Weird McDonalds Toys and Collectables | Ashens 

I like how you go from saying you don't need to explain what McDonalds is to smoothly and seamlessly going on to describe what McDonalds is.

Could not stop laughing at the reveal of the Grimace butt plug 😂

5:25 “Come on, children, eat your fries. Ronald died for your sins.”

The weirdest McDonald’s toy I recall is the build-your-own Matthew Broderick Inspector Gadget where each “body part” was its own “toy.”

Hi from Tokyo. Personal battery-powered fans are very common here, where the summers get extremely hot and humid. Sometimes they include little inserts that add an insect-repelling smell to the air they blow. This past summer with its record heat saw lots of people using personal fans. (Although I didn't see any fry-shaped ones.) I saw them all the time in the train on the way to work.

Ashens is proof you don’t need fancy graphics, editing or whatever to be entertaining. He’s proof that less is more.

The McDonald's character you don't recognize is Birdie who was introduced to advertise their breakfast offerings.

Stuart’s really using his “there’s always a happy meal toy in bulk action figures” perk

The best toy set they ever had was the one for the Inspector Gadget movie. All the toys were different gadgets that could be put together to make a 12-inch tall Inspector Gadget figure. I still have mine. And the feet on Grimace’s spacesuit look like they were designed by the same guy who illustrated those odd and disturbing Christmas coloring books with the giant feet.

I worked at McD’s when the Flying Dragons were released & can confirm that we had to remove one of them from sale for… reasons. Obviously though, every crew member took at least one home.

Those are actually some neat, little figures of the old McDonald's characters. Wasn't expecting them to come out of the space suits. Really adds some play value. Pity about the T-poses, but the paint and the details are still really nice.

I just had the loudest reaction to seeing those dragons, I had pretty much forgotten them but that was legitimately one of my favourite things I ever got in a Happy Meal as a kid! Only had the green dragon, but 7 year old me played with that thing constantly! Always wanted the full set back then, but I guess penis tower would have made that pretty unlikely

I never thought I'd see Ashens review any Tomica products! For those of you who don't know, Tomica is basically the Japanese equivalent of Matchbox and the car at 13:43 is an upscaled, all-plastic version of one of their models, in this case the 2016 Toyota 86. They've actually done several promotions with McDonald's in Japan; while the first few focused on work vehicles, the more recent Happy Meals have also included sports cars such as the Toyota GR Supra, new Nissan Z and even some classic cars like the Toyota 2000GT and Lancia Stratos. Someone must've noticed that these newer promotions were also popular with collectors, as they've started making rare, gold versions of some of the more popular models.

Seeing that Ronald threw me for a loop. I say that because I recognize it from a Bionicle fan series where he was one of the main villains.

I've been working on my Japanese reading proficiency lately, and seeing the words "potato clock" on the front of the fries/chips clock thing made struggle worth it! I spit out my coffee! Effing epic! 😂

The flying dragons unlocked a deeply buried memory. I loved them as a kid.

Gotta love how Luigi is in his original reverse colours for some reason even in the leaflet yet Mario is correct.

For some inexplicable reason I was OBSESSED with those Madame Alexander toys as a kid. I still have some of them, too. In addition to the Wizard of Oz, they also had a line of Disney characters. Fun fact: they are even more terrifying when the eyelid mechanism breaks down from age.

"What's in the box, stripy socks" sounds like some horror movie type shlt 😂

Ashens, your random videos have been a huge comfort to me over the years, thank you for all the silly laughs and insanity haha

"While supplies last" is actually the most common parlance for that concept in the U.S. Is it "While stocks last" in the U.K.?

Oh man, love that Perfect World reference. If only somebody was selling potions.

The bird girl creature and others has been around since the early 70's at least,I recall them as a kid back in the very early 80's being all over the dang place on Sat morning cartoon commercials. And haven't thought of them for years but seeing you hold that figure made me realize something....for some reason she reminds me of Wendy from that other fast food chain. Flippin' weird that I never noticed that before.

Omg, I remember back in the 80's or so when they did the McDonalds TRANSFORMERS type toys. I bloody loved them. The chips that changed into a robot. Pure bliss!

The set of McDonalds Toys I remember the most from my childhood were those dinosaurs that were also water-pistols. Endless fun. Parents got around to not liking them.

The second he put the McDonalds rocket/McSpace into frame I just got hit with a wave of nostalgia. I used to have all four of them but lost them after they got submerged in floodwater (Along with other Happy Meal toys I collected as a child) and disposed of without my knowledge :(

I remember having a talk from a graphic design 'expert' in school, probably for my media class. He ran a design consultancy and did a bunch of semi-notable logos. Anyway, the ONE thing I remember from the entire talk was what he said his number 1 rule was - Make sure it doesn't look like a penis (along with a slide full of penis shaped logos and products) which to a class of like 13 year olds was hilarious. He also noted to check for anything else that could be considered rude as well, but like - I just don't get how a team of (presumably) adults can look at something they've designed and not see such a recognisable shape.

