Happy Toy Scout · Community reports

What collectors are finding

Independent snapshots built from community reports—not official McDonald’s inventory. Read the latest toy trends, city differences, and the first-week journey.

August 29, 2026 · One-week review

An engineer dad’s one-week journey

How a side project built for two daughters grew into a community-powered map, with 79,000+ users, 360,000+ views, and 19,000+ reports.

August 26, 2026 · City-by-city snapshot

Same collection, different cities

With 8,935 reports now collected, this early snapshot looks at how toy patterns differ across Los Angeles, the Bay Area, New York, Seattle, and more.

August 25, 2026 · National toy mix

What collectors found in the first 72 hours

An early national snapshot of the eight toys, based on 5,310 community reports from 41 states and 1,567 McDonald’s locations.