The 2026 Pokémon Happy Meal arrived at participating US restaurants on Tuesday, November 10, according to pokemon.com, which says the promotion runs through December 14, 2026.

Every meal comes in one of three specially designed boxes featuring Pikachu, Umbreon or Torchic, and each box contains one of 15 miniature Happy Meal box–shaped toys.

The toy lineup spans generations of fans' favorites, including Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle, Eevee, Rowlet, Sprigatito, Sobble, Weedle, Umbreon, Torchic, Piplup, Munchlax, Minccino, Espurr — a roster Economic Times details in full.

Each Happy Meal also includes two Pokémon Trading Card Game cards, and there are 15 different cards to collect in total, including seven foil versions, pokemon.com states.

Economic Times lists the card lineup as Decidueye, Chandelure, Palafin, Pikachu, Mimikyu, Lucario, Hawlucha, Tyranitar, Absol, Zoroark, Metagross, Jirachi, Eevee, Snorlax and Wooloo.

AOL notes the promotion does not guarantee which cards land in any particular meal, so completing both collections — 15 toys and 15 cards — may take more than one Happy Meal, which is precisely the chase that fuels collector demand.

The surprise in this release is the toy's design: the collectibles are miniature replicas of the Happy Meal box itself, rather than figures on a base.

According to McDonald's senior marketing director Guillaume Huin, as reported by Economic Times, the miniature toys can also be used as charms and clipped onto keys, bags and other accessories.

ABC News reports the collection was inspired by characters including Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle, Eevee, Rowlet and Sprigatito, making the packaging-within-packaging gimmick the talking point collectors are sharing.

Beyond the physical collectibles, ABC News reports that fans can scan a QR code on their Happy Meal box, which brings them to a digital game where they can look for the 15 Pokémon Happy Meal toys hiding around a virtual classroom and playground.

That layered approach — a physical toy, trading cards and an online scavenger hunt — marks this collaboration as more elaborate than a standard toy drop, giving kids and adult collectors multiple reasons to keep returning during the promotion's five-week window.

ABC News notes the new collection arrives as Pokémon celebrates its 30th anniversary, and follows a previous Pokémon-themed Happy Meal collaboration in January 2025 that featured trading cards, posters and stickers.

The return so soon — and at such scale — signals how valuable the crossover has become for McDonald's, which has leaned on nostalgia promotions like Monopoly to draw customers.

The promotion is live now at participating US McDonald's, available for a limited time while supplies last, per pokemon.com.

International fans have a reason to watch the calendar too: ABC News reports the collection is rolling out this month in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, France, Fiji and Spain, with additional countries scheduled through February 2027.

Because supplies may run out before December 14, collectors hunting specific foils or toys are likely to move early — and trade afterward.