Neon Genesis Evangelion Chanegables
McDonald's Japan (2025)
The latest collaboration by McDonald's in Japan has managed to capture several of my nerdiest interests in a single promotion. Earlier this month, the fast food chain began a partnership with Khara to create toys and limited edition menu items based on 90's anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion.
The toys are very similar to the McDonald's Changeable series that were available in the United States during the late 80's and early 90's. Changeables were a Transformers-like toy which looked like different food items and packaging from the fast food chain, but each one could be transformed into a robot (in the 1987 and 1989 sets) or a dinosaur (in the 1990 set). The Evangelion Changeables transform into the giant mechs that are piloted by Rei, Shinji, and Asuka in the animated series.
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| Eva Unit-00 is a soft drink cup |
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| Eva Unit-01 is a Big Mac |
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| Eva Unit-02 is a carton of McDonald's fries |
These toys won't be available until January 26th, but they're only available in Japan and only to consumers who enter and win a lottery for the chance to purchase them for ¥3,900 (about $24.72 American). Pre-orders for the set of three have already popped up on eBay with prices hovering around $200. If you're like me and would rather keep that money in your pocket and look at images of these toys for free, there are lots of high quality photos of the box and each of the figures at Tformers.com.
The toys are very cool, but if I lived in Japan, I'd be even more excited to try each of the three limited edition McEvangelion burgers.
Representing Unit-00 at a cost of ¥540 (about $3.42) is the Zakugiri Potato & Thick Beef Garlic Mayo burger, which is described as follows on the McDonald's Japan website:
This hearty dish consists of a thick 100% beef patty layered with garlic mayonnaise sauce, steak sauce and chopped potato patty.
The Unit-01 sandwich is the Cheese Double Teriyaki costs ¥530 (about $3.36). Its description is:
This hearty dish consists of two pork patties tossed in teriyaki-flavored sauce, combined with rich cheese and crunchy lettuce.
Finally, the Unit-02 sandwich is the Mexican Cheese Chicken. It has a price of ¥490 (about $3.11) and is described as:
A spicy Mexican dish made with a chicken patty, taco meat filling, cheddar cheese, and pickles.
*Please be careful if you don't like spicy food.
All three of these look very tasty, but trying them would be even more cost prohibitive than buying the toys on eBay since it would involve a round trip flight to Japan.
I might try to recreate these here in Pennsylvania, but it's going to involve more than a few creative liberties that I'm sure would taste quite a bit different than the ones currently available in Japan. I'm thinking a McDonald's hashbrown on one of their cheeseburgers with some A-1 steak sauce and garlic mayo for the first burger, a couple of McDonald's breakfast sausages with lettuce, cheese, and teriyaki sauce for the second, and a McChicken with pickles and cheese, and some beef from the Taco Bell that's next to the McDonald's in front of the Laurel Mall in Hazleton for the third. If I actually do this, I'll share the results on here.
