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See the full story · 2 sourceson Google Preferred Source Google News Link copied to clipboard By Ashely Claudino Published Aug 13, 2026, 9:23 AM EDT News Collect all Sanrio x Monsterverse toys in McDonald's latest tie-in
McDonald's Street Fighter collab really makes me want a burnt garlic mayo and egg teriyaki burger The 15 best Goblin Commanders in Magic: The Gathering Monster Hunter Wilds demo now available over a year after the game was released Hello Kitty and Godzilla come together for adorable Happy Meal collab Sign in to your Polygon.com account Sanrio and Monsterverse fans will be happy to know that Hello Kitty and Godzilla will soon appear in Happy Meal boxes all over the country alongside their friends. McDonald's has announced that characters from both universes will be available with every Happy Meal order starting Tuesday, Aug. 18.
Eight Sanrio characters will be cosplaying as creatures from the Monsterverse, which includes Godzilla and several of his foes and frenemies. As the two most well-known characters, the Hello Kitty toy will, of course, dress up as Godzilla. Here are the Happy Meal toy combinations for the Sanrio x Godzilla collaboration at McDonald's:
Close It is an adorable collaboration that is bound to be popular — which, unfortunately, also means that scalpers will be on them like vultures. In the past, fun collabs like this have resulted in scalpers purchasing menus in bulk and dumping food on the street. In 2021, McDonald's Happy Meals included Pokémon cards, which led to a toy shortage and wasted food, as greedy adults ordered dozens of menus at a time — the same thing happened again in 2025.
If this becomes a recurring situation, McDonald's will have to find a solution to avoid food waste and prevent scalpers from taking all of the toys for themselves. Hopefully, the craze won't reach a level of obsession and severity where McDonald's has to set up facial recognition technology in its stores like the Pokémon Centers in Japan .
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