{"id":2391721,"date":"2026-04-27T18:11:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2391721"},"modified":"2026-04-27T18:11:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:11:17","slug":"mcdonalds-happy-meals-launches-new-stranger-things-collab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/mcdonalds-happy-meals-launches-new-stranger-things-collab\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonalds Happy Meals launches new &#8216;Stranger Things&#8217; collab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F04%2F126505645.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>If you\u2019re looking for the Upside Down, head to McDonald\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>McDonald\u2019s and Netflix have teamed up to launch a \u201cStranger Things: Tales From \u201985\u201d Happy Meal, inspired by the new animated series that <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81398721\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dropped on<\/a> April 23.<\/p>\n<p>The new Happy Meal gives fans a taste of the other side without the fear of Demogorgons, and the meal comes with plenty of collectibles for fans to take on their next <em>strange<\/em> adventure.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The \u201cStranger Things: Tales From \u201985\u201d Happy Meals will launch in the US starting May 5. <span class=\"credit\">COURTESY OF NETFLIX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Each Happy Meal comes in a custom show-inspired box and features a collectible character toy, a \u201cStranger Things\u201d activity book, and a QR code that unlocks an interactive game in which you can save the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana.<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t get the collectible character you desired in your Happy Meal, no need to fret \u2014 two new characters will be revealed weekly. There will be 12 total, depending on the market.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The \u201cStranger Things: Tales From \u201985\u201d Happy Meals will launch in the US starting May 5, followed by global rollout across Brazil, Singapore, Norway, Australia, the Netherlands, Germany, Portugal, Italy, India and more.<\/p>\n<p>The new animated show from showrunner Eric Robles and executive producers the Duffer Brothers is a spinoff of the hit TV series, which <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/31\/entertainment\/how-did-stranger-things-end-and-did-it-stick-the-landing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concluded with Season 5 and the series finale<\/a> on December 31, 2025.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Each \u201cStranger Things: Tales From \u201885\u201d Happy Meal comes with collectibles for fans to take on their next adventure. <span class=\"credit\">COURTESY OF NETFLIX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cStranger Things: Tales From \u201985\u201d returns to Hawkins with the familiar faces and characters, voiced by different actors, as they encounter new monsters and a paranormal mystery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat spirit of adventure and childhood camaraderie made McDonald\u2019s the perfect partner to bring it all to life,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/about.netflix.com\/en\/news\/strange-things-are-happening-at-mcdonalds-the-tales-from-85-happy-meal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a press release said<\/a>. \u201cWhat better way to invite a new generation of \u2018Stranger Things\u2019 fans into Hawkins than through one of the most iconic cornerstones of the \u201880s?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The adventure that\u2019s unlocked with the QR code on each Happy Meal shows Dustin and the gang forming the \u201cHawkins Investigators Club\u201d to defeat creatures that have taken over a \u201cbeloved local hangout\u201d \u2014McDonald\u2019s \u2014 with your help.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cStranger Things: Tales From \u201985\u201d returns to Hawkins as the beloved characters encounter new monsters and a paranormal mystery. <span class=\"credit\">COURTESY OF NETFLIX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>McDonald\u2019s and Netflix have launched a campaign spanning linear, digital and social, using original animation drawn directly from the new show to bring fans to the center of the action, touting, \u201cThe Upside Down has never felt so close \u2013 or so delicious.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re looking for the Upside Down, head to McDonald\u2019s. McDonald\u2019s and Netflix have teamed up to launch a \u201cStranger Things: Tales From \u201985\u201d Happy Meal, inspired by the new animated series that dropped on April 23. The new Happy Meal gives fans a taste of the other side without the fear of Demogorgons, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2391722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25174],"tags":[345962,306499,21818,308055,23191,305890,21913],"class_list":["post-2391721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gossip","tag-fast-food","tag-food-drink","tag-lifestyle","tag-mcdonalds","tag-netflix","tag-stranger-things","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/McDonalds-Happy-Meals-launches-new-Stranger-Things-collab.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2391721"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2391723,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391721\/revisions\/2391723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2391722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2391721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2391721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2391721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}