McDonald’s Monopoly 2010 – Let’s Get Fatter!

By James Sheldon on October 5th, 2010

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Geez.

The last thing I needed to know before traveling…McDonald’s Monopoly is underway once again.

I was once a McDonald’s fan–the Happy Meals of my 5-year old generation back in the early 80s were of epic design. McDonald’s would roll out some serious promotions, and I remember Happy Meals in the form of cars, as well as Happy Meals that were reusable as houses for the little Chinese-made plastic toys that came with your meal.

About the time I realized that I didn’t really enjoy McDonald’s food, they came out with their freakin’ Monopoly promotion. And who doesn’t love Monopoly? I remember when this thing would role around annually when I was in high school and college. We would come up with schemes and scams to score extra pieces.

I remember a few friends who will remain nameless, staging a “drink dropping,” where the Monopoly pieces would be taken off the cup, then the cup would be dropped and “accidentally” stepped on before filling it with a bevvie at the self-serve station (the biggest mistake McDonald’s ever made–those self-serve stations). To pull it off, you would have to create a mini-scene, and offer some pretty decent acting to sell the sincerity of the insincere cup loss…

“Could I have a new cup?”

Worked every time.

Since the days of the mid-late 90s, McDonald’s has taken the game a little more high-tech. So you snag all the info you need here.

The 2010 variation begins today, and will run through the first week of November or while supplies last. Yes, they’ve got the prizes to lure even a non-McDonald’s man like myself into their doors, including the $1,000,000, no chance in heaven or hell that you’ll score it, grand prize. Let’s do it America–let’s get fatter.

(Image via: 1o0K.com)