r/interestingasfuck • u/Charming_History7423 • 12d ago

/r/all McDonald's in the 80s compared to today

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u/cheeersaiii 12d ago

They went from kids/family vibe to “operating theatre please leave quickly” vibe. In Australia we had one with a train carriage for kid’s birthdays, one with a plane, all sorts of fun. I understand the change and the coffee is better for it but still change isn’t always a good thing

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u/dnmty 11d ago

The quality of happy meal "toys" has gone insanely down hill. I'm in Canada and have a 5 year old kid, so we occasionally do go to McDonalds and get Happy Meals. Some of the "toys" we've gotten have been trash. The worst were these board games like Connect4 that you had to punch the pieces out yourself but they were soo flimsy. Also Jenga that you had to fold the blocks from flat pieces of card, but they were not usable at all.

But the books they offer instead are actually pretty decent.