Most of us have fond memories of Halloweens past, of filling our candy buckets with delicious treats, of finding the odd old person who would give us full-size candy bars, etc. While many of us used old pillowcases or whatnot for our treat swag, the luckier among us had McBoo pails at their disposal. One of the greatest seasonal Happy Meal promotions of the late 80s/early 90s, McBoo pails were sublime, a lofty bar that other McDonald's toys would try and fail to reach. Strangely, after the first few years of productions, the pails mysteriously disappeared. Lucky for today's children and nerd adults, they're back with a vengeance. Die Hard. I'm cool.
This revival isn't without precedence, however. McBoo pails made a semi-appearance last year, with Mr Potato Head branding. These came with sheets of stickers to decorate the sad blank potatoes on the bucket with various costumes. I bought one, of course, but it really wasn't a McBoo pail. The buckets of past years never had any branding, opting for a collection of non-copyrighted ghost and witch faces. These were the real deal McBoo pails, and this year's collection is a wonderful throwback while still moving forward in design. Cripes, it sounds like I'm talking about something way more important than a bunch of plastic containers with Frankenstein faces on 'em.
As we can see here, I opted for the chicken nugget meal. Obviously, you can get the hamburger or cheeseburger or whatever. They have an option to replace the fries with healthy apple slices, I guess, but if that's your prerogative, healthier choices exist. If you are one of those health types, I'm sure you're looking at this picture with disgust, but I should remind you,
you don't have to eat the food. Hand it to a street urchin. They'll repay you with a spell to protect your home against wily invaders or something. What's an urchin?
Here we see the plentiful stickers each bucket comes with. Without these, the pails are rather plain. The greatest part of this is it comes with way too many stickers. You can go the route I did and make several faces for your buckets, or stick 'em somewhere else, like a notebook or your little brother's eyelids. Just don't put them somewhere you have to look every day, or you'll be looking at a jack-o-lantern in July, and that's just sad.
I seriously can't recommend these babies enough. Even if you're too old for trick-or-treating, they make great containers for handing out candy on All Hallows Eve. McDonald's came out with two varieties this year, a jack-o-lantern version, and an arguably more deluxe green Frankenstein themed one. I managed to snatch up both, and being an adult male buying children's food is no picnic. No pun intended.
Okay. It was totally intended.
BONUS! THE MCRIB IS BACK!!!
YES! The delicious little sandwich that actually couldn't for unknown reasons is back! I'm assuming it's for a limited time, as it has made it's return for a short period in the past, only to be forced back into the McDonald's vaults to rot for another year. I get mine plain, that is, without the pickles and onions, because that's just how I roll. Don't judge me. I only want to love. Between the McRib, McBoo pails, and the current Monopoly promotion, there's really no reason not to eat at McDonald's every day and get monstrously fat. Except if you're one of the aforementioned healthy types. No one likes you. You ruin every party. jk lol
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