$70 for a Happy Meal toy? Resellers snap up popular characters

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TOKYO -- Chiikawa Happy Meal toys offered by McDonald's Japan unit delight not just the children they are marketed to but online resellers -- critics call them scalpers -- who are cashing in on their popularity with collectors at home and abroad.
Since the fast food chain began including…

This story appeared on asia.nikkei.com, 2025-06-14 00:00:00.
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