Each Happy Meal contains a pack of four cards, each bearing the Pokemon 25th Anniversary logo. No official information has been released about which cards are the rarest, but it seems the holographic cards are a little bit harder to track down.
The McDonald’s set includes 50 cards, with half being regular images and the other featuring a holographic foil. Some of the cards have already sold for exorbitant prices.
Now that Pokemon cards are coming back, many collectors feel there’s a chance the 25th anniversary McDonald’s set might be worth something one day, too. The Pokemon TCG resurgence inspired YouTube and Twitch trends of people opening boxes of their old collections to sift through, and prices for many cards skyrocketed. Stores selling out of Pokemon TCG cards resulted in the manufacturer upping the production numbers to make sure fans were able to have access to the packs they want. First-edition holographic Charizard cards have sold for the insane price of $300,000. Charizard cards and older cards that don’t have a drop-shadow behind the image of the Pokemon have become especially lucrative, some going for thousands of dollars. Collectors have been digging through their old cards in hope of finding one or two that have appreciated in value-and some of them have. Pokemon TCG cards had a major comeback in 2020 that has extended into the new year. As such, those looking at these cards in terms of value may not exactly find what they were looking for. Many can remember the Burger King gold cards that, to this day, are coveted but not costly. Pokemon TCG was released in the United States in December 1998, meaning this is far from its first craze. RELATED: Pokemon Fan Knitting Every Pokeball in Real Life It helps that the collaboration also started at just the right time to cause a craze.
They cost about $3 and includes four cards, so it doesn’t seem like it would take too much to make a profit. The demand became so high that McDonald's released an official statement asking fans to limit their purchases to a reasonable number of Happy Meals.
When they first started becoming popular, fans and scalpers wanting to take advantage of the hype were rushing to their local McDonald’s and buying Happy Meals just to resell the Pokemon cards. What started out as a fun Happy Meal toy has turned into a hunt to find and even sell the most valuable McDonald’s Pokemon cards. In celebration of Pokemon’s 25th Anniversary, McDonald’s is including a special edition pack of Pokemon TCG cards with every Happy Meal.
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