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Pixar’s ‘Cars on the Road’ Series Inspires New Happy Meal Toys at McDonald’s

Cars on the Road Happy Meal Toys at McDonald's

Fans of Lightning McQueen and Mater, along with their friends from the “Cars on the Road” series on Disney+, can head over to U.S. locations of McDonald’s to pick up new Happy Meal toys inspired by the show.


About the Toys

There are eight “Cars on the Road” toys to collect:

  • Road Trip Lightning McQueen
  • Cruz Ramirez
  • Rumbler Mater
  • Rumbler Lightning McQueen
  • Road Trip Mater
  • Ivy
  • Cave Lightning McQueen
  • Cave Mater

Each toy comes with stickers to customize the vehicle.


Here is a look at the toys up close:


It doesn’t look like McDonald’s has created special themed Happy Meal boxes to go with this line of toys, as they did with “Thor: Love and Thunder,” but it looks like the apple slice packaging is themed.

Cars on the Road Happy Meal packaging

Free Downloadables

The McDonald’s Happy Meal website at HappyMeal.com has some free downloadable “Cars on the Road” activity sheets for the kids.

There is also a free online game to play using the toys at that link.

Cars on the Road Happy Meal activities

The McDonald’s Ad

The official ad for the new Happy Meal vehicles strangely doesn’t actually showcase the toys until the end when the young girl plays with a Lightning McQueen in the restaurant, but it’s only a 15 second ad if you want to watch:


More Details

The “Cars on the Road” Happy Meal toys are available until October 17, 2022, or until supplies run out.


Are you and your family a fan of the new series? Will you be collecting these new toys? Let us know in the comments.