#4: A McDonald’s Happy Meal Toy from a Forgotten Franchise
The marketing and promotions folks at McDonalds never bothered to wait to see if a new movie franchise was a hit or not. They clinched deals to put character toys in kids’ Happy Meals long before the movie even hit theaters. When a film was a flop, children across the country were stuck with weird, unknown figurines from forgotten franchises that found their way into the junk drawer.