Wow. That 2007 cowardly lion is giving off extreme early 80s feelings. 😂

The grimace plug 3:33

Haha, I had that McSpace thing as a kid. I remember when I got a bit older I got obsessed with how they made those miniature for movies and kitbashed it, painted it and then tried to film it explode. Good times.

I'm so pleased Ashens doesn't use any subliminal messaging in his videos 👁️

Moral of the story is that Japan has always had way cooler toys than the rest of the world. Bandai sells mini gundam and evangelion mechas with gum in candy shops and they’re legit quality.

Anyone else pause to see that weird image at 9:38!

1:28 If Se7en was a kid's movie. That's Birdie the Early Bird. 8:44 Over in the corner, Mario's being sucked up in a tornado, and Ashens has turned away in a gesture that says "Well this isn't my problem. So I'm not going to look." 13:02 A piece of broccoli? I feel like the fan would be a lot better if it had some sort of scented oil in it so that it made your house smell like McDonald's fries.

Damn, that Luigi is a blast from the past! I got that toy the very first time I got to go to McDonlds.

Working headlights will always be cool to me. My vacuum cleaner has headlights and it brings me joy.

The Ronald in the spaceship looks like a magician is about to chop him in half 😂😂

Based on the boxes I would assume that these only came out in Japan. Japan have their hands in a lot of pies. They can get stuff made from anyone just for them. The fan one makes sense for Japan. They have lots of fans and gimic fans because of the humidity. If that released in America it would've probably became a French fry shredder lol

Ashen’s thank you for existing this long as a simple RU-vidr with a niche subject matter who hasn’t yet turned out to be a scumbag. Keep it up 👍

Does anyone remember the Snoopy toys? I always thought they were some of the best Happy Meal toys McDonald's ever did

Kills me that Ashens thought grimace was a naughty shape - and somehow didn’t notice the whole rocket is 8=>

They should've made the fan smell like french fries, that would've been awesome.

His deep genuine laughter when it dawns on him what the Grimace toy looks like brings me joy. Actually the green tree with a face in the dragon set isn't that far off either, but it's probably a bit too knobbly...

14:12 As is tradition, Ashens tastes every toy to check if they are indeed plastic or not

Ashens pretending not what comes in a happy meal when he in fact is the only reason they likely still exist is adorable

I honestly played with some of my McDonald's toys more than ones I had bought at the store! They were quality back in the day!

So glad we are getting so much Ashens content lately!

I remember a Happy Meal collection where you assembled a Mickey Mouse figure (too big to be called a figurine) out of smaller toys, like that spaceship. There was another set like that, and I used to have a two-sided maze with a metal marble inside. Another Disney merch was a collection of plushies with hollow arms - you would put a finger and the thumb inside to move the arms. I had Daisy, and I travelled with her.

10:34 Justin Kuritzkes my beloved

That Japanese clock sweeping action of the second hand is very nice

I can't get Eli out of my head screaming "IT'S A MODULAR ART TOY"

I love that ashens can pursue projects like the film. It is very much deserved and I hope it turns out to be everything you wanted it to be. THERE'D BETTER BE BLOOPERS

love seeing this from ashens, he makes his own spin on things like toy reviews, but actually makes them funny and worth watching and its good i grew up watching him from 2006 to now (i started around 2013

21:22 minutes of pure crapiness… love it

3:14 "...haven't you seen Event Horizon!?" Hahah, the quintessential 90's kids movie smack bang in the middle of this demographic.

"What's in the box, stripey socks!?" Is what I would ask every day Ashens was doing those blind crate videos. The socks were I presume lucky charms. ...Clearly they didn't work.

Living in Japan, chips / french fries feel like they're almost as a luxury snack here. At festivals, you always get several stalls literally just selling plain Macdonalds-style chips for the equivalent of £3-5 a portion and I've even seen semi-permanent looking stalls in shopping centres exclusively selling them. It's weird.

The colours on the GT86 toy are actually the retro Toyota Racing colours from the 80's and 70's mainly used in the US. But people started using them again recently as they look pretty neat. I guess they also match up with the McDonalds colour scheme too

It's weird hearing him saying "chips" & "fries" interchangeably.

Hooray! A saturday ashens video to listen to at work!

That yellow duck-like creature was called 'Birdie'. I think it was a new character added in the 90's.

Grew up in the 90s. I miss the Halloween buckets. Also, the Super Mario and / or the camping toys....you had all of those... you were God in 3rd grade

You were right, that is from the US and is a SMB3 toy. There were 4, came in a bag with a little fold out for each one. The other is Raccoon Mario which was a suction cup/spring/plate thing so it would jump. Luigi you got there is a friction pull back toy. Then there was this goomba that pivoted forward onto a tiny suction cup and when it released it did a backflip and would land(usually) on its feet again. The last was a koopa paratroopa which had a long thin hose with a flat air bladder on the end and you'd pump the thing and it would make the toys feet move causing it to walk. I had them in the day, took a couple years locally (about 5-7 years ago) got all 4 at the flea market again intentionally avoiding ebay scalpers. :)

I'm proud of the fact that i've seen this couch more than the casting couch

This brought back some fab memories. I miss the McDonald mascots. I miss when McDonald’s had play areas inside!

