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Scalpers And Collectors Buy Up McDonald’s Pokémon Happy Meals

Like stealing burgers from a baby.

This is why we can’t have anything nice. Kids across the US are unable to get their hands on any of the 50 Pokémon cards included in McDonald’s Happy Meals this month to celebrate Pokémon’s 25th anniversary, since eBay scalpers have been buying up the packs in bulk. Since some of the cards are rare holographic versions, it’s no surprise – but it is disappointing.

It seems like many adults are heading to McDonald’s to purchase the cards en masse without the Happy Meals themselves – something that is relatively common when certain Happy Meal toys are in high demand – and some are intercepting entire boxes of the things before they even make it to restaurants.

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