Halloween Pail / Bucket
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McPunky (McDonald’s, 1985)
- Year
- 1985
- Restaurant
- McDonald's
About this item
Test-market name for the face later sold nationally as McPunk'n.
Details
- Holiday
- Halloween
- Archive type
- Halloween Pail / Bucket
- Materials
- plastic
- Packaging
- pail with lid
- Country
- US
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McDonald’s Halloween Pumpkin Happy Meal pails (regional test) (1985) October 1985, regional test (New England; Boston and New York areas reported). One collector source gives October 11-31, 1985. · Kids' meal toy Collector consensus- Set
- Test-market pails
- Character
- Jack-o'-lantern
- Color
- orange
- Packaging
- pail with lid
- Data quality
- Collector consensus
Known variants
- Reportedly sold as McPunk'n in some test markets
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- SydLexia.com - McDonald's Halloween Pails Collector Reference Supports: First-hand recollection of a 1985 test market; names McPunky, McBoo, McJack; 1985 copyright and larger faces. No citations. Reference only: cited, never auto-verified. View source
- 1986 McDonald's Halloween Happy Meal: 1985/1986 Halloween Pails Collector Reference Supports: 1985 McJack (McGoblin face) and McPunky (McPunk'n face) pails. Reference only: cited, never auto-verified. View source