McDonald’s began phasing out McDonaldland characters — Ronald McDonald, Grimace, the Hamburglar, Sundae, Officer Big Mac, Mayor McCheese, Captain Crook, the Professor, and Birdy the Early Bird — back in 2003 as the company began targeting an older customer base.
One Facebook user said they weren’t surprised the cup isn’t available to American customers as the company doesn’t often offer character merchandise in the U.S. “It’s sad McDonald’s U.S. doesn’t do McDonaldLand characters,” he wrote.
“You wouldn’t even find a statue of Ronald McDonald outside a McDonald’s store in the U.S. You’d have better luck seeing Donald cooking fries than seeing Ronald McDonald.”.
I called a couple locations around me sounding like a crazy person,” one McDonald’s fan confessed.
“I have called every McDonald’s in my area in Indiana and none of them have even heard of this cup.
