Ptcgradio Maps McDonald's Pokémon Rollout: The U.S. Gets It Nov. 10, and the U.K. Waits Until February
Ptcgradio's Oct. 30 upload promises the date for every region on the Pokémon Happy Meal. The schedule behind that title runs across 66 markets and four months. The U.S. starts on Nov. 10, and Ireland and the U.K. close it out in February 2027.
The Video
"Pokémon Cards ARE Coming Back to McDonalds! EVERY Region Confirmed! Dates! (Pokemon TCG News)" went up on Oct. 30, 2026, a day after The Pokémon Company published its announcement. It runs 13 minutes and 26 seconds. This is the first time Ptcgradio has been picked for Video of the Day, and the channel fits the job. All 15 of its latest uploads carry the "(Pokemon TCG News)" tag.
The thumbnail keeps it simple: "THEY'RE BACK! CONFIRMED!" in yellow, beside a smiling Pikachu Happy Meal box stamped 11.10 and a grid of the small box-shaped toys.
The Promotion
The Pokémon Company's page lays out the basics. Each Happy Meal comes in one of three boxes themed after Pikachu, Umbreon or Torchic. Inside is a miniature Happy Meal box–shaped toy, one of 15 in the collection, along with a pair of Pokémon TCG cards. TODAY reports the set at 15 cards, seven of them foil, and McDonald's put it this way on Instagram: "3 boxes. 15 toys. 2 cards with every collectible. Pokémon Happy Meal coming 11.10.26."
The packaging is the real change. PokeBeach, the long-running Pokémon TCG news site, reports that each toy comes in a cardboard box with two random cards, and that past promotions usually used four-card booster packs. It also says this is the first time since 2018 that Happy Meals will include plastic Pokémon toys, and that the 15 cards are reprints from older sets with McDonald's set numbering.
The Calendar
The title's "every region" is where this video earns its slot, because the official schedule is long. Pokémon's own page lists seven markets for November 2026: Australia, Canada, Fiji, France, New Zealand, Spain and the United States. December adds 36 more across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, including Germany, Norway and Sweden. January 2027 brings 21, mostly in Latin America, with Italy and Israel among them. February has just two, Ireland and the United Kingdom.
PokeBeach, citing multiple stores, has Canada running Nov. 3 to Dec. 7, Australia Nov. 5 to Dec. 9, and the U.S. Nov. 10 to Dec. 14. Pokémon's own wording is a limited time, while supplies last, at participating restaurants.
Analysis: The video's description offers a Whatnot invite credit in pounds, which suggests a good part of its audience is in the U.K. If so, the channel is walking viewers through a rollout that reaches them last, about three months behind the U.S. A collector in that position spends the wait watching other countries open the same cards.
What to Check
Two details are worth checking against the video. Pokémon's page says the toys will not be available in Quebec, where fans get a sticker and a four-card booster pack instead. PokeBeach reports the same booster swap in Norway, which Pokémon's page does not name. PokeBeach also says Pokémon's announcement "mistakenly posted the wrong cards," so any card list built from that post deserves a second look.
The rest belongs to the video. Ptcgradio has the regions and the dates in its title, so go there for the channel's own walk through them, then match it against your local McDonald's.
Verdict: Ptcgradio's title promises a calendar, and the calendar is the story. One promotion reaches 66 markets over four months, and the U.K., last on the list, waits until February.
Channel: Ptcgradio
