
Release date: 2001
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You either found Furbys cute or creepy AF. Either way, can we not bring them back pls?
25. Monsters, Inc.
Release date: 2001
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Hands down, the best Pixar film ever.
Aside from twisting knobs, toy mechanics back then loved to make kids drag toys backward, so the spring would coil up and the toy could move forward on its own like Boo in this Happy Meal collection.
Watch how they worked here:
26. Lilo & Stitch
Release date: 2002
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27. Treasure Planet
Release date: 2002
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Totally underrated film.
28. Sonic the Hedgehog
Release date: 2004
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Gained points as the "cool kid" when you had one of these.


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