The Toyota Hilux, or the pickup truck phase as a complete, is also called a toy for the massive boys. Adults gown up these vans, play with them, and drive them to wherever their imaginations take them. Nevertheless, McDonald’s in Japan desires to show that kids can play with their Hilux, too, albeit a bit scaled down for these cute little palms.
McDonald’s Japan has lately added the Toyota Hilux Tomica to its roster of Joyful Meal toys. The addition of the truck was introduced in a YouTube video that includes a Hilux Tomica making its manner by a fantasy world of large hamburgers and french fries, representing a child’s creativeness.
Of observe, Toyota reintroduced the Hilux in Japan in 2017. Earlier than that, the midsize truck wasn’t supplied in its house market since 2004. The primary Hilux was launched within the Japanese market over 50 years in the past in 1968.
The collaboration between Toyota, Tomica, and McDonald’s in Japan is not new. The three firms have been working with one another for fairly a while. In 2017, a Toyota 86 McDonalds Racing Automotive was launched as a McDonald’s Joyful Meal toy, which may also be acquired by exchanging a Tomica ticket from a difficulty of Mebae journal.
In the meantime, a Toyota GR Supra Tomica toy was additionally launched in 2020, which got here with each Joyful Meal buy. We’ll wager that that individual Joyful Meal set was in style with Japanese automobile guys then.
The Hilux Tomica McDonald’s Joyful Meal set is obtainable in Japan beginning April 14. It is unlikely that the US will get an analogous Joyful Meal set, particularly contemplating that the nameplate is not at present offered stateside. Nevertheless, when you’re actually itching to get your palms on an analogous Hilux toy, Interest Hyperlink Japan ought to be capable of ship one for you with quite a lot of selections on its web site.