McDonald's to limit Pokémon Happy Meal toy purchases in UK Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. McDonald's to limit Pokémon Happy Meal toy purchases in UK Following US scalper chaos. News by Tom Phillips Deputy Editor Updated on 26 Apr 2021 42 comments McDonald's will reportedly restrict the number of additional Pokémon toys you can buy when Pikachu and pals turn up in UK Happy Meals from 19th May. The fast food giant is yet to confirm what the included Pokémon gift will be, though the expectation is it will offer the same limited-run Pokémon cards it did when the same promotion caused chaos in the US back in February. Scalpers quickly gobbled up supplies of the $2.49 Happy Meals in order to nab the included Pokémon cards and sell them on for profit. Now, UK McDonald's restaurants are being warned ahead of time to place limits on customer spending. Nintendo Life has obtained an internal memo which states customers will be limited to "one additional toy beyond their Happy Meal allocation", though notes there still isn't a limit on buying up the Happy Meals themselves. Watch on YouTube In the US, reports suggested Happy Meal food was being found binned, while large stock boxes of the cards meant for delivery to McDonald's restaurants mysteriously appeared on eBay. Online, YouTubers broadcast pack openings for dozens of Happy Meal boxes they had driven round different McDonald's to order, while families complained they had turned up at outlets later that day to be told all restaurants in their local area had sold out. McDonald's recently announced it would stop offering plastic toys in Happy Meals - leading to the switch to Pokémon cards for the recent US promotion. Of course, Pokémon cards have recently seen a huge resurgence in popularity thanks to big name YouTubers buying up some of the few remaining unopened boxes of original cards, and generating a spike of interest that only raises the prices of these cards even higher. Sets of the Pokémon cards available in US Happy Meals are currently listed on eBay for hundreds of dollars. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 4 Atari will hold RollerCoaster Tycoon rights for another decade Ups and downs. 7 Lady Dimitrescu will be a tad smaller in Resident Evil Village's Mercenaries DLC Level the playing field. 1 Overwatch 2 suffers another DDoS attack and character roster bugs Mei Mei. 13 Latest Articles Digital Foundry Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090: a new level in graphics performance The Digital Foundry video review - and how the new GPU champion delivers for 4K 120fps gaming. Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 4 Feature Evercore Heroes wants to wind people up the right way "There's less rage at them, because they didn't end your fun." Genshin Impact Path of Gleaming Jade dates, login event rewards Including other anniversary rewards and how to claim them. Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store