McDonalds Transformers Robots in Disguise and My Little Pony Happy Meal Toys 2017 Australia NZ

McDonalds Transformers Toys 2017 (Robots in Disguise) and My Little Pony happy meal toys were distributed at McDonalds restaurants in Australia and New Zealand in January and February 2017 in partnership with Hasbro. The McDonalds Transformers toys featured five different Robots in Disguise as seen on the animated series of the same name. There were also 5 McDonalds My Little Pony Friendship is Magic ponies given away with this promotion.

Collectors Note 

This set of McDonalds Transformers is the same as released in some parts of Europe around the same time. The line up of Transformers: Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Grimlock and Strongarm are also the same as promoted in the USA. Drift has been included as an extra toy in this Australasian set.

Most Asian countries including the Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia (27 April to 24 May 2017) only had the four Transformer toys rather than the five included in the Australia and New Zealand promotion.

The McDonalds My Little Pony toys are identical to the USA release of 2017 which included Pinkie Pie, Princess Twilight Sparkle, Rarity and Rainbow Dash but without the masks. Instead this set offers an extra pony Fluttershy that was also part of the McDonalds MLP set released in Europe. There were only four ponies in the South East Asian set as per the US release.

McDonalds Transformers Robots in Disguise (RID) Toys

The McDonalds Transformers Robots in Disguise happy meal toys promotion of 2017 in Australia and New Zealand is made up of 5 Transformers characters. While these happy meal Transformers don't actually transform they each have a fun action gimmick including swords, missile launchers and even a set of wings for Bumblebee.

These toys are larger than average figurines that make them good for display and as such this is a good set to have in your McDonalds collection whether you are a Transformers fan or not. USA collectors may like to source the extra Transformer Drift figure to add something additional to the Transformers set.

• Optimus Prime
  Blue and Red. Non-transforming action figure. Head moves side to side. Arms rotate 360 degrees. Comes with a blue sword which can be placed in his right hand. Press lever on back of toy to activate sword action.


• Bumblebee
  Yellow and Black. Non-transforming toy. Attach yellow wings at rear. Push and roll toy with articulated arms. Head moves backwards and forwards.


• Strongarm
  White and black action figure. Non-transforming. Articulation in the arms only. Blue missile launcher which is activated by pushing the red button can be attached to right arm. Red missile.


• Grimlock
  Green and black dinosaur like action figure. Arms move up and down. Large green missile launcher with yellow missile is activated by a black button and can be attached to Grimlock's back.


• Drift
  Orange and black action figure. Head spins 360. Comes with two black swords that can be fitted to each hand and activated by an orange button on his back.

McDonalds My Little Pony Toys

In this promotion McDonalds MLP promotion which is a tie-in with My Little Pony The Movie McDonalds released five Generation 4 My Little Pony toys that have detachable bases and sculptured manes. Each pony has a novelty feature that makes them perfect as a collector's item.

In this iteration only two ponies have combs while the rest of the ponies have other special features including stickers and an embossing kit. Princess Twilight Sparkle, which in my view is the pick of the bunch, comes with a special McDonalds notebook that uses the pony itself as the key.

• Pinkey Pie
  Light pink pony with darker pink mane and tail. Attached to a yellow stand that doubles as an embosser when detached and opened out. Several sheets of special paper included.


• Princess Twilight Sparkle
  Pink unicorn pony. Purple tail. Feet attach to a light and dark pink base which is attached to a McDonalds MLP themed notebook. The notebook is unlocked by turning the pony when the feet are fitted in place.


• Rainbow Dash
  Blue pony with multi-coloured mane standing on purple stand which when detached is a purple comb that can be used to groom the pony tail.


• Rarity
  White unicorn pony with purple mane and tail. Stands on a detachable blue base which doubles as a compact with mirror. When compact is opened it reveals a pink comb.


• Fluttershy
  Yellow pony with pink mane and tail. Stands on a blue base which houses McDonalds MLP tickertape stickers. As stickers are pulled out the pony rotates on the stand. Pony can be unscrewed and detached from the base with several twists.

Summary 

During January and February 2017 McDonalds Transformers Robots in Disguise and My Little Pony toys were given away in happy meals in Australia and New Zealand. The Transformers RID set featured 5 different action figures along with a variety of assorted missile and sword weapons. Drift happy meal toy was an additional Transformer toy added to the Transformers line up that was not released in the USA or Asia. Likewise Fluttershy was included in the McDonalds My Little Pony toys set which was identical to the Europe release and a variation on the North America and South East Asian promotions.


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