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[deriks]

That's kind of pathetic, I thought Japanese people had better manners than that.

In some areas, for sure. But some other stuff...

 

[ReyBrujo]

You'd have to be some kind of vile human being to just willfully waste food like that, at least give it to someone/a homeless or something.

That's what I think whenever I watch TylerTube or any other youtuber testing Amazon/AliExpress/Temu kitchen stuff. At least others like Barry Lewis cook everything and eat them, don't just throw stuff away.

 

[Loomy]

I don't think these people deserve jail for this, but it is really pathetic behaviour that should be called out and discouraged.

That's fine, but that's long way from prison.

 

[Lambogenie]

They did a Pokemon - Maccy Ds Happy Meal in the UK for a couple of months this year and there were no big issues. Maybe it is to do with the number of cards/rarity.

Pokemon cards are selling out everywhere, but that's apparently because crypto bros see it as a more worthwhile currency than crypto so they are buying them all up where they can (according to the bloke in the gaming store my boy goes to). It's GPUs all over again.

This is a new art. The western Drsgon stuff were reprints. And it's good new art.

 

[Mr Moose]

Turns out you can't buy the happy meal toys separately in Japan, unlike the rest of the civilized world.

U WOT M8?

I'd happily eat it all. Fly me out there, McDonalds Japan, I don't care about shit cards.

 

[spookyfish]

Pokemon fans are weird.

But we already knew that.

I'm betting these are scalpers, not even Pokemon fans, who may be weird, but scalpers are scum of the earth.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

i refuse to engage with the fomo/limited bullshit - I play mtg arena casually where it's cheap and easy to get what you need, fuck what these companies are doing feeding the vulture resellers. I'll never fucking understand why they pander to the vultures instead to the players.

 

[hemo memo]

Honestly that picture with the food is infuriating. Why not give it to the homeless?

 

[Durin]

Honestly thought as time went on in the age of the internet with more access to information, these limited time marketing ploys would be less effective over time...but people are dumber than ever with them.

Scalpers suck too

 

[PlayStaytion]

the food is fucking disgusting and unhealthy so i don't really see the issue here

I gave up on my Grand Chicken Sandwich. They fail even when they make us crave to eat their stuff.

 

[PSFore]

I'm sure they could have found a school or some place to give the food to. But keep in mind, Japan has the lowest homeless rate in the world. Only 3,000 people for the entire country.

 

[Spukc]

I gave up on my Grand Chicken Sandwich. They fail even when they make us crave to eat their stuff.

I know their shit has been bad for years

 

[Holammer]

ハッピーセット®販売に関する大切なお知らせと当社の対応について | ニュースリリース | マクドナルド公式

Official response from McD Japan.

Promises to take stringent steps to limit the amount of purchases for certain happy meal promotions to curb resellers, refusing service to anyone engaging in scalper behavior. It seems they're also in talks with reseller marketplaces, no names mentioned but they mean places like Mercari.

Via Gamespark:

ハッピーセット「ポケモン」騒動でマクドナルドが謝罪―より厳格な個数制限、ルールを守らない客の購入拒否、違反者のアプリ退会処理などを表明 | Game*Spark - 国内・海外ゲーム情報サイト

大きな騒動を呼んだハッピーセット「ポケモン＆ポケカ」について、マクドナルドが「対応が不十分だった」と謝罪しています。

www.gamespark.jp

 

[Loomy]

McDonald’s Japan ends Pokemon card Happy Meal promotion early amid reports of food wastage, scalping

The promotion was slated to run for three days, but ended less than 24 hours after its launch. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

www.straitstimes.com

 

[Neff]

What a waste, Japanese McDonalds is the best McDonalds I've ever had.