I wasn't allowed McDonald's as a kid. I lost my McDonald's virginity at 22... I didn't realise you get a toy in a happy meal.

If you think Grimace is weird now, in the 70's he was originally a baddy and had 4 arms. Birdie was a character from the early 80's to specifically advertise McDonalds breakfast menu.

3:41 “EEEEEEE! Is-a me, Hamburglario!”

There were so many of those cool build em up toys, the ones I remember were the treasure planet map and the jimmy neutron rocket. McDonald's also once gave you Lego in their happy meals from the 80's with little helicopters and boats to the 90's with mc racers Lego sets

The fan was distressingly loud for such a little thing but imagine if it somehow scented the air to match the packaging.

the Toyota is a GR86, i believe. made to continue the legacy of the legendary AE86 corolla, the 86 means drifter after the original which was just a really good corolla.

...the "I'm lovin' it" jingle is recent? Isn't it like 20 years old? Lucky Bags are typically a New Years thing in Japan, the summer Lucky Bag is a fairly recent creation.

I only went to McDonalds once in my entire life, around 2007 or 2008, when I was about 10 years old, with the toy being a CD with a dragon game. I vividly remember it, because all the packaging was stylised after the elements (the ice dragon came in a blue box with icicles, the fire dragon in red with flames, etc)

They're a real fan of McDonald's Fries in japan I see what you did there.

The fry fan makes sense to me, it makes you cold and my local McD's always serves their fries ice cold and rubbery.

As soon as I saw the dragons I immediately knew where that was going. My neighbour worked in McDonald's and I definitely remember her telling my mum about that rumour.

Omfg those dragons gave me mega nostalgia!! 🤯I had that chinese ish styled one with the green base!! The memory flooded back as soon as I saw it!! So weird 😂

5:17 Don't you mean McCrucified™?

The writing on the alarm clock box says "potato clock" 😂 Because it wakes you up potato clock!

That "Manhattan skyline as chips" would do for the Turner Prize.

Loving the Japanese toys, Japan just mange to make things so much cooler then any other country! That Toyota 86 is a model of the Toyota GT86 that came out in 2012 not sure why in 2017 Mc D's had a model of it but I love that they did 😄

The fries nightlight looks like its made from raw spaghetti 😂

“She’s been to space, that’s more than I’ve done” 😂 4:09

Hahaha!!!!! Grimace reveal!!!!! As Yakko Warner would say, "Good night, everybody!!!!!"

I'm stunned that he doesn't recognize Birdie.

Ashens needs to do a Kinder Egg toys special..... just to make the Americans jealous of the awesome little toys like Tiny Terrapins and small bronze roman figures!

definitely digging the Tomica GR86! heck the whole Japanese line is kinda neat.

Love the subtle flicker of the evil eye thing at 9:38 ...I assume teasing the horror movie you're working on?

I'm sure this channel has the _second_ most famous couch on the internet. The first would be found on other sites in videos regarding "casting" if you catch my drift.

They probably taste better than a McDonalds.

None of the Japanese on the Manhattan Chips toy mentions the design or inspiration. It does however list battery requirements. The back of the box has a warning about keeping it away from babies because of small parts, and a warning that it could poke someone in the eye. After that it's details on the product, battery requirements (2 AA batteries), and the warranty info.

I love the cowardly lion... but that one is terrifying 😳

They were odd tbh

Deep cut Perfect World ref there!

I remember the Madame Alexander Wizard of Oz toys being a big deal when they were released, my mom was trying to collect them but we kept getting dupes of Dorothy and Wicked Witch

11:10 core memory unlocked. I had two of these and completely forgot they existed.

I have been absolutely obsessed with the Madame Alexander McDonald's toys since they came out. Just found a bag of them at a garage sail after searching for several years, so seeing one in the thumbnail shocked me lol. There was a flying monkey one that every kid would bring to school, and we would have giant battles during recess. Tbh i think they were just some of the rare ones that weren't complete junk.

Aw man! What about the Inspector Gadget movie toys that turned into a big Matthew Broderick?? I remember begging my mom to get me the parts I need when we went to get ole Mickey D's.

People do not realize that the doctor in him does this for a simple reason. Routine. Routine grants order, in a time of staunch uncertainty. Stuart knows that his formula has helped many people. Forget the subscribes, the monetary gain, the fickle internet "influencer" nonsense. He keeps the same routine so we have order and comfort. Irregardless or what does happen, we all know we can come back to the brown sofa to escape reality, if only for half a hour. Kudos, Dr. Ashen, we have all been your patients, unlike the other physicians in the world, your prescription for a brown sofa has been our remedy for a dark, cold world.

Thinking back to those toys, they were neat concepts and of surprising quality when you think about it.