The article discusses the "Top 10 Saddest McDonald's Happy Meal Toys Part 2." It highlights several McDonald's Happy Meal toys that were either poorly designed, impractical, or just plain disappointing. Some of the toys mentioned include:
1. The Michael Jordan Fitness Fun set, which included low-quality sports equipment.
2. The 101 Dalmatians figurines, which were impractical to collect due to the large number of items (101).
3. The Hello Kitty Whistles, which were recalled due to choking hazards.
4. Toothbrushes, which were not toys but were included in Happy Meals to promote oral hygiene.
5. McDonald's Airport, a set of low-quality plastic airplanes.
6. Camp McDonaldland, a set of impractical camping gear.
7. Mighty Ducks Pucks, which broke easily and were not suitable for playing hockey.
8. The McWrist Wallet, a useless plastic wristwatch with a small compartment.
9. The Swearing Minion, a toy that some parents believed contained profanity.
10. Teenie Beanie Babies, which were once highly collectible but are now worth little due to overproduction.
These toys were often poorly designed, impractical, or just plain disappointing, earning them a spot on the list of saddest McDonald's Happy Meal toys.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text, each given a short sentence:
1. Michael Jordan Fitness Fun was a set of Happy Meal toys released in 1991 featuring sports-related items.
2. The set included 8 different items: a jump rope, basketball, inflatable soccer ball, stopwatch, water bottle, football, frisbee, and baseball.
3. The stop watch and frisbee both had Michael Jordan's smiling face on them.
4. The jump rope was quite short, making it difficult for some taller kids to use.
5. The water bottle was also pretty tiny, which isn't the most practical.
6. The stopwatch only counted to 30 seconds.
7. The sports balls were low in quality and not the best to play with.
8. McDonald's released a set of toys based on the live-action version of the film 101 Dalmatians in 1996.
9. The restaurant released a set of little dalmatian figurines, with 101 different ones.
10. Collecting all 101 toys would have required eating at McDonald's 101 times during the promotion period.
11. The full set of 101 Dalmatian toys is considered one of the rarest Happy Meal toys and can sell online for hundreds of dollars.
12. McDonald's released a line of Hello Kitty Happy Meal toys in 2014 to celebrate the character's 40th anniversary.
13. The toys featured a red whistle attached to Hello Kitty, which could be detached and blown into to make sound.
14. However, there were reports of children choking on pieces of plastic that fell out of the whistle while it was in their mouths.
15. McDonald's recalled 2.3 million Hello Kitty Whistles in the United States and Canada.
16. McDonald's released a toothbrush and toothpaste in its Happy Meals in the early 1980s to promote better oral hygiene.
17. The toothbrushes and toothpaste were not considered toys by kids.
18. McDonald's released a set of plastic airplanes featuring McDonaldland characters in 1986.
19. The set included 4 different items: a set of utensils, a collapsible cup, a mess kit, and a canteen.
20. The quality of the products wasn't good enough for them to be used properly.
21. McDonald's released a line of Mighty Ducks Happy Meal toys in 1996.
22. The toys featured a set of 4 different hockey pucks, each with a figurine of a Mighty Ducks animated character on top.
23. The pucks were not of high enough quality to be used in a game.
24. The Mighty Ducks figurines on top of the pucks easily broke and fell off.
25. McDonald's released a line of minion toys in 2015 to promote the film Minions.
26. The toys were little plastic figurines that spoke a few different phrases when tapped on a hard surface.
27. Some parents claimed that the minions were saying profanities, but McDonald's denied this.
28. McDonald's released Teenie Beanie Babies in its Happy Meals between 1997 and 2000.
29. The toys were miniature versions of the popular Beanie Babies.
30. McDonald's sold over 100 million Teenie Beanie Babies during the promotion period.
31. The toys are now considered worthless due to oversaturation in the market.