{"id":76160,"date":"2026-08-13T08:26:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T00:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=76160"},"modified":"2026-08-13T08:26:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T00:26:24","slug":"mcdonalds-announces-eight-hello-kitty-x-godzilla-toys-coming-to-happy-meals-this-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=76160","title":{"rendered":"McDonald&#8217;s Announces Eight Hello Kitty x Godzilla Toys Coming to Happy Meals This August"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/2026\/08\/12\/hello-kitty-godzilla-mcdonalds-happy-meal-1786578051595.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Hello Kitty and Godzilla are coming to McDonald\u2019s Happy Meals this August in one of the most highly-anticipated collaborations to ever hit the fast food franchise.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Starting August 18, eight toys combining Sanrio\u2019s most popular mascots and a few of the most iconic monsters from the Godzilla films will be available in Happy Meals at participating locations within the United States.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">McDonald\u2019s confirmed the full list of toys on August 12, sharing a graphic that showed each figure and the special Godzilla-themed box they\u2019ll come in. (Along with your nuggets and fries, of course.)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-theme=\"light\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">cosplaying right into our hearts. Hello Kitty and Friends x Godzilla Happy Meal out 8.18. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/toTfyzcQ3k\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/toTfyzcQ3k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 McDonald&#8217;s (@McDonalds) August 12, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The full list of toys is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list jsx-4224303756\" data-cy=\"list\">\n<li>Hello Kitty x Godzilla<\/li>\n<li>My Melody x Mothra<\/li>\n<li>Kuromi x Mechagodzilla<\/li>\n<li>Keroppi x King Ghidora<\/li>\n<li>Badz-Maru x Rodan<\/li>\n<li>Cinnamoroll x Destoroyah<\/li>\n<li>Chococat x Spacegodzilla<\/li>\n<li>Pompompurin x Gigan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">It\u2019s nice to see such a wide variety of characters represented in this collaboration; real Sanrio fans will know that Chococat rarely makes an appearance in big collabs like this, not to mention Badz-Maru. The same is true on the Kaijus\u2019 end of things \u2014 how many of us can say that we\u2019ve seen Destoroyah or Gigan included in a mainstream Godzilla toy line?<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Responses to this upcoming collab have been nothing short of ecstatic. McDonald\u2019s\u2019 tweet revealing the toys has sparked no end of excitement among Kaiju fans and Sanrio enthusiasts alike, though some are expressing concerns over the possibility that scalpers might ruin things for everyone.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Db3LzSNJzzp\/embed\" height=\"710\" width=\"612\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">These fears aren\u2019t unwarranted; scalpers have been known to target exclusive Happy Meal items in the past, infamously causing chaos during the chain\u2019s partnerships with Pokemon over the years. In 2021, scalpers bought up the Pokemon 25th anniversary Happy Meals, reselling the trading card packs inside for <u>hundreds of dollars<\/u> online.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">And in 2025, <u>McDonald\u2019s Japan ended<\/u> its Pokemon card promotion after scalpers showed up in droves to buy Happy Meals just to get at the packs inside, leaving food waste and packaging strewn outside.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Scalpers don\u2019t limit themselves to cards, either; the 2026 Pokemon merch collaboration with Target suffered a similar fate, as did the resurgence of limited-edition Pokemon poptarts, which were spotted on eBay listings for upwards of $25 &#8211; $50 earlier this year. <\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-video\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">This is far from the first time McDonald&#8217;s and Hello Kitty have teamed up with another franchise for Happy Meal toys. In 2024, McDonald&#8217;s Belgium released a line of Hello Kitty x Yu-Gi-Oh! toys in one of the strangest collaborations we&#8217;ve seen thus far.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Virginia (she\/her) is IGN\u2019s News Editor. With ten years of experience reporting on games and entertainment, she\u2019s got a storied background in the fighting game community, influencer news, and viral online trends. Find her on Twitter at <\/em><em>@TheeMissGlaze<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/mcdonalds-announces-eight-hello-kitty-x-godzilla-toys-coming-to-happy-meals-this-august\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Kitty and Godzilla are coming to McDonald\u2019s Happy Meals this August in one of the most highly-anticipated collaborations to ever hit the fast food&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":76161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[4456,2739,613,8829,1231,9708,7599,1462,8811],"class_list":["post-76160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-announces","tag-august","tag-coming","tag-godzilla","tag-happy","tag-kitty","tag-mcdonalds","tag-meals","tag-toys","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/76161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}