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28 Nostalgic McDonald's Happy Meal Toys Only '80s & '90s Malaysian Kids Will Remember

How many of these can you recall?

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1. The Rescuers Down Under

Release date: 1989

These little flip books would show stills from the movie. T_T

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2. McDonald's characters

Release date: 1990

Vintage.

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3. 101 Dalmatians

Release date: 1991

The 101 Dalmatians movie was all the rage in the '90s, and is still an iconic film.

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4. Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs

Release date: 1992

How many of you probably still have one of these lying around somewhere?

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5. Aladdin

Release date: 1993

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6. Spider-Man

Release date: 1995

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7. Power Rangers

Release date: 1995

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8. Sky Dancers

Release date: 1996

The OG fidget spinners. :P

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9. Toy Story

Release date: 1996

Tell me you're a Disney kid without telling me you're a Disney kid.

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10. The Little Mermaid

Release date: 1996

You know it's a toy from the '90s when they had twisting knobs you had to wind up to make them move.

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11. Barbie & Hot Wheels

Release date: 1996

Something for the girls, something for the boys, something for the girls and boys.

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12. Teenie Beanie Babies

Release date: 1997

Beanie babies were everything. T_T

Remember when each of them came with their own name?

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13. Speeding Sliders

Release date: 1997

14. Hercules

Release date: 1997

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15. The Jungle Book

Release date: 1997

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16. Tamagotchi keychains

Release date: 1998

Rushing home after school to make sure your Tamagotchi was still alive will remain etched in our traumas memories forever. Luckily, these did not need our care.

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17. The Lion King

Release date: 1998

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18. Mulan

Release date: 1998

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19. Winnie-The-Pooh

Release dates: 1998 / 2002

Wish we had every Winnie-The-Pooh collection!

20. Snoopy's World Tour

Release date: 1998

The pure excitement when we got a new Snoopy that we didn't already have.

21. Teddy Bears

Release date: 1999

The need to collect EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE was unhinged. Lowkey wish we still have our collections.

22. Hello Kitty

Release date: 1999

Until today, we can still remember those aunties and uncles who would collect these and gift them to us. 

23. Mr. Men & Little Miss plushies

Release date: 1999

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24. Furby

Release date: 2001

You either found Furbys cute or creepy AF. Either way, can we not bring them back pls?

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25. Monsters, Inc.

Release date: 2001

Hands down, the best Pixar film ever.

Aside from twisting knobs, toy mechanics back then loved to make kids drag toys backward, so the spring would coil up and the toy could move forward on its own like Boo in this Happy Meal collection.

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Watch how they worked here:

26. Lilo & Stitch

Release date: 2002

27. Treasure Planet

Release date: 2002

Totally underrated film.

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28. Sonic the Hedgehog

Release date: 2004

Gained points as the "cool kid" when you had one of these.

Did we miss out on any others? Let us know in the comments!

